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How dare you diss the 4 time champion of the 15 time NBA champion Kobe "JellyBean" Bryant the greatest scorer of this era by claiming he'd come off the bench of any team
LOL @ Duncan getting swept by the Suns
The Bulls would have won 75 games that year if they had Kobe. Imagine Kobe and Jordan going at it every day at practice.
How dare you diss the 4 time champion of the 15 time NBA champion Kobe "JellyBean" Bryant the greatest scorer of this era by claiming he'd come off the bench of any team
Kobe doesn't even deserve to wear a Bulls shootaround/practice jersey
They'd ridicule each other all practice long with gay slurs, leading to punching each other in the throat, and one or both of them demanding a trade.
Steve Kerr:
"He's the only guy you can legitimately say is right there with Michael"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...3003391_3.html
Kerr is an idiot
Wow some of you guys are real dumbasses. Kobe would NEVER be a starting point guard on any team. He's a great player. He's a great scorer. Sometimes he's too great of a scorer so he'll go get his own instead of creating for his teammates. You don't want that as your starting point guard.
If Kobe was on MJ's Bulls here is how the lineup would be: Pippen would start at point, MJ and Kobe would be at the wings. Pippen was a great point forward anyways and would be more willing to pass first than Kobe.
Now don't get me wrong. I'm a huge Kobe fan, but the dude is a shooting guard and not a point guard. Guys like Brandon Jennings score a lot and have a lot of flash but I'm sure most people who know a thing about basketball would only say he's a solid PG, not a great one, because he sacrifices the team's initiation of the offense for his own points.
Agree with most of it except for coming off the bench. Even if it was for the team's benefit it takes great character to not let that effect one's ego. Especially MJ's or Kobe's. Even if it would help, it wouldn't b/c people would be fighting.
Start Pippen at point guard. MJ/Kobe at the wings.
The offense would be running inside-out through Jordan in the post. Kobe would and has facilitated the point in the triangle offense a number of times. It's an easy role Bryant and he would have performed it better in just about every facet in comparison to Ron Harper. Especially with his young legs and superior outside shooting.
Not to mention, young Kobe is more suited to defend PGs than Pippen is. Pip takes the biggest wing threat, Kobe chasing PGs and Jordan roaming off the spot up scrub players with Rodman doing whatever the he wants. Best defensive team of all time.
You are serious re ed if you think Pippen would start at "point guard" though. Learn how the triangle offense works. He would be running point forward from the 3.
Is that what you use to scare away annoying ugly white chicks from colorado?
How many times are you going to call someone re ed and think that makes your argument better?
It's not that Kobe isn't capable of playing point guard. It's the fact that you take away his vast array of skills as a scorer if you make him play the majority of minutes at point guard with Jordan as the main scorer.
Did you think old ass Michael Finley or Brent Barry were better players than Manu Ginobili the couple of seasons they started over him at 2-guard?
It's not always a matter of ability. It's also a matter of balancing the team that's on the court.
Not to mention Kobe's mentality and ego wouldn't allow for good chemistry for it to happen. He'd be breaking off his responsibilities so he could score more. Even as a rookie and a second year player, he couldn't handle not being the main scorer. He couldn't take playing behind Van Exel and Eddie Jones. Ultimately, the team had to make a decision because the chemistry wasn't working and both those guys got traded. Kobe wouldn't work with Jordan on the court for the majority of the game. The best way to make it work before either or both demanded a trade would be to stagger minutes so that Kobe could also be the main scorer in the triangle. Kobe would come off the bench. Not because he wouldn't be a better player than a post-knee injury Ron Harper. But because it would make more sense chemistry wise for the offense.
Stop being re ed and acting like you used to be a Laker fan Jammy. Look how sensitive you get.
Nick Van Exel was a pure point and All-Star in 98. Eddie was a Laker fan favorite and All-Star in 98. They were coached by a tool in Del Harris and they were not running Tex's Triangle. Comparing that to the Bulls situation is well, pretty dumb.
The chemistry argument has no basis in reality when Kobe is just a better, younger, quicker, more skilled version of Ron Harper. And proved he was capable of sacrificing his game en route to 3 straight championships.
Eddie was a playoff loser and Nice Van Exel was the guy that had trouble playing inside-out - not Kobe Bryant.
Phil Jackson of all people is not bringing Kobe off the bench, in the triangle, behind Ron Harper. It makes no logical sense whatsoever. Especially considering how well Kobe has flourished in the triangle, including his younger years.
Jordan was going to retire anyways. Seeing Kobe for what he would eventually become would have only made that decision easier.
No. You're wrong.
Oh and Buss wasn't paying Eddie Jones that much money regardless. And it turned out to be the right choice as Eddie never lived up that contract.
I honestly dont know who would win between the two, I mean MJ was a tough mofo back in the days, but at the same time his claim to fame was punching Steve Kerr in practice. Kobe? Dude smashed Samaki Walker's face, UFC style.
BUT
Kobe became Chris Child's . I dont think Jordan would ever let a punk ass Knickerbocker like Chris Child get the best of him in a fight.
what's funny about that?? Figuring he's led the team in assists for practically 7 of the last nine years ......
10-29 = amazing
Funny stuff Jmill
much love ...
Basically, im right again in this matter.
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