AI vs Kobe

[rapbeats]

ill just say this, AI did more with nothing than just about anyone to ever play

thats a lie that philly fans and AI fans like to tell.

more with nothing? Realllly.

first off Leastern conference as usual was SOFT. which gives you a free ride to the eastern conf finals if your team is even remotely decent. you can pile up tons of wins vs the horrible eastern conf and a few horrible western conf teams. bam, you're in the offs with a nice seed playing more chumps. bam you're in the ECF's. just a few games away from the finals.

furthermore. when ai got to the finals . that year he had before they traded im for mutombo.

ratliff the leading shot blocker before he got shipped.

aaron mckie won 6th man of the year that year.

and they also had the coach of the year the same year.

they won every award there was to win. yet they got steam rolled in the finals. they stole one game.

AI was a warrior. but a short shooting guard as your main guy never works.

kobe vs AI. lol. KOBE all day every day. look at KOBE... stilllll going. you saw what kobe did with kwame brown, as his starting center. those fools almost beat the suns the wcf 2nd best team. full of allstars.

AI never had a team that bad. NEVER. and he never had to play in the western conf.

sorry AI fans. kobe outplayed the guy. AI was a chucker. dont confuse more points for a better performance. when you have shoot close to 40% to get your 20+. thats ugly.

Allen Iverson vs. Kobe Bryant | Basketball-Reference.com

 

[rapbeats]

Pretty much...

Back in the day, Kobe had the clean cut good image, AI was the thug.

After the rape case, Kobe was the pariah & Bron became the golden boy.

After "The Decision", Bron got to know how it felt to be Kobe & AI while Rose & Durant became the new humble kids ESPN prepped up.

Cacs been building them up & tearing up them down since 1996

oh boy we're going to lie now.

what the truth is this. kobe didnt have a "CLEAN CUT" image.

Kobe had a silver spoon image. he was the son of an ex pro ball player. meaning unlike AI in VA he never had a hard life in the hood. thats why Philly booed him. and philly fans are DUMB anyway. they booed santa clause and destiny's child back in the day just cause. philly fans are ignorant, we know this.

back to kobe. kobe was hated on because he came out of high school. and was another MJ clone. that couldnt live up to the hype... but wait.... not so fast. YEs he could. unlike any other clone. he actually lived up to it. down to the rings. 1 more to go. the hate stemmed from him not being a Hood kid. ABC didnt make kobe, neither did ESPN> no one did. no one knew about this dude outside of jerry west. lower merion wasnt heard of outside of philly. even during the draft laker fans had no idea who this kid was.

LBJ on the other hand as great as he was in high school. was followed around the country by ESPN(unheard of). LBJ became Espn's SON. they pushed him no matter what he did wrong. they still covered for him. after he took that lose vs dwight and didnt shake hands after they have just came from winning the olympics together. ESPN TRIED To brush it under the rug. because of the colorado incident that set kobe back like crazy. but he was never super clean cut. he was just a regular dude that was a monster on the court, played in los angeles on the best franchise as the 2nd fiddle to a dynamic duo.

espn protected lbj after every mistake he made and covered for him. it was pathetic how obvious it was after the last choke job in the previous finals. some of espn finally started to slow down with the love after "THE DECISION" because they could no longer spin it. LBJ was smelling himself a bit to much for a guy who hasnt won anything out of personal awards. i mean he got dunked on by a camper and nike confiscated the tape. lol. the guy was protected like you've never seen before.
the nba, espn, nike, was trying to make Lebron Michael jordan status. they never tried to make kobe mj. cause the mj lovers never wanted to allow kb to get to mj's level. they dont think anyone can. part of the love for lebron came out of hate for kobe.

 

[GreatestLaker]

He want to far off as a shooter. And he was a better finisher (come on prime A.I. could get to the rim at well) and slasher. He was just as explosive as scorer (hence three scoring titles to one). And both of them basically created plays for themselves, so yeah Iverson was just as good as playmaker.

Kobe holds TWO 3 point shooting records. Kobe once shot 39% from 3 and he is one of the best mid range shooters EVER.

 

[ManBearPig]

damn AI aver 35 in that series

on like 35% shooting.


and speaking of , he dominated

 

[ItzDaKiing]

kobe wasn't relative until 05!

Didn't even read the rest of your post because of the fukked up spelling and because this is just plain stupid. Lol @ Kobe not being relevant until 05


Neg reps for you friend.

 

[ManBearPig]

When you don't get a ring people get disrespectful

2006 lakers roster shouldve been thrown the bushes, but that squad was still way better than the 2001 sixers. Outiside of running defense, ivo did everything for them guys in 01. And kobes numbers that year was on a first round exit, really makes it insignificant

*edit typos

no more drugs for you.

 

[YBE]

oh boy we're going to lie now.

what the truth is this. kobe didnt have a "CLEAN CUT" image.

