kobe hater, mj lover post.
look mr i only know what the media tells me. the media told me as a kid MJ was the greatest and no one will ever surpass him. until they said LBJ is the greatest . so i too skip over kobe.
^^thats you.
everyone copied jordan's moves. just like jordan was copying moves from DR J and david thompson. mike had his own stage because magic had aids, bird had a broke back, and the pistons were just old.
all the greats were aged out by the time mike was ready to contend. not his fault. but lets tell it like it is. this is why jordan is THE GREATEST EVER. its not just because of his winning ways, and scoring/defense. its because he was the greatest player in his era by FAR since all the other legends who would have challenged his throne were all REtired or old.
Kobe came into the nba as a 17yr old backup sg to an allstar in eddie jones.
it took him a few years to get to the starting spot then he had to play 2nd fiddle to shaq. the nba was ramping up with ballers. next thing you know, kobe is a monster, but so is shaq. shaq is older and in his prime. the most dominant at his position in that era. therefore you think of shaq more so then you do kobe. just like you think of jordan more so then you do anyone else for the same reason. but kobe is just playing semi passive to be a team guy and win rings with oneal. more or less swallowing his pride and winning those first 3. only showing you how ridiculously good he was vs the spurs in the offs.
then shaq goes bye bye. everyone else, all of his peers started off with sorry teams but now have decent to good teams. he started off with a good team and is now in the dumps. but he proves how great he is with those clowns he had on his team, smush parker lasted one more season post lakers and ended up on the street ball circuit. where is brian cook?. kwame brown cant catch. it was pitiful. he still drug those clowns into the offs.. TWICE. almost shocked the world once by beating the
#2 seed.
of course he copied jordan's moves. who didnt. he also copied a lot of old school players moves. kobe has told you this in the past. but yall aint listening. he use to be stuck in italy watching his pops play pro ball. so he had to get Tapes of american nba games. thats why he fell in love with the old school players and had their moves down pat. he mimicked everyone he liked, including mike.
but he did mike, better then mike. he had a post game, much earlier in his career then mike, he had a better one dribble pull up then mike. better handles. better midrange jumper. but unlucky for kobe. he never had the chance to play a league full of guys that were either shorter, slower , or couldnt jump as high as him. kobe had to play guys that were built just like him or better physically.
is it really that hard to believe that a man who coached both players would feel Mike was better?
at this thread turning into another Kobe vs. MJ thread with "What if MJ played with Shaq" sprinkled in.
This isn't the first time I have seen someone act like playing with Shaq was some burden. 
Are nikkas really trying to spin that shyt now? 
