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Not a fair article at all. First of all, Lebron is only 22 - he has plenty of time left in his career (unless, God forbid, a Penny Hardaway like injury kicks in). Kobe is 28. In the prime of his career. He doesn't have time to sit back and wait for Smush Parker or Sasha Vujacic to develop.Besides, Daniel Gibson was predicted to be a lottery pick, everyone was surprised he slipped all the way to the second round. It's not like Lebron is out there playing with a "scrub".And like NIK said, its the same thing every year about a player in the Eastern Conference who has a very talented diamond in the ruff. Put Kobe in the East, on a team with a coach that doesn't despise rookies, and give him some talented young players such as Marcus Williams, Jason Kapono, Dorrell Wright, or Daniel Gibson. It's not like Kobe made the management trade any players of that stature away.
good article, i couldn't have articulated that better. fact of the matter is this. Kobe has ALL THE TALENT in the world, as does Lebron, Kobe has utilized every aspect of his talent, except one key aspect .....leadership and camaraderie. lebron has utilized that, and really has yet to utilize his full potential athletically, when and if he does it'll be scary. but lebron has the mental part of the game down, Kobe does not. that's what separates great players and heroes.
Quote from: Don Jacob on June 03, 2007, 11:43:22 PMgood article, i couldn't have articulated that better. fact of the matter is this. Kobe has ALL THE TALENT in the world, as does Lebron, Kobe has utilized every aspect of his talent, except one key aspect .....leadership and camaraderie. lebron has utilized that, and really has yet to utilize his full potential athletically, when and if he does it'll be scary. but lebron has the mental part of the game down, Kobe does not. that's what separates great players and heroes. couldnt have said it better
what amazes me is how people ride lebron james over kobe. i don't see it. i can't wait til the olympics , i believe kobe will bring the gold back home.
It's not surprising to me at all, though, that you take example from pure hate articles like this, containing nothing but bias.
Quote from: Now_I_Know on June 04, 2007, 01:15:16 AMIt's not surprising to me at all, though, that you take example from pure hate articles like this, containing nothing but bias. I'm not going to sit here and say LeBron is better then Kobe, but it seems to me has I read these boards that you are always quick to bash LeBron in every thread he is mentioned. And I just think you’re the last person that should be complaining about someone else writing an article on pure hate and bias. Seeing has you do it everyday.
Quote from: Kane25420 on June 04, 2007, 06:53:37 AMQuote from: Now_I_Know on June 04, 2007, 01:15:16 AMIt's not surprising to me at all, though, that you take example from pure hate articles like this, containing nothing but bias. I'm not going to sit here and say LeBron is better then Kobe, but it seems to me has I read these boards that you are always quick to bash LeBron in every thread he is mentioned. And I just think you’re the last person that should be complaining about someone else writing an article on pure hate and bias. Seeing has you do it everyday.I think LeBron is a very good player with lots of room to grow. However, I do think he is highly overrated and is getting a lot of excessive media attention for being the hot player of the moment (ala .) and those players ALWAYS get compared to Kobe when it's all said and done year after year. Fact of the matter is, none of them are close, and the NBA can't have that...Kobe CAN NOT be the face of the league. It's my opinion, and I'd say my opinion is more credible than your typical Kobe-hating sports journalist. If you think otherwise, that's fine, but people need to quit acting like I'm saying shit that's out of line...PeACe
Quote from: Now_I_Know on June 04, 2007, 10:24:13 AMQuote from: Kane25420 on June 04, 2007, 06:53:37 AMQuote from: Now_I_Know on June 04, 2007, 01:15:16 AMIt's not surprising to me at all, though, that you take example from pure hate articles like this, containing nothing but bias. I'm not going to sit here and say LeBron is better then Kobe, but it seems to me has I read these boards that you are always quick to bash LeBron in every thread he is mentioned. And I just think you’re the last person that should be complaining about someone else writing an article on pure hate and bias. Seeing has you do it everyday.I think LeBron is a very good player with lots of room to grow. However, I do think he is highly overrated and is getting a lot of excessive media attention for being the hot player of the moment (ala .) and those players ALWAYS get compared to Kobe when it's all said and done year after year. Fact of the matter is, none of them are close, and the NBA can't have that...Kobe CAN NOT be the face of the league. It's my opinion, and I'd say my opinion is more credible than your typical Kobe-hating sports journalist. If you think otherwise, that's fine, but people need to quit acting like I'm saying shit that's out of line...PeACeI can see where you’re coming from but I still think you’re pretty harsh on LeBron. I see you mention Wade, Vince, T-Mac, etc, and putting James in that same class. But I don't think he is "this Year's hot player of the moment", I don't think that’s a fare assessment of how good he is no matter how overrated you think he is. I would think a Kobe fan of all people would understand how shitty it is to always be called the next... instead of just Kobe. I understand a lot of people get sick of hearing about how good LeBron is because it does seem like the media and advertisers are shoving him down your throat. But take it from me, I've been lucky enough to have seen him play since he was in 9th grade. His freshman high in H.S was my freshman year in college and he played all his home games in our arena about 3 blocks from my house (it was kind of sad that a H.S team would sell out all of their games and AKron U couldn't). But I 've seen him mature at an unbelievably fast pace all the while handling fame and fortue so well unlike any of the players you compare him too. He's not just the favor of the month he is the real deal. I'll never forget the day we (Cleveland) won that lottery and I knew it was fate, because I think to truely excel in Cleveland you have to understand the city and he does being our home town boy. And I tell you what, saturday night being at the Q watching Lebron hold that Eastern Conferance Trophy over his head, that was speacial, for me and for this city. He truely had the hunger and the drive to win, and he still wants more. Thats somthing you can never rate or overate.
Quote from: J$crILLa on June 04, 2007, 01:25:07 AMQuote from: Don Jacob on June 03, 2007, 11:43:22 PMgood article, i couldn't have articulated that better. fact of the matter is this. Kobe has ALL THE TALENT in the world, as does Lebron, Kobe has utilized every aspect of his talent, except one key aspect .....leadership and camaraderie. lebron has utilized that, and really has yet to utilize his full potential athletically, when and if he does it'll be scary. but lebron has the mental part of the game down, Kobe does not. that's what separates great players and heroes. couldnt have said it betterI'll say it better for youQuote from: Don Jacob on December 06, 2006, 02:49:05 AMwhat amazes me is how people ride lebron james over kobe. i don't see it. i can't wait til the olympics , i believe kobe will bring the gold back home.