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Let's put to rest the myth of Kobe as a great defender. How can you be First Team All 'D', and get played by Bruce Bowen? WTF? I think he's never played all that much D, and just doesn't have The Daddy there to clean up his messes any more.
You know you're gonna lose when you have Bowen turning in a better stat line than Kobe.
Let's put to rest the myth of Kobe as a great defender. How can you be First Team All 'D', and get played by Bruce Bowen? WTF? I think he's never played all that much D, and just doesn't have The Daddy there to clean up his messes any more.
He has no business being on any defensive teams.
Hi defense is staying down in the paint and watching his player blow by him or shoot an open three.
He gave up I dont know how many threes to Barry, Bowen, and Ginobili.
Terrible.
No no no, you don't get it ex, Kobe was playing incredible help defense, making sure his teammates didn't get beat. That's the mark of a great defender
Kobe is one of the best players in the NBA. The Lakers just suck as a team.
No doubt Sequ, but hes never been a "good, or GREAT" defender.Kobe is one of the best players in the NBA
Hes been a very overrated defender because in the past, Shaq has been there to help.
Now he aint, and your seeing what usually goes on.
Hes also a horrible team player as well.
Notice that Kobe and team are separated into two different sentences.
It's not like this hasn't happened before, c.f., Game 2 of the 2003 WC semis.
You know you're gonna lose when you have Bowen turning in a better stat line than Kobe.
Kobe is actually a very good defender, but his defense suffers when he feels like (or decides to) take over games offensively. AI is the same way. If you have to spend all your energy scoring, you aren't going to be as strong defensively. The best players are those who can balance good D, good shot selection, and a variety of ways to make shots. Kobe is becoming just what I knew he would when he drove Shaq out - a one man show who can put on flashy shows offensively (a la AI, Vince Carter, etc) but who won't ever win a championship by himself.
Kobe has owned the Spurs for years. When the Spurs win more than 3 championships, come back and tell me that Kobe can't play defense.
Dude's team just sucks.
Sure it's temporary euphoric non-sense, but it's more post-game frivolity and more anti-Lakergod sentiment than anything else...along with "Kobe's team now" smak.
All other Laker fan Spurstalk mates, please forgive and look the other way. It's not about you.
No question he owned them in 2003.Kobe has owned the Spurs for years
WTF does the Lakers thanks to Shaq, winning championships have to do with Kobe's defense.
Good lord get a clue.
Kobe almost always plays a free safety kind of role - he's done it against the Spurs for years and that's why we've seen so many huge games from Bowen vs. the Lakers.
Bryant is IMO the best in the league at stopping a break.
Id like for you to show me when he plays good D, cause Ive yet to see a game yet where he has.Kobe is actually a very good defender, but his defense suffers when he feels like (or decides to) take over games offensively
If his defense suffers because of his offense??
Then hes nowhere near a fantastic player.
A fantastic player, like Jordan, Barkley, Robinson, Duncan,
bring it on the defensive end, whether the offense is going or not.
BS excuse.
here's what tha deal is. bowen is a better player than bryant in every facet of tha game. this game proves just that. bowen is better defensively and offensively than bryant. there is no comparison. you people need to take your bryant glasses off and see tha truth.
Kobe is a great defender, he just stopped playing D about 3 years ago.
Once again, Kobe Bryant is in the top 7 of players in the league.here's what tha deal is. bowen is a better player than bryant in every facet of tha game. this game proves just that. bowen is better defensively and offensively than bryant. there is no comparison. you people need to take your bryant glasses off and see tha truth
But his defense is mediocre.
THats fact. Hate glasses or not.
Last year selection to defensive first squad just pissed me off.
But that was a year ago. Now I would be pissed when he will be in second ( no way in first)
But who gives the damn. Let's talk about the spurs....
It would help if you watched any Laker games at all. Heck, check this season, Kobe shut down Michael Redd twice, shadowing him on screens all night and making the game winning block on Redd as he went up for a dunk on a fast break.
And Kobe never plays D on Bowen. For whatever reason. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't, but in the end Bowen doesn't do any better than his career averages on Kobe while Kobe helps on other players' assignments. He has actually been playing very good defense this year save for today's game and a couple last week.
that's just crazy. and for the record bowen is one of my favorite spurs and i despise kobe. that is pure nonsense, though. bowen isn't on kobe's level.
Yes Bowen is totaly locked down Kobe!
It's all a matter of effort for Kobe. He can be a very good defender when he wants to be, among the best in the league. He doesn't seem to want to be very often these days.
Anyway, seeing Bruce own Kobe was the high point of my day.
i thought you had put sequ on your ignored list?
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