This is supposed to be a gotcha

It's honestly quite pathetic that you're incapable of understanding something so simple. I wonder how dudes like you function on a daily basis. I'm applying the same standard to both Lebron and Kobe, dumbfukk.
Throughout NBA history, most championships are won by teams that have multiple all-NBA/HOF players. In 2007, Lebron was a 22 year old on a team without a single HOF teammate facing a dynasty in the finals. Lebron didn't have one teammate that could even be considered a top 300 player to ever play. Relatively speaking, that's the epitome of no help.
Nobody expected the 2004-2007 Lakers to win a championship but for Kobe to lead his team to less wins than a team led by Pau Gasol, miss the playoffs in his prime, flame out in the first round repeatedly (including a blown 3-1 lead to an Amare-less Suns team) proves that he wasn't a force of nature capable of willing teams to contention on his own. He needed Phil and a balanced team with another superstar/all-star to be relevant.
When both Lebron and Kobe were on teams without HOFers, Lebron was able to win 60+ games and go to the finals while prime Kobe was barely making the playoffs and incapable of winning a single playoff series.
Now go look at how many the 2007-2010 Cavs had dumbass