Wednesday, February 8th, 2012 at 1:15 pm  |  56 responses

Larry Bird: Kobe Better Teammate for Winning, LeBron More Fun to Play With


Larry Legend added his two cents in the never-ending (and nauseating) LeBron vs Kobe debate, and tells ESPN that he’d prefer to play with Bryant for winning purposes, and James if it was just for the fun of the game. From the OC Register: “… If he could choose any current player that he would like to play with it would be Bryant. … ‘Probably Kobe, because of the fact that … well, of course he wouldn’t have been shooting as much as he does now … but his desire to win, his dedication, to always get better, uh, and he’s just, he’s just tough,’ Bird said. ‘He’s just a tough cat.’ But, for pure fun, Bird said he would choose LeBron James. ‘If you want to have fun, like I did with Bill Walton, play with LeBron. It would have probably been more fun to play with LeBron, but if you want to win and win and win, it’s Kobe. Not that LeBron’s not a winner, just that (Kobe’s) mindset is to go into every practice, every game, to get better,’ Bird said.”

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  • BBaller

    @Aman “Lebron is better than Michael and Kobe”?Are you 17?I’m not even going to waste my time and finish this sent…

  • BBaller

    Always refer to Michael Jordan with a capital M and J, show respect son

  • flipnoyce

    ^^cosign^^

  • JP7

    If Kobe’s teammate smashed his moms, that dude wouldn’t still be in the league, dude wouldn’t be among the living, actually nobody’s dumb enough to do that to Kobe, that’s the major difference between him and Lebron. Oh yeah and Kobe duznt do booty dances, use a headband to hide his outrageous harline, do a 2 hour nationally televised team switching gong show, disappear in the clutch, defer to lesser beings or bite his nails on the bench.

  • marc

    I’m a kobe fan and I totally agree with Bird. I been saying Lebron is the best player but I rather have kobe on my team to win rings. I also don’t get why people say Lebron doesn’t have the clutch gene. I think he has it in him. Just look at the times in Cleveland against the Pistons and the time against a good Wizards team. He made the right play at the right time.

  • KidCongo

    Next up: who does the queen of England prefer : Kobe or LBJ? Stay tuned.

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