I will proclaim that Lebron has the skills to be a Jordan, but he is far from it when it comes to mentally. Just two different types of competitors. I've always thought this but to get to that penultimate spot, you need a little bit of dog in you, a$$hole in you. He doesn't have that. I swear the best thing ever said about Lebron is that he has Batman skills but Robin intangibles.
we've gone over this.
TMAC, Vince carter, do you want me to keep going?
half the nba was full of guys just like kobe when kobe was dominating.
most of the nba did not have a 6'4 to 6'6 hyper athletic, strong SG that could handle the ball.
most guys were to short, not nearly as athletic as mike. or the bigger guys were unathletic. only a very small portion of guys were at least good athletic guys at 6'4+ with longarms that were known defenders. and those guys were just that, good defenders and so so on offense.
a part of the reason why GP made jordan look so mortal wasnt just on defense. it was GP's offense. you need both to deal with guys like jordan, kobe, etc.
you cant just guard them. you have to score on them as well. you have to make them work on defense like crazy. how often did mike have to work on defense? not often. cause guys that he would guard were not great offensive players MOST times.
kobe has had to go up against the alien defenders, guys 6'5+ with ridiculous wingspans, with the hyper athleticism to boot.
jordan saw ehlo. super long but slow defender. he was a known good defender in jordan's era. if he was good in mikes era. what the heck is a 6'9 kirilenko, with the same ridiculous wing span but with real legit athleticism?
or a marion...
I will proclaim that Lebron has the skills to be a Jordan, but he is far from it when it comes to mentally. Just two different types of competitors. I've always thought this but to get to that penultimate spot, you need a little bit of dog in you, a$$hole in you. He doesn't have that. I swear the best thing ever said about Lebron is that he has Batman skills but Robin intangibles.
Lmao Diaw on Kobe and its a call to the homicide squad![]()
who ever said that last line got it wrong.
he doesnt have batman skills. kobe has batman skills.
lebron has superman skills, but his will or desire to win at all cost is at a robin level.
batman is made up of ridiculous SMARTS. no super powers at all. LBJ is just the opposite. all kind of god's gifts. but where's the footwork, where's the jumper in a time of need?
where's the LEGIt post game not this fake post game we see.
Michael Jordan only averaged 20ppg on 45% shooting when he was 40 years old, playing against the same alien defenders.
The guy was a top 5 player for the 1st half in his 1st season with the Wizards, if he didn't get injured in the 2nd half they make the playoffs. The same team that won 19 games the year before and he had them in playoff contention!
You're naming eastern conference players that kobe faced Twice a year Name these Great guards kobe faced in the west playoffs and 4x a season.
Whenever people say "jordan faced slower non athletic guards" you expose yourself jordan faced double and triple teams he was NEVER guarded one on one by any of these players
oh, so you're saying kobe didnt face double and triple teams? dont lie to yourself to make a point.
that nucca kobe outscored a high scoring team in 3 qtrs.
stop it.
he threw up 81 on the raptors. they tried everything, still didnt work.
kobe plays in the zone era. so he's always triple, quadruple teammed no matter what you think. there's always 2 guys waiting for him at the rim. not one. 2. they pick kobe up at the half court line. because of his deadly shooting. dont show shooting%'s. the defense knows better then to back up off of kobe. they never played jordan like that for seasons on end. how do you think jordan had the "its a big ole bucket" moment vs the blazers i believe? those idiots played mike like the spurs are playing bron now. thats cause jordan couldnt shoot the 3ball that well. his best year was the year they moved the 3 line closer. he could make shots when he was wide open from 3, or a big game winner. but he was not a consistent shooter. he tightened up his mid range game after the pistons kept hacking him to death and closing the lanes and beating the bulls. thats why i give jordan props. he went thru the fire. came out a better player. kobe came into the nba with all of jordan's tools. due to watching mike go thru it. kobe knew. "it wont be me, i will have a jumper, i will have a post game, i will shoot 3's and mid range, while also driving to the rack."
LBJ comes in with a drivers game only. then has to develop a good OPEN 3pter and a semi decent wide open mid range jumper(that hes afraid to shoot for some odd reason when the chips are on the table).
who ever said that last line got it wrong.
he doesnt have batman skills. kobe has batman skills.
lebron has superman skills, but his will or desire to win at all cost is at a robin level.
batman is made up of ridiculous SMARTS. no super powers at all. LBJ is just the opposite. all kind of god's gifts. but where's the footwork, where's the jumper in a time of need?
where's the LEGIt post game not this fake post game we see.
Kobe played with shaq for 8 of his 17 years and never faced defenses jordan faced his WHOLE career until 04-05
I'm still waiting for you to name these western conference sg's that kobe faced that were so great Naming Vince carter and tracy mcgrady aint gonna cut it they played in the east name these sg's that kobe faced 4-10x a year in regular season and playoffs in the west.kobe faced Doug Christie and nikkas say mike faced bums at the 2
we've gone over this.
TMAC, Vince carter, do you want me to keep going?
half the nba was full of guys just like kobe when kobe was dominating.
most of the nba did not have a 6'4 to 6'6 hyper athletic, strong SG that could handle the ball.
most guys were to short, not nearly as athletic as mike. or the bigger guys were unathletic. only a very small portion of guys were at least good athletic guys at 6'4+ with longarms that were known defenders. and those guys were just that, good defenders and so so on offense.
a part of the reason why GP made jordan look so mortal wasnt just on defense. it was GP's offense. you need both to deal with guys like jordan, kobe, etc.
you cant just guard them. you have to score on them as well. you have to make them work on defense like crazy. how often did mike have to work on defense? not often. cause guys that he would guard were not great offensive players MOST times.
kobe has had to go up against the alien defenders, guys 6'5+ with ridiculous wingspans, with the hyper athleticism to boot.
jordan saw ehlo. super long but slow defender. he was a known good defender in jordan's era. if he was good in mikes era. what the heck is a 6'9 kirilenko, with the same ridiculous wing span but with real legit athleticism?
or a marion...