Saying "Kobe's outside shooting is perhaps better than Michael's" is not being definitive whatsoever. He was purposely being vague in effort to not come right out and say that Mike was completely better than Kobe in every way, which is basically what he said in his recent book. You have to remember, he was coaching Kobe at the time. The long pause and the clearing of the throat when being asked to cosign the silly assertion that Kobe was more skilled than Mike says it all. So no, Phil didn't actually say "Kobe is a better shooter than Mike was" like you're fakkit ass tried to imply.
WELL, THERES NO DOUBT THAT PHIL HAS A CLOSER RELATIONSHIP WITH MICHAEL AS A PERSON THAN HE EVER HAS HAD WITH KOBE....SO FOR HIM TO EVEN GO OUT AND SAY THOSE THINGS ARE PRETTY BIG, AND COULD ALSO EXPLAIN THE GULP YOU BROUGHT UP. HE ALSO ONCE SAID KOBE HAS BETTER HANDLES, WHICH IS ANOTHER THING U CAN ADD TO THE LIST THAT KOBE HAS ABOVE MJ, MELO, PIERCE, LEBRON ETC. AND EVERY1 ELSE MENTIONED IN THIS THREAD.
He shot 70% at the rim, 47% from midrange this season at 34 years old





