#8 Kobe vs #24 Kobe, which version of Kobe is better?
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he was deadlier. 24 had everything 8 had with a higher iq, footwork on some whole nother other shyt.Wasn't as athletic or deadlier scoring threat every night. Breh avg damn near 40 for a month in 06
He had a ridiculous speed+strength+vertical combo during those years coupled with a post game and midrange accuracy. nikka was a 2k player on steroids.
i don't know why yaw acting like he was
when he changed numbers, he was still posterizing nikkas well up until the Achilles tear. dude was only 28 and still in one of his primes.
Dilltastic VolWon(derful)
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At anybody saying they felt bad for the Smush Parker Kobe days, He pretty much pushed Shaq out of town and wanted to be the man. It was pretty much his choice.
catskill247
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What jersey number entered that white girl's culo in the Denver hotel. I choose the opposite one then.
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As much as I like 24, 8 is superior..... doing it on both sides of the floor. Drooping 30-40 points on a team's best defender then shutting down thr opposition's best offensive player. What he did to T-MAC, in Orlando and in Houston sealed Kobe's dominance.
CourtesyFlush
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Can someone explain to a newb like myself what the differences are?
The ''down years'' he referred to last night in which he created.
He pretty much pushed Shaq out of town and wanted to be the man. It was pretty much his choice.
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KnickstapeCity
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Both had a huge dikk but I gotta give it pause to 24
The Solid One
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#8 is the nostalgia pick. Frobe was a showman like none before and low cut Kobe from '05-'06 was historic. #24 from '07 - '13 was a better player and leader in every metric outside of athleticism.
His footwork? Improved. Midrange? Impeccable. Skill level? Never better. Feel for the game? Considerably superior. Leadership? It's not even close.
#24 is only glossed over today because guys remember the final three to four years where he was a shell of himself. In real time when he was rattling off 4 straight 50 point games the season after switching numbers and leading the Lakers as the guy to 3 straight final appearances, no one was claiming he an inferior version. The sentiment was that he was better than he had ever been.
#24 was a better leader, more refined, and smarter.
His footwork? Improved. Midrange? Impeccable. Skill level? Never better. Feel for the game? Considerably superior. Leadership? It's not even close.
#24 is only glossed over today because guys remember the final three to four years where he was a shell of himself. In real time when he was rattling off 4 straight 50 point games the season after switching numbers and leading the Lakers as the guy to 3 straight final appearances, no one was claiming he an inferior version. The sentiment was that he was better than he had ever been.
#24 was a better leader, more refined, and smarter.
Erratic415
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He wore #8 for his first 10 seasons from 96-97 to 05-06. He wore #24 for his next 10.
Obviously he was more athletic in his younger years as #8. I’m not sure exactly what his prime years were as he had an elite player for very long, but you could say it went from the 00/01 season to maybe, 08/09 or 09/10? Something around that general time frame, so it went through both jersey numbers.
Overall I’d go with 8
CourtesyFlush
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I been patiently waiting 9 years for this answer! Just sitting in my rocking chair. Props breh
Mantis Toboggan M.D.
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His prime was I’d say from 1999-2000 to 2008-09 yeah. He made all nba 1st team from 2010-13, but he clearly wasn’t the same guy physically after 2009. Strangely enough his most efficient season as a scorer was 2012-13. Also his all defensive team nominations while wearing 8 were mostly deserved while the ones he got while wearing 24 came mostly off his reputation.