Prime Kevin Garnett VS Prime Kobe Bryant (Who is better?)

[BRHornet45]

But I still don't see how prime KG is even close to as good as prime Kobe.

come on Kori you're better than this

[TDMVPDPOY]

prime kobe or prime KG were just one man teams putting up monster stats....

[Veterinarian]

Well Sprewell went to 4 all-star games, Cassell only 1, which was during his time in Minny. They both got All-NBA honors at points in there career, Cassell again making it on the 2nd team with Minnesota.

I'd say that's a definite step above the Mo Williams/Josh Howard/Jason Terry/etc caliber of player.

The revisionist history that Garnett played with a bunch of nobodies in Minnesota is ridiculous.

He played with Cassell and Sprewell for a grand total of two years, that's two (2; dos; deux; ). The second year Cassell struggled and started only 38 games because of injury. The other year they got to the conference finals, before Cassell's back crapped out and he played a total of 64 minutes in 6 games against the Lakers. Still, in that teams two wins against the Lakers Cassell played a grand total of 1 minute. Then McHale traded Cassell for ing Marko Jaric (no, seriously that's what KG's GM did plus McHale lost like 27 draft picks in a tampering case. Not that it would have made a difference the way he drafted--Ndubi Ebi, William Avery, Paul Grant, +drafting Ray Allen and trading him for career ball dominating loser Marbury, whose every team went from the lottery to like the best record in their conference the minute they got rid of him).

In conclusion, KG played with a bunch of nobodies for all but two years in Minnesota.

[ChrisRichards]

With this you have just have to evaluate if you really want value.
Prime Kobe was an offensive juggernaut, the best of his generation and second best of all time behind Jordan IMO, that being said you cant compare him to KG's prime because Garnett at the end of the day always brings a lot more to the table for his team, its unfair because post players in general always have more impact than perimeters. KG's not necessarily better than Kobe, but his game is always going to be far more valuable than any shooting guard not named Michael Jordan.


At the end of the day, who do you pick to win a championship? You cant go wrong with either, but if you want to win in a dominating and easier fashion, you pick KG.

[stretch]

Look man, staying in front of or with a guy is most definitely a skill. You need lateral quickness. Its analogous to playing cornerback in the NFL. Are you going to say Darell Revis isn't skilled? And that all he has to is run hard and follow people around? most corners run hard but can't stay with wide receivers and tons of sfs play hard on defense and they aren't Scottie Pippen.

Lateral quickness is not a skill, its athleticism.

Now if you are talking footwork, that's a different story. Good footwork can definitely be considered a skill. Too bad KG never utilized that footwork to develop some more offensive moves.

[21_Blessings]

Too bad Dirk never utilized is his heart and put some effort forth on defense.

Dirk's post game

Speaking of never properly developing something.

[HarlemHeat37]

I never implied that you said he is "only" great because of the attention. Where did you see that?

You said he is hyped up because of the attention from the new media sources and implied that Kobe is overhyped because fans use twitter msgs as resorces. Certainly you must have meant that the overhyping adds to his "greatness", no? Sorry, but that's just plain absurd.

I said he has an advantage because of this, which isn't arguable..

Because you're an idiot who can't see past the stat sheet.

I don't only use stats for my arguments..I just don't like using unquantifiable attributes like "killer instinct" because it's ing stupid..it's a reach that people use when they don't have an argument IMO..

Seriously? You and your 2 alter egos probably compromise 90% of the Kobe hate on the forum. So the better question would be... if you honestly think Kobe is one of the best ever, why do you feel the need to post ad nauseum about how ty a player and teammate he is? Get real. We all know your agenda. You are not fooling anyone.

The majority of my posts that involve Kobe are in reply to Laker fans, TBH..I'm an admitted hater, but I always give Kobe his credit..unfortunately, it's not enough for Laker fans, they always need more compliments..

Born, raised, and live in So Cal. Attended first Laker game in 1965. Season ticket holder since 1971. Access to front office and team due to connections through own basketball career. Loyality. Pride in community. Etc Etc...

Why are you such a hater?

I'm really weird, TBH..I don't like rapists/snitches/guys that on their teammates and organization/guys that make excuses for all of their failures/wife-beaters/racists/animal abusers..

I should get that checked out, uh?..

Not seeing anything about basketball anywhere in your post. All I see is media and fan overhyping, revisionist history claims, and well, your hatred.

Way to ignore all my posts in this thread and just focus on the 1 post where I talk about Kobe's advantage through the media, which is obviously true..

Because I can and it bothers YOU!

It doesn't bother me..other than namlook and koriwhat, you're probably the most trollable person on SpursTalk..it's not just me saying this, others have noticed and commented about it as well..

You're also a proven racist(which is evident when you've said Gasol had the right to take that racist picture + the fact that you made a racist statement yesterday towards Hispanics), a guy that jokes about rape, and a guy that fabricates false statements in an attempt to make others look bad..