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

[Swagnificent]

@Swagnificent where you at bro, the day has come TMac gets his just due

I just said great minds think alike.

Kobe sees the game the way we do.

Anybody that knows anything about basketball knows T-Mac was as nice as anyone to play the game. Skill wise and athletically he stands side by side with Jordan and Kobe.

Jordan, Kobe, and T-Mac are the only 3 guys in NBA history that we can say had NO WEAKNESSES. They could do anything they want on the floor. Anything.

 

[Rigby.]

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”

Thank God Kobe aint as corny or stupid as his fans or his TV career would've never started

 

[THE MACHINE]

I just said great minds think alike.

Kobe sees the game the way we do.

Anybody that knows anything about basketball knows T-Mac was as nice as anyone to play the game. Skill wise and athletically he stands side by side with Jordan and Kobe.

Jordan, Kobe, and T-Mac are the only 3 guys in NBA history that we can say had NO WEAKNESSES. They could do anything they want on the floor. Anything.

KD has arrived breh

 

[High quality poster]

Thank God Kobe aint as corny or stupid as his fans or his TV career would've never started

Thank God Indeed

The man was blessed with infinite wisdom and charisma and good looks

 

[10bandz]

Bron stan @Darealtwo1 making himself look stupid yet again

 

[Swagnificent]

Bruh imagine if Tmac could stay healthy & had Shaq. He’d easily have 5-7 rings & wouldn’t have ran off Shaq

True. TMac would not have challenged Shaq the way Kobe did. Better working relationship with a guy just as talented as Kobe means more rings.

However, I could say the same for Kobe and KG. If you paired them together, they woulda won 5-7 rings as well. KG was always more of a #2. Kobe was a #1. Put them together and you got two of the most intense competitive 2-way players in NBA history. They woulda totally owned the league.

Kobe past his prime took Gasol (who is far inferior to KG) to 3 straight finals and 2 titles. Prime Kobe and Prime KG woulda ran the 2000s.

 

[Torrential]

This is a site where people say, and I quote

“I respect dudes opinions from the internet more than I respect nba players, because nba players don’t know advanced stats”

A bunch of weird ass nerds on here

this is what it boils down to.

 

[Swagnificent]

KD has arrived breh

True. Skillwise he's right there with em. However, he's not as explosive athletically as Jordan, Kobe, and T-Mac. That is why I rate them slightly higher. With that said, KD's length and height does make up for that deficiency in athleticism to a degree. But not enough for me to say I would take him ahead of those dudes.

 

[High quality poster]

Lol @ Bron stans. Always wanna be part of shyt. Nobody was talking bout y’all unskilled asses

 

[Swagnificent]

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

Kobe a baller. He don't care about idiot fan's opinions. He cares about what his PEERS think. Guys like Jordan, Magic, Bird, T-Mac, etc.

 

[Swagnificent]

Lol @ Bron stans. Always wanna be part of shyt. Nobody was talking bout y’all unskilled asses

Real Talk. That's why they in here posting stats. That's all they know.

nikkas never been in a gym to know how to tell the difference between who can play and who can't. These fools would need a box score afterwards to know who can ball and who can't playing in the gym.

 

[Osmosis]

T-Mac is the unluckiest player in NBA history. He deserved postseason success.

 

[MooseMouthMthafuga]

jordan wouldn't run to a team that he blows a 3 1 lead to

I didn't say he had Jordan;s mental....I'm just speaking on his offensive skill.. It's undeniable

 

[Swagnificent]

The thread isn't about Bron bruh. Plus this is Kobe's opinion so you can't even debate it

Most players co-sign this as well. You rarely hear elite defenders talk about LeBron being their toughest cover. Guys like Grant Hill have been on TV and said Kobe and KD were their toughest covers. Tayshaun Prince said the same.

LeBron scores a lot of points in transition, off pick n rolls, and he passes a lot. Guys don't consider a guy who runs the floor well and gets points in transition or who needs picks to get you off as a tough cover. If you've played basketball, you would know the guys who are the toughest cover are guys with elite one on one scoring ability. Guys who get you in isolation and can just break you down. Guys who don't need picks to get you off. Those are the toughest covers. And that's not LeBron's game which is why he's rarely mentioned by NBA players as their toughest cover.

Kobe, KD, and even Carmelo are always mentioned as the toughest guys to guard of the last 20 years.

 

[froggle]

Tmac was that dude.

It's crazy how such a great career got cut short. Breh was so beastly