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But... but... but... Kobe would have carried the Wolves to a le
In view of the Celtics-Lakers finals, let us bring up the past. Who was better in their prime? Kevin Garnett or Kobe Bryant?
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But... but... but... Kobe would have carried the Wolves to a le
really?
u stole this from realgm? it has 24 pages...
KG has a lot of similarity to Pau in mentality. I'd build around KG. But I'd need a Kobe kinda guy for perimeter scoring to make it work. KG didn't have that until Paul Perice.
As much as I dislike Kobe, I still have to be realistic and state that this isn't even really a question. Of course a prime Kobe is/was better than a prime Garnett (although I strongly disagree with anyone that thinks that Kobe on the Wolves in lieu of Garnett would have brought the Timberwolves a championship).
It's all about DOMINANCE. You always bet on the most dominant player. KG gets the nod over Kobe because he is a bigman.
Most dominant players in the last decade:
1. Shaq
2. TD
3. KG
4. Kobe
tough one. Kevin Garnett was unbelievable in his prime. he was just surrounded by pieces of . probably KG.
It's hard to say who was BETTER...I think Kobe was probably the better, more talented player in his prime, but I would definitely take a prime Garnett over any other big man in the league except for prime Timmy and Shaq. And since he's a big and Kobe is a perimeter guy, I would rather have prime Garnett on my team because he was way more valuable in his prime than Kobe due to him being a better defender, rebounder, and an elite offensive player.
Garnett is a prime example of being surrounded by incompetence and people thinking that should be a psrt of his legacy.
There's always a misconception about KG due to the fact that most NBA fans seem to dislike him..there are a lot of people that stupidly downplay his importance as Boston's best player in the 2008 playoffs, there's the misconception that he always disappears in big games, people overrated fringe players like Cassell and Sprewell to on Garnett..
I would take KG in his prime over Kobe..I don't think it's a big gap, but I wouldn't have to think about it too much, but I'm obviously bias due to my hatred for Kobe and the fact that KG is one of my favorites..
A prime Garnett was setting NBA history with consecutive 20-10-5 seasons..he was the best rebounder in the NBA at the time, leading or near the top in WS/48 and leading the NBA in PER, he had the best APM in the NBA, he took a mediocre supporting cast(for a le "contender") to the WCF, a top 3 defensive player in the NBA..
Last edited by HarlemHeat37; 06-07-2010 at 12:55 PM.
Anyone who picks KG is just trolling lakerfans.
........and they don't know from shinola about basketball.
thats why none of the Lakers fans are biting.
Kobe. No question about it.
You're a ing idiot.
You're a ing idiot too.
More ing idiots.
statpadding games dont mean if u dont win games
And to his credit, Garnett understands that now. Hence his advice to James about time & loyalty.
Kobe
Prime Garnett plus Prime Shaq bukkakes the rest of the NBA even worse than the Shaq-Kobe Lakers did.
I don't know it's pretty close, those saying that nobody can honestly pick Garnett either forget how great this guy was or have just simply always underated his game.
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