houheffna
Ignoring Idiots
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Since the time that Kobe has actually started winning titles, he has given up the ball and depended on Gasol, Odom, Bynum, and 3 point shooters to share. When he was putting up those 50 point games, he had Odom, Smush Parker, Kwame Brown, and Luke Walton... He had no other choice except to dominate the ball. 'nuff said.
And my point is, and has been, find me an NBA player who isn't supremely talented or skilled other than a filler defensive dope of a 7-footer (i.e. Shawn Bradley, Greg Ostertag). Skill doesn't make you great in itself. Jordan had the skill, the body, and what seperated him from the pack was his mental fortitude. Nobody was more intimidating to play against than Jordan, and it showed on the court.
There is no fear involved. Kobe is not/was never as good as Michael was as a player. He had mental toughness but he was never as driven to be the best as Jordan was. Jordan took pride in embarrassing people in a way that I haven't seen out of Kobe Bryant. Jordan's hands were "billion dollar hands" as Phil put it. He could fool defenders at ease with them. He had the body over Kobe. What is Kobe honestly more "skilled" at than Jordan? If you say a crossover, that is the one thing that I can say maybe Bryant has the edge. But, then again, he is playing against collapsed defenses because of the rule changes. Other than pure handles and long-distance shooting, Jordan has the complete upperhand over him. C'mon.
Crossover? You mean BALLHANDLING? Again, you use Phil's argument up to a point. The fact is Jordan and Kobe are comparable because Kobe wanted it that way. He patterned his game after Jordan and came very close, so close that Phil Jackson compared the two. You NEVER brought up Jordan's hands until you heard that clip, you NEVER brought up Jordan's strength until that clip. And as I stated time and time again, when asked if Kobe was a more skilled player the answer was "yes". That failed to compute with you so you make an asinine argument denigrating basketball skills....which is pretty damn silly if you ask me.