February 5, 2009 9:00 am | 117 Comments
Video: LeBron’s MSG Response
The question on most people’s minds last night was, How would LeBron James perform at the Garden two nights after Kobe came through and wrecked shop? When asked, Bryant guessed that James would put up a quadruple double.
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Young Buck is in the driver’s seat.
Lebron > Kobe.
Atleast the knicks stayed in this one, Harrington had 39 pts and 13 rebounds. Say what you will about d’antoni, but he’s got the kncks competing every night, and that’s enough at the moment.
2. LeBron = Ricky Davis 2009, shoving 11 people out of the way to grab that last rebound before flailing out of bounds.
Lebron did push Boobie down for that last rebound, which he grabbed while damn near jumping in the crowd. Gotta be fair.
But, like Russ said, if Lebron hadn’t decided to prove to everybody that he could shoot jumpers, he would have scored 61 easily.
HE sucks … he had 52 with more shots. And wasn’t 20/20 from FT’s!!! STOp trying to be KOBE LEBRICK!!!” - James the Balla
Oh, I wasn’t downing the accomplishment. I wanted him to start stealing rebounds at the end to make sure he got his triple double because that just looks better.
Wade sucks.
Russ, I believe that LeBron HAS to take jumpers when he’s being given too much room to keep the defense honest. If he doesn’t, there won’t be any lanes for him to exploit. He’s not a good jumpshooter, but no NBA coach would leave him completely wide open either. He’s capable of hitting 5-6 threes in a game when he’s feeling it. LeBron is streaky with his jumper, you guys make it seem like his J is never on.
29-8-7, 2 steals, 1 block, .49 fg
28-6-5, 1 steal, .47 fg
You know what that tells me? They’re both effing good at basketball.
That’s funny.
Really.
Is Kobe the most SKILLED basketball player to play the game?
Not the best, the most skilled. Has anybody in the game every duplicated his complete offensive and defensive skill set? Is there a single basketball related skill that Kobe has not mastered?
I’m serious with this question. I think you have to really understand basketball to appreciate exactly how complete Kobe’s game is, and to marvel at the amount of time he had to have spent making it that way.
Anybody up for this discussion?
But, my main point wasn’t to break down MJ vs. Kobe, but to point out that there is not one single aspect of basketball where Kobe is not at a master level. He might not be the best at EVERY single thing, but he’s still a master.
Eboy
Explain why my question is so bad?
Z again
Nobody likes a one trick pony. Sure, a chick who is awesome and blowing on the mike can make you achieve that happy feeling, but would you really be awestruck by her if that was the ONLY way she could get you that happy feeling? If she couldn’t throw a little missionary and cowgirl in there, would you be as enamored with her.
Basically, the outcome is important, but that doesn’t make it more important then the way you reach that outcome.
My point wasn’t that Kobe was THE BEST. It was that I think he has the BEST COLLECTION of skills.
The girl with the best body might not have all the best individual aspects. But, her collection is still impressive.
MJ is a career .32 shooter from deep, Kobe is at .34, James is at .32. That’s pretty much a wash, no?
My gut tells me that Kobe is a better three point shooter than Jordan and Lebron. And, since I’m reading “Blink” right now, I trust my gut.
Also, in looking at the stats, I see a steady improvement from Kobe in percentage despite a steady increase in attempts. I don’t know. I think Kobe is clearly better.
His rebounding is just average for a wing.
His D is somewhat overrated. He thinks he can cover little dudes on the perimeter. I mean, people do get by Kob. Even in the Olympics, he was applauded for covering guys from the half court line but dudes were still getting past him.
He’s not much of a shot blocker. Even by wing standards.
His post up game is average at best.
I mean, there are holes in his GAME. But if you are talking about his BALL SKILLS, then yeah he’s second to none.
That is really interesting. I didn’t realize that. Maybe Mike has him beat on just the skills thing as well. Hmmm…
Also, co-sign every single thing Z just said. Kobe’s passing is simply not very good.
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