Benefit
Bluelighter
Wowzers. Maybe Lebron doesn't like taking those last second shots, but that was a real humdinger. He's starting to creep on Kobe. I don't think even the biggest Kobe apologists can deny that for much longer.
After having watched Kobe Bryant for basically his entire career, I no longer believe you can make the case he's in the same league as Michael Jordan. Is he better than Lebron? I don't know. That's one of those stupid arguments like Kirk vs. Picard. I'm not even going to weigh in on it.
I'll tell you one thing though. Lebron's teammates genuinely love the guy. I don't think you should dismiss that fact - it's important, because they'll play hard for him and go to bat for him. And Kobe's teammates I think genuinely fucking hate him. As big of a Kobe fan as I am, he is a big whiny arrogant asshole who constantly complains and as soon as he passes the ball he will immediately demand it back which is very weird... that kinda shit is not going to endear him to people. Maybe that is why you're seeing such inconsistency from the Lakers; it sometimes seems like they don't really like each other. Bill Simmons, who I think is a dingbat, said that all the "camaraderie" of the Lakers seems excessively forced and I could not agree more. When Kobe says "My teammates are like brothers to me" you just KNOW that is not true in any way. It sounds exactly like a forced line from one of those stupid NBA public service announcement commercials that the players are contractually obligated to appear in.
Just listen to Smush Parker bad mouth Kobe now that he's better known as a valet punching wino than a guy with one of the dumbest nicknames in the NBA. That's the mothafuckin truth.
After having watched Kobe Bryant for basically his entire career, I no longer believe you can make the case he's in the same league as Michael Jordan. Is he better than Lebron? I don't know. That's one of those stupid arguments like Kirk vs. Picard. I'm not even going to weigh in on it.
I'll tell you one thing though. Lebron's teammates genuinely love the guy. I don't think you should dismiss that fact - it's important, because they'll play hard for him and go to bat for him. And Kobe's teammates I think genuinely fucking hate him. As big of a Kobe fan as I am, he is a big whiny arrogant asshole who constantly complains and as soon as he passes the ball he will immediately demand it back which is very weird... that kinda shit is not going to endear him to people. Maybe that is why you're seeing such inconsistency from the Lakers; it sometimes seems like they don't really like each other. Bill Simmons, who I think is a dingbat, said that all the "camaraderie" of the Lakers seems excessively forced and I could not agree more. When Kobe says "My teammates are like brothers to me" you just KNOW that is not true in any way. It sounds exactly like a forced line from one of those stupid NBA public service announcement commercials that the players are contractually obligated to appear in.
Just listen to Smush Parker bad mouth Kobe now that he's better known as a valet punching wino than a guy with one of the dumbest nicknames in the NBA. That's the mothafuckin truth.