Kobe had a silver spoon image. he was the son of an ex pro ball player. meaning unlike AI in VA he never had a hard life in the hood. thats why Philly booed him. and philly fans are DUMB anyway. they booed santa clause and destiny's child back in the day just cause. philly fans are ignorant, we know this.

back to kobe. kobe was hated on because he came out of high school. and was another MJ clone. that couldnt live up to the hype... but wait.... not so fast. YEs he could. unlike any other clone. he actually lived up to it. down to the rings. 1 more to go. the hate stemmed from him not being a Hood kid. ABC didnt make kobe, neither did ESPN> no one did. no one knew about this dude outside of jerry west. lower merion wasnt heard of outside of philly. even during the draft laker fans had no idea who this kid was.

LBJ on the other hand as great as he was in high school. was followed around the country by ESPN(unheard of). LBJ became Espn's SON. they pushed him no matter what he did wrong. they still covered for him. after he took that lose vs dwight and didnt shake hands after they have just came from winning the olympics together. ESPN TRIED To brush it under the rug. because of the colorado incident that set kobe back like crazy. but he was never super clean cut. he was just a regular dude that was a monster on the court, played in los angeles on the best franchise as the 2nd fiddle to a dynamic duo.

espn protected lbj after every mistake he made and covered for him. it was pathetic how obvious it was after the last choke job in the previous finals. some of espn finally started to slow down with the love after "THE DECISION" because they could no longer spin it. LBJ was smelling himself a bit to much for a guy who hasnt won anything out of personal awards. i mean he got dunked on by a camper and nike confiscated the tape. lol. the guy was protected like you've never seen before.
the nba, espn, nike, was trying to make Lebron Michael jordan status. they never tried to make kobe mj. cause the mj lovers never wanted to allow kb to get to mj's level. they dont think anyone can. part of the love for lebron came out of hate for kobe.

bruh.....to inner city kids, thats the same thing

 

[Reggie]

Kobe holds TWO 3 point shooting records. Kobe once shot 39% from 3 and he is one of the best mid range shooters EVER.

And don't forget he has 5-6 inches on Chuck and still only shoots a percentage point or two higher for his career.

 

[MoneyTron]

*Puts on AI throwback over XXXXL white tee*

*Puts on Answers, durag and extra baggy shorts*

*Refuses to acknowledge anything past 2001*

*Fights over Stillmatic vs Blueprint*

 

[J-Fire]

thats a lie that philly fans and AI fans like to tell.

kobe vs AI. lol. KOBE all day every day. look at KOBE... stilllll going. you saw what kobe did with kwame brown, as his starting center. those fools almost beat the suns the wcf 2nd best team. full of allstars.


Allen Iverson vs. Kobe Bryant | Basketball-Reference.com

you just proved the point. Kobe didn't have kawme starting until 05. Kobe wasn't the man until 05-06 MR 81!

Allen iverson was seen as next once he crossed up jordan in 96. Then from 99-2003 Iverson was the man hands down! Kobe turned up his game once the new generation came in (wade, bosh, bron, melo, etc.). Iverson didn't take it to the next level.

 

[GreatestLaker]

you just proved the point. Kobe didn't have kawme starting until 05. Kobe wasn't the man until 05-06 MR 81!

Allen iverson was seen as next once he crossed up jordan in 96. Then from 99-2003 Iverson was the man hands down! Kobe turned up his game once the new generation came in (wade, bosh, bron, melo, etc.). Iverson didn't take it to the next level.

Kobe has been better than AI since 2000.

 

[FTBS]

It's might funny how nikkas have totally ignored 08? AI at 33 minus a step being asked to do something other than chuck on a team that had been near the top of the conference switched places with Chauncey Billups (who nikkas would if he was included in this convo) and what happened? AI's team once again got knocked out in the first round (has the nikka been out of the first round since that Finals?) and the Nuggets magically advance to the conference finals out west. nikkas keep talking about AI not having talent and totally ignore that season. That was the season that convinced me once and for all that he wasn't who I thought he was back in the day. You honestly think that same team with 33 year old Kobe goes .500 and ends up as fodder for the Cavs? If you wanna say that AI and Kobe are close then how do you not take the guy who is 6 inches taller who plays both ways?

 

[fscballin]

Kobe has been better than AI since 2000.

he just couldn't winning the scoring titles, lead his team to the finals, and win a league MVP for about another 5 to 7 years.

Iverson, wade and bron were all able to lead their teams to the finals before Kobe did...no wonder why he wanted to get traded to the east

Iverson got more scoring titles
Bron has more MVPs
and Wade was able to take an aged Shaq and demolish the team that raped Kobe in the 04 finals, and win a finals MVP....before Kobe

 

[No1]

he just couldn't winning the scoring titles, lead his team to the finals, and win a league MVP for about another 5 to 7 years.

Iverson, wade and bron were all able to lead their teams to the finals before Kobe did...no wonder why he wanted to get traded to the east

Iverson got more scoring titles
Bron has more MVPs
and Wade was able to take an aged Shaq and demolish the team that raped Kobe in the 04 finals, and win finals MVP....before Kobe

But Kobe was still better than AI

 

[Bilz]

sorry AI fans. kobe outplayed the guy. AI was a chucker. dont confuse more points for a better performance. when you have shoot close to 40% to get your 20+. thats ugly.

You do realize this is the exact opposite of what you say when you're comparing Kobe to Jordan, LeBron, etc, right?