Why is it that people say that lebron has to prove he can win a championship. If you watched Lebron’s documentary "More Than Just a Game" him and his 3 not very talented friends(similar to lebron and his recent teammates 2003-2008) won several AAU titles and then later on went on to win 3 state and 1 national championship for St. Vincent St. maryhigh schooll… Prior to lebron going there that high school was not even known and was in a ghetto part of akron ohio, lebron turned that high school to the #1 ranked team in the Nation, Kobe’s high school only won one state championship and that was in kobe’s senior year, lebron led his team to the state championship is freshman year averaging about 25 points a game.
After high school lebron even proved his talent again by turing the worst team in the nba and leading them to the NBA finals. Even without a title lebron has single handedly turned that franchise into one of the best teams in the nba.
The only thing that kobe has proven is that he has to have The best supporting cast in the nba to win a ring.
If Kobe never had shaq he would have 0 rings… And he would not be considered one of the best players that have ever played. I know alot of you guys will say yes he would have a ring "last years ring" but like the butterfly effect(even a small event can drastically change the future) if shaq never would have left orlando the lakers would have probably have gotten another player and gasol would have never landed on the lakers
I Think that we can all agree that Shaq was the Main reason for the succes of shaq and Kobes first 3 rings and being awarded 3 finals MVP’S even if shaq never had kobe he was destined to win championships.
He even proved his dominance by getting another ring with Dwayne wade. how many rings did wade have before and after shaq?
Shaq in his prime = gasol+bynum+odom(3 dominate big men) which= what kobe needs to win a ring
So why not give credit where credit is due?
I will even go as far as saying that lebron will need shaq to win a ring this year because his ability to score in the paint, draw fouls/get players in foul trouble…. and help stop players like dwight howard who dominate the inside.
Alot of you will say "well your boy Lebron has zero rings and has choked in the playoffs every year" well how many times(before gasol and bynum) did kobe and the lakers choke and not even make it out of the first round without shaq? hmmm 3 times and lakers fans say he is a great leader.
Yes kobe is a great player i cannot deny this but he is not the "God" that his fans make him out to be. Lebron has done so much more will so little at hand and has done everything in his possibility to try and get a ring while his teamates are letting him down every year.
Lebrons career playoff stats
Ppg:29.4
Rpg:8.3
Apg:7.3
Kobe career playoff stats
Ppg:24.6
Rpg:4.9
Apg:4.6
Shaq career playoff stats
Ppg:25.2
Rpg:12.1
Bpg:2.2
So who has had the biggest impact in the playoffs? Lebron has choked? shaq has been more effective by far then kobe has.
Lets face it shaq has been responsible for 3 out of 4 of kobes rings and wades ring. and people are giving kobe far to much credit than he deserves
Alot of you think to much on 81 points but lets take a look at the stats for that game
81 points
6 rebounds
2 assist
28-46 shooting
7-13 3pt shooting
18-20 FTA(18 of 81 came from free throw)
Yes statistically he shot very well but he But doesnt this show you that kobe is the second most biggest ball hog behind wilt chamberlin… taking more than "2" times the amount of shot attempts that game then the rest of the team.
Lets Take a look at lebrons 56 point game
56 points
10 rebounds
5 assist
18-36 shooting (50%)
6-12 3 pt shooting (50%)
14-15 free throw
Kobe took 10 more shot attempts than lebron so 10 shot attempts at 50% = 10 more points for lebron lands him at 67, kobe took 1 more 3pt shot than lebron which wud put lebron at 70 points kobe took 4 more free throw attempts than lebron so that would land lebron at "74 Points" no this not 81 points but it is close enough proving that kobe’s 81 points was not that immpresive.
(by user AS1)"
- The only times he cares about his team scoring is when he can’t. Example: (4-11, 10 assist), (10-26, 7 assist), (12-30, 7 assist), (5-14, 6 assist), (3-17, 12 assist), (2-12, 6 assist), (8-24, 6 assist), (4-17, 7 assist), (4-21, ONE assist), (10-30, 8 assist). These are only like HALF of those games.
- Lakers are 4-1 WITHOUT Kobe Bryant this season, how MVP is he ?
- Kobe Bryant is the LEADER in Field Goal attempts per game, AND FG attempts TOTAL, YET: he is under LeBron, Carmelo, and Durant.
- Kobe Bryant, rings ? He didn’t get his 1st MVP till he was 31. So if you even think about bringing that up when comparing him to LeBron: LeBron is only 25 years old and people RARELY get their 1st Finals MVP at 25. Even Jordan got his 1st Fi
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