Kobe Bryant: "Kevin Durant the toughest matchup that I had to deal with outside of TMac"

[DillaTUDE]

On Kevin Durant:

"He came back one season and became the toughest matchup I've had to deal with in my entire career outside of Tracy McGrady... When he first came in the league he used to shoot across from his face. So if I'm able to push him right and cut off his driving angles, then I give myself a great chance of stopping him. because it's hard to pull up and shoot going right when you're shooting it from across the side of your face.

Then when he came back all of a sudden that shot moved more to the top of his head, now he's going right; stopping and popping; then he could post up; he could turn left shoulder; he could turn right shoulder, and then it became a serious problem"

On Tracy McGrady:

"He could do everything... I told him, 'bro you could do everything I could do on the court, but you were 6"10'. Literally everything. He had no weaknesses--offensively or defensively. He was a nightmare to guard"

 

[Big Boss]

 

[DillaTUDE]

 

[Conscious Pilot]

Post retirement, distinguished Bean

Giving T Mac his deserved Props


In before the Kobe/ Bron Stan Wars 288292928282

 

[2Quik4UHoes]

Post retirement, distinguished Bean

Giving T Mac his deserved Props


In before the Kobe/ Bron Stan Wars 288292928282

Ima grab my seat now for the fireworks lol....

 

[SAINT]

no mention of bulldozing I see

 

[ALonelyDad]

The only man able to defend KD well was Russell Westbrook, outside of that he is pretty much unstoppable

 

[Darealtwo1]

But the stats and numbers say your toughest matchup was Lebron. Every time you played him your numbers and percentages dropped drastically. Similar to the way Demar Derozan's numbers drop when facing Lebron. It's why struggled to beat him time after time after time after time again. He pretty much owned your entire life and outplayed you every single time.

I wonder how many rings Demar would have won with Prime Shaq if this was all he had to put up.....He would probably be looked at in a different light

2000 NBA Finals

Shaq- 38 PPG, 17 RPG, 2.5 APG, 2.7 BPG, 61% FG 96/157----6 games
Kobe-16 PPG, 5 RPG, 4 APG, 1.4 BPG, 36% FG%, 33/90----5 games

2001 NBA Finals

Shaq- 33 PPG, 16 RPG, 5 APG, 3.5 BPG, 63/110 57% FG-----5 games
Kobe- 24 PPG, 8 RPG, 6 APG, 1.4 BPG, 44/106 41% FG------5 games

 

[High quality poster]

I knew that nikka tmac wasn’t no 6’8

Kobe on Lebron “ man I’ll say this about Lebron, he’s not really skilled, and he scores most of his points in the paint by forcefully pushing his opponents”

 

[High quality poster]

But the stats and numbers say your toughest matchup was Lebron. Every time you played him your numbers and percentages dropped drastically. Similar to the way Demar Derozan's numbers drop when facing Lebron. It's why struggled to beat him time after time after time after time again. He pretty much owned your entire life and outplayed you every single time.

I wonder how many rings Demar would have won with Prime Shaq if this was all he had to put up.....He would probably be looked at in a different light

2000 NBA Finals

Shaq- 38 PPG, 17 RPG, 2.5 APG, 2.7 BPG, 61% FG 96/157----6 games
Kobe-16 PPG, 5 RPG, 4 APG, 1.4 BPG, 36% FG%, 33/90----5 games

2001 NBA Finals

Shaq- 33 PPG, 16 RPG, 5 APG, 3.5 BPG, 63/110 57% FG-----5 games
Kobe- 24 PPG, 8 RPG, 6 APG, 1.4 BPG, 44/106 41% FG------5 games

This man like many others is suffering from an illness

 

[2Quik4UHoes]

But the stats and numbers say your toughest matchup was Lebron. Every time you played him your numbers and percentages dropped drastically. Similar to the way Demar Derozan's numbers drop when facing Lebron. It's why struggled to beat him time after time after time after time again. He pretty much owned your entire life and outplayed you every single time.

I wonder how many rings Demar would have won with Prime Shaq if this was all he had to put up.....He would probably be looked at in a different light

2000 NBA Finals

Shaq- 38 PPG, 17 RPG, 2.5 APG, 2.7 BPG, 61% FG 96/157----6 games
Kobe-16 PPG, 5 RPG, 4 APG, 1.4 BPG, 36% FG%, 33/90----5 games

2001 NBA Finals

Shaq- 33 PPG, 16 RPG, 5 APG, 3.5 BPG, 63/110 57% FG-----5 games
Kobe- 24 PPG, 8 RPG, 6 APG, 1.4 BPG, 44/106 41% FG------5 games

The defrozen comparison isn’t catching on breh. Just admit you never watched Kobe play and shut the fukk up.

 

[010101]

I knew that nikka tmac wasn’t no 6’8

& kobe really only 6'4 so......*

 

[PL368Z]

He will change his tone soon enough when people star pushing the kd>kobe narrative after kd wins his 3rd fmvp.

 

[High quality poster]

He will change his tone soon enough when people star pushing the kd>kobe narrative after kd wins his 3rd fmvp.

Illness

 

[jwinfield]

But the stats and numbers say your toughest matchup was Lebron. Every time you played him your numbers and percentages dropped drastically. Similar to the way Demar Derozan's numbers drop when facing Lebron. It's why struggled to beat him time after time after time after time again. He pretty much owned your entire life and outplayed you every single time.

I wonder how many rings Demar would have won with Prime Shaq if this was all he had to put up.....He would probably be looked at in a different light

2000 NBA Finals

Shaq- 38 PPG, 17 RPG, 2.5 APG, 2.7 BPG, 61% FG 96/157----6 games
Kobe-16 PPG, 5 RPG, 4 APG, 1.4 BPG, 36% FG%, 33/90----5 games

2001 NBA Finals

Shaq- 33 PPG, 16 RPG, 5 APG, 3.5 BPG, 63/110 57% FG-----5 games
Kobe- 24 PPG, 8 RPG, 6 APG, 1.4 BPG, 44/106 41% FG------5 games

How does any of that show that Bron was a harder guy to defend? Was Kobe sticking Bron all the time in those games?

Kobe talking about who was the hardest to defend 1 on 1 and you bringing in stats with no context at all.