Nick Wright: "Kobe was never the best player in the league once in his career"

[Flywin Lannister]

@ 1:10

We give too much value to opinions, in an age where every Tom dikk (nh) and Harry can upload something on YouTube and make a 'statement'.

 

[CoochieMane]

Nikka's really claiming Vince Carter and Tracey McGrady were better than Kobe

 

[Kang Deezy]

Kobe was similar to Westbrook in regards to being an all time ball hog nobody would want to play with...

Except at least westbrook actually passed the ball, kobe wasn't a playmaker

 

[High quality poster]

Kobe was similar to Westbrook in regards to being an all time ball hog nobody would want to play with...

Except at least westbrook actually passed the ball, kobe wasn't a playmaker

Kobe led 5 championship teams in assist tho.

 

[JYoung24]

He was considered the best player by his peers for a decade even when shaq was he still considered the best permiter player and best all around player

 

[Gangstar8]

Kobe led 5 championship teams in assist tho.

Led a team full of role players to back to back championships also

 

[JYoung24]

He ain't lying but that doesn't mean Kobe wasn't great.

He is lying

 

[Gangstar8]

Kobe became the best player in the league in 2002 and then after Shaq left

 

[JYoung24]

this is nonsense

Im a Kobe fan, im not a stan like a lot of brehs on here.

Kobe was the best player in the NBA for a few years in his career. I agree about Lebron being the best player in 2007-08, but from 2005-2007, Kobe was the best.

And then he, Shaq, and Duncan alternated that crown from 2000-2004. They all werent the best for a season, but they were the best for a period during that time frame.

Im 2007-2008 even bron was saying kobe was the best player in the leauge

 

[JYoung24]

Alot of y'all trying rewrite history in this thread y'all some straight kobe haters

 

[JYoung24]

so nobody was calling bron the best when he destroyed detroit in the 07 playoffs and then was leading the cavs to 60-win seasons with mo williams as his sidekick?

No they wernt kobe was still considered the best

 

[JYoung24]

The misconception is Kobe mvp'd those 5seasons you are referring to. Reality is Lakers were not title contenders til Shaq And Phil got there. Once Shaq left, I believe they missed the playoffs. I remember Kobe flirting with going to Chicago. The Lakers then had to re up to be competitive again. Traded kwame for Pau Gasol, Got Lamar Odom for some ready rock, had a Shaq replacement (forgot his name but he was a beast for 2/3seasons) and with Phil at the helm they won two more.

I've never seen an all time great player lose as much as Kobe when the team isn't stacked. He should be able to carry his team's to the playoffs, Kobe often couldn't do that which is a red flag imo

Man what are you talking about that team was not stacked just say u hate kobe and keep it moving

 

[JYoung24]

LOL @ Kobe being the best player in the league at anytime...

All Kobe did was score pretty...

Dude got an MVP as a lifetime achievement award. Dude got All NBA Defensive Teams as a lifetime achievement award...

Lebron, Dirk, Wade, KG, Shaq, Dwight and Duncan all played throughout Kobe's prime and Kobe was never ever clear cut better than any of themthan any of them.

Gthfoh with this nonsense

 

[JYoung24]

LeBron had more seasons in the DPoY conversation, could defend more positions, and make far more explosive defensive plays than Kobe ever could. How does LeBron not challenge himself defensively when he has been switched off to guards like MVP Rose and Tony Parker and locked them down, when just last year he was trusted to switch to DeRozan in 4Q's of the ECF, when LeBron effectively guarded PF's and some C's as a small ball PF in Miami, when his signature play requires him to run the length of the court and pin shots off the glass killing fast breaks.

Kobe was a better man to man defender than LeBron. LeBron is probably a better off ball defender. People need to stop lebron can defend every position narrative he can defend non scoring centers but he can't defend good centers or power forwards

 

[AlainLocke]

Gthfoh with this nonsense

What?

Kobe wasn't better than any of them nikkas...

He wasn't a better passer than Lebron...

He wasn't a better all around player than Wade or Lebron...

He wasn't dominant like Shaq...

He wasn't a better shooter/scorer than Dirk...

He didn't have the defensive impact of Duncan or Dwight...


So I don't know how anybody wanna say Kobe was the undisputed best player at any point and time. Only thing that nikka did was win a lot...and that nikka better win when he had fukking Shaq and Phil Jackson and then he had Phil Jackson and Pau..the motherfukker better win. And when he didn't have any of them..he took Ls.

Only thing Kobe did was take a lot of damn shots...and was slightly above average at making them shyts and he was a slightly above scorer....

Motherfukkers like KD, Dirk and Lebron kill Kobe when it comes to offensive efficiency.

Kobe's offensive game looked pretty as fukk but that shyt doesn't mean he was the best player.