Player A is surrounded by better shooters than Player B ever was, opening up a lot more room for player A to go to work.
Is LeBron James the Greatest Scorer Ever?
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Player A is surrounded by better shooters than Player B ever was, opening up a lot more room for player A to go to work.
MalikX
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It's dumb because you don't like it. You can't call yourself an elite scorer if a team can neutralize you by forcing you to shoot. That's dumb ass logic to me. If you were elite, nothing should stop your offense.
You could stop Kobe by leaving him wide open
Pre-Heat he had trash around him and was still scoring more efficiently than Kobe though.
MalikX
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You could stop Kobe by leaving him wide open
You stop Kobe by putting 3 people on him
You stop Lebron by stacking the paint
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He's the greatest scorer on the fast break
Greatest scorer when driving the lane,
Sure
Greatest scorer when driving the lane,
Sure
This era's Shaq is shooting 39% from three this year, 34% all time?
This era's Shaq has a better four-year midrange peak (50% from 3-10, 44% 10-16, 41% 16-23) than any stretch Kobe ever put together?
This era's Shaq has more game-winning baskets in the playoffs than anyone since Jordan?
This era's Shaq brought us the shooting marvels that are 2006 Detroit Game 5, 2012 Boston Game 6, 2013 San Antonio Game 7, and 2016 Golden State Games 5-6-7?
Lebron is not the greatest scorer ever. But it is mide-boggling that he is an elite scorer who can do as many things as he does when it's not even the most impressive part of his game. Factor in his passing and the way he controls the game on offense, and he has an argument for the greatest all-around offensive player ever.
You stop Kobe by putting 3 people on him
You stop Lebron by stacking the paint
Ain't no one ever guarding Kobe like that.
Spurs were the masters of stacking the paint against Lebron, AND they had Kawhi, and still couldn't stop him in 2013.
In the 2016 Finals, you had brothers in here arguing that it wasn't fair because any time that Golden State didn't have Iggy AND Draymond AND Bogut available simultaneously, it was just too easy for Lebron to go off on them.
MalikX
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It's telling that most NBA players (many of whom being Lebron's former teammates) prefer Kobe while fans prefer Lebron
MalikX
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Ain't no one ever guarding Kobe like that.
You a clown. Detroit had 3 defenders on Kobe on most plays. That's why LA lost because he refused to pass. Boston would double and triple team Kobe over and over in 2008 and 2010. LeBron wasn't making the Finals back then so you probably didn't watch.
MalikX
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at Kobe NOT being doubleteamed by Boston. Expose yourself brehs. Doubles and triples all throughout this video. You definitely like 17 years old. 
and how is that knock on Lebron?
I've been watching basketball since the 1980s. I was stanning Clyde Drexler before he'd even made the playoffs.
To claim that ANY team has "3 defenders on a player on most plays" is beyond stupid. Detroit didn't win by triple-teaming Kobe, NO ONE can actually win that way. Detroit won by fukking with Kobe's head and getting him to break the offense.
Chauncey Billups: Our game plan was very calculated. We knew we were going to play Shaq straight-up. We knew there was no way we could stop Shaq straight-up. And there was also no way we could stop Kobe straight-up. But, if we’re going to play Shaq straight-up, [the Lakers’] eyes are going to get big, which means they’re going to keep throwing it down there. We’re telling Ben the whole time, “Take fouls when you need to, but don’t get yourself into foul trouble. You need to give up a layup, cool, we’re going to get what we want on the other side.” But what’s going to happen is Mr. Bryant is going to get a little discouraged with getting no touches and now the second half comes around…now he’s pressing. He’s going to start coming down and just breaking the offense. When you do that, you’re done—you’re playing right into our hands. Even if you start making those shots, you’re finished.
Who the hell said that Kobe wasn't double-teamed by Boston? This isn't the lazy man-to-man coverage era. EVERY elite scorer, and even a lot of other players, are double-teamed and shaded in a lot of situations. It's what the zone allows for you. Hell, when Lebron made his game-winning layup in double overtime against the Pistons in 2007, he literally had 5 guys within a step of him when he made the shot.
It doesn't mean they leaving two guys open to triple-team you all game.
