Why don't fans respect Kobe as much as his peers?

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It seems like everybody's favorite player's favorite player is Kobe. Last year it was Bird saying he'd wanna play with Kobe over LeBron. Magic saying Kobe is much better than LeBron. MJ yesterday saying 5 beats 1 every time. Dirk saying Kobe is the best player the last 15 years. Wade today saying Kobe is the best of "our era."

I mean I can't think of a great player, either current or former, who ain't gave props to Kobe as the best of his era. Yet all these fans who have never played ball feel they know better than the greats. It just makes no sense to me. You would think that dudes like Wade and Dirk who play against him would be the last folks to heap false praise. Yet its Kobe's peers who proclaim him the best. The same way that MJ's peers proclaimed him the best.

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Back in like 98 or 99 we all just kinda decided that Kobe was a b!tch and that was pretty much it :manny:

Blame Adidas
Blame Jordan
Blame AI
Blame Jellybean

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:beli: nikka please.......everyone and they mama wanted to BE LIKE MIKE

stop hatin on Kobe cause he's the only dude to actually pull it off :ehh:

you act like Bron ain't wanna be like Mike.......nikka wore 23 and has a photoshopped pic of MJ on his phone........Bron was just too clumsy and uncoordinated to pull off MJ's moves

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Kobe aint the only dude to actually pull off MJs moves, He just copied it completely hes a poor mans Jordan and thats how his game will be remembered. LeBron was like any other kid growing up in the late 80s - 90s wearing 23 etc Kobe had to change his number 1 higher than Mike (24-23) guess what he did it in the Olympics too MJ wore 9 Kobe wore 10 LeBron doesnt try and play Jordans style thats not who he is, Hes a modern Oscar Robertson. Kobe on the other hand studied MJ religously copied about every aspect of his game.. Like I said hes a poor nikkas Jordan. Why the hell would Bron wanna attempt Jordans moves Bron is 6'8 260 he aint no damn SG take his ass to the post and bully nikkas. The sad thing is Bron has all these physical assets and didnt start working in the post until last season. I aint discrediting what Kobe has achieved the nikka is one of the top players to ever play the game.
 
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it pretty much cats that are stuck in the 90's that think jordan cant do no wrong and now these young nikkas now think lebron cant do no wrong
 

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Kobe is basically a bootleg Jordan. Who respects anything bootleg? Be original, fakkit. 17 years of blatant and incessant dikk riding of another man is pretty fukking pathetic. Be your own damn player/man.

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It really isn't Kobe's fault that people see glaring similarities between his game and Mike's. I mean, at the height of MJ's popularity was a big theme surrounding him? "Be Like Mike" Everyone wanted to be like MJ. It just so happens that Kobe's the closest thing to step on the court like him, from the intensity, to skill.

This really is just an idiotic pov because you don't see people in baseball going, "Mike Trout looks like a bootleg Mickey Mantle, what a fukking fakkit." Only weirdo basketball fans.
 

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So lebron is oscar Jr?

What about LeBron's game is like Oscar's other than filling up the stat sheet? Their styles are nothing alike.

Meanwhile, Kobe lets his tongue hang out his mouth like he wants to french kiss Mike every time he takes a shot. It's disgusting, b. Blatant dikkriding is what's up now?
 

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It really isn't Kobe's fault that people see glaring similarities between his game and Mike's. I mean, at the height of MJ's popularity was a big theme surrounding him? "Be Like Mike" Everyone wanted to be like MJ. It just so happens that Kobe's the closest thing to step on the court like him, from the intensity, to skill.

This really is just an idiotic pov because you don't see people in baseball going, "Mike Trout looks like a bootleg Mickey Mantle, what a fukking fakkit." Only weirdo basketball fans.

Well baseball is the gayest sport ever so your post really says a lot.

But are you denying that Kobe blatantly idolizes another man beyond his teenage years? Name one current NBA who still practices Jordan moves in his bedroom with a ball of socks? This is no coincidence. Kobe continues to intentionally dikkrides at the age of 34.
 
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Why would I want to watch a bootleg version of Jordan? I already watched Jordan's real career. Why would I be entertained by a blurry, shaky, bad sound version with people walking by in the background?

Why don't dudes who played with/against MJ feel the same way? Its seems like its only you Jordan dikkriders that get butthurt about Kobe emulating your favorite player. Magic and Bird seem to have no problem with it. Why do you?

shyt Wade grew up in Chi town at the height of MJ's popularity and ain't got a problem with it.
 
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It really isn't Kobe's fault that people see glaring similarities between his game and Mike's. I mean, at the height of MJ's popularity was a big theme surrounding him? "Be Like Mike" Everyone wanted to be like MJ. It just so happens that Kobe's the closest thing to step on the court like him, from the intensity, to skill.

This really is just an idiotic pov because you don't see people in baseball going, "Mike Trout looks like a bootleg Mickey Mantle, what a fukking fakkit." Only weirdo basketball fans.

Pretty much.

I think this thread proves that the only nikkas who hate on Kobe are fakkit Jordan dikkriders. Talkin bout he ain't as good as my man. You nikkas sound mad homo catchin feelings cause Kobe emulated the best player ever.
 
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I respect his game, I don't respect you fakkits that call him the best player ever.

The majority of you who are his fans don't even seem like you like basketball all that much, just Kobe.

So you hate on Kobe because you disagree with the opinion of some of his fans? :scusthov: Yeah thats real mature. How bout you face the actual content of my post rather than talking bout something else.

What you gotta say about your favorite player's favorite player being Kobe. All the former greats from Magic and Bird to the current greats like Wade and Dirk say Kobe's the best. Yet I've seen you argue that Duncan or Bron are better.

Why do you think you know better than Magic/Bird or Wade/Dirk?
 

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Why don't dudes who played with/against MJ feel the same way? Its seems like its only you Jordan dikkriders that get butthurt about Kobe emulating your favorite player. Magic and Bird seem to have no problem with it. Why do you?

shyt Wade grew up in Chi town at the height of MJ's popularity and ain't got a problem with it.

Kobe can do whatever he wants but it's still pretty gay and he's still a photocopy, not as good as the original. :yeshrug:

Kobe decided himself he was never gonna be the GOAT when he bit his entire steelo even down to the way he carries himself. Again, Kobe can do what he wants but I can respect who I want and I can't respect a man with no originality and has spent his entire life trying to be another man.
 
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