Everybody bashes Kobe when everybody knows Kobe has nobody to help him win games. Now the Spurs are making Lebron look like the next Harold Miner and everybody backs him up by stating he needs help. Come on people and admit that Lebron is WAY overhyped at this point in his young career. "KINGS" don't need supports last time I checked. I know he is young and will probably do a lot of great things in his career. People need to quit acting like he is gonna be the best ever if he cant even hit a 19 foot jumper on a consistent basis. Finally a good, western conference defense got a hold of him and he doesn't know how to dominate the game. Poor "KING."
2007-06-13 08:11:30 · 15 answers · asked by BIGBOI 3 in Sports ➔ Basketball
AUDEMARS
Never seen Kobe take over a game like that. UH 81 points ring a bell. 5 straight 50+ point games. Are you serious with these ignorant statements you are making?
2007-06-13 10:43:44 · update #1
I have seen alot of answers from BRUCE B and I think he might be the worst basketball mind on yahoo answers.
2007-06-13 11:17:47 · update #2
Lebron has the help he needs with all star center Z, great rebounders/hustle players in gooden and varejao
Solid perimeter defender in Pavlovic
All these guys do the jobs they are supposed to do...thats why they are called role players
Other than last night, gibson was averaging 18 points per game in teh finals
its not like lebron has no help
KOBE DEFINITELY HAS NO HELP
Lamar odom was injured all year, he bricked like 19 outta 20 threes he took when he came back from his hsoulder injury
He wad pretty bad offensively in the first 3 games of the series...he made an effor in the 4th game but couldn't keep up with marion and amre defensively.
He stepped up in the 5th game but stupid refs put him in foul trouble and got his butt outta the game in the 4th quarter (touch fouls were called...lame)
If kobe had a supporting cast that lebron has I guarantee you he would've posed 10 times a challenge as Lebron
2007-06-13 08:29:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Lamar would not be the best player on those teams you named.
Atlanta has Joe Johnson/Josh Smith. Milwaukee has Michael Redd. Charlotte has Gerald Wallace/Emeka Okafor. Philly has Andre Iguodala. New Orleans has Chris Paul, David West and Peja. Chicago has Ben Gordon, Kirk Hinrich, Nocioni, and Luol Deng. Each of these players are comparable or better than Odom.
Kobe needs help. Fast.
However, Lebron is far from being overhyped. Despite playing in a weaker conference, the Cavs managed to beat a Pistons team that could compete with the best of the West. Give the man his props.
2007-06-13 16:00:05 · answer #2 · answered by G K 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lebron is an over-grown circus monkey playing for the Cleveland Clowns. He is also over-rated. He also is not the King of anything. People are gonna see that he is just a media whore, they hype him up so much that people expect him to dunk from the 3 point line, and when he doesnt people realize that he's not a monkey, but more of a joke.
Lets just say you trade Kobe for James. What would happen. I'll tell you, the Lakers wont make the playoffs and Kobe would have a free ride to the finals,win scoring titles, MVPS and championships. He would also dominate the whole league just as he is doing right now.
I just cant wait untill they make Lebron James toilet paper so I can wipe my *** with it.
Oh yeah and Lamar Odom is a crack smoking maniac.
2007-06-13 16:51:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Kobe is currently a better player than Lebron, but Lebron is still young and has not yet reached his prime. He is not overhyped. Kobe is anything but a team player and it is really hard to feel bad for him not having any help in LA. He does too much whining and then wants to be traded just because the coaching staff won't cut some people/.make some changes just for him???? Man, get over it.
At least, Lebron tries to get an assist every now and then. Kobe acts like he is the only person on the court.
I agree with you that Lebron will never be the best ever because there will never be another MJ, not even Kobe(as hard as he may try).
2007-06-13 15:27:35 · answer #4 · answered by dawn2391 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Hmmm. Lamar Odom was pretty good. I don't think he was a "nobody." He was playing like the best player in the league when Kobe was injured in the beginning of the year.
Luke Walton improved this year to be a solid small forward and let's not blame Kwame and Andrew Bynum. There just isn't enough decent centers out there. Half the teams in the NBA don't have centers who were as good as Kwame or Andrew Bynum.
By your standards, teams like Atlanta, Milawaukee, Charlotte, Philadelphia, New Orleams, and even Chicago don't even have anybody. Because Lamar could easily be the best individual player on any of these teams.
Same goes for LeBron, Z has to be one of the top 5 centers in the NBA today. Drew Gooden isn't "nobody." and Varejao is a good bench player and Larry Hughes isn't bad when healthy.
Let's stop bitching, whining, and moaning about your team. It just shows that you are a Kobe fan and not a Lakers fan. Let's start appreciating what you have.
2007-06-13 15:34:51 · answer #5 · answered by dan73962 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
he is over rated all of his numbers went down from last season and hes in the East the weaker conference , Kobe does need a better supporting cast and all of his numbers when up from last season lebrons when down. lebron has a good team people just under rate them that might be why they are in the finals. Kobe doesn't have any one, and don't say odom because he is to inconsistent. but i lebron this he is young and he will be great not the next Jordan or Magic. but right behind them.
OK to some things up Lebron has help they need to step it up. because the west is the better conference. Kobe has no one and they still win. lebrons number all went down from last season and his team is in the finals so that means he must have a good team. all of kobe's numbers went up and he took less shots and they lost in the 1st round again. Lebron has a cast he just doesn't know how to use them. if you want to blame the cavs losing on any one blame it on the coach. for not knowing how to use his players.
2007-06-13 15:30:21 · answer #6 · answered by frankly I'm Just Honest 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
audemars- Lebron took over in game 5 of the Eastern Conf. Finals, but did you see when Kobe scored 81? Lebrons high 40's (48 I think) is nothing compared to 81. He scored nearly every point in the overtime due to the Pistons not being a good offensive team, and as for the Cavs, he just got the ball every play.
2007-06-13 15:33:04 · answer #7 · answered by Abyssgh0st 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Did you watch Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals? Bron is amazing. Kobe is amazing too, but I've NEVER seen Kobe take over a game like that. The only other person I've seen do that was DWade in the Finals last year. Bron will be out of Cleveland in another 2 years, and he'll go somewhere and win a couple rings.
2007-06-13 15:22:40 · answer #8 · answered by audemars 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I don't understand how you can say " "KINGS" don't need supports". You make it sound like Lebron was expected to beat the Spurs singlehandedly. I don't know if he was overhyped or not because I've only ever seen him play in the finals. There's no question that he AND HIS TEAM have been outclassed by the Spurs but it's not fair to blame just him for that.
Kobe, on the other hand, is a veteran who seems to think he CAN win games singlehandedly. He's being bashed for his misplaced ego more than anything else.
2007-06-13 15:22:30 · answer #9 · answered by Alice K 7 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Everyone needs help in a team sports to win.
Let him be Kobe, or MJ, or Lebron, and specially Shaq.
2007-06-13 15:15:38 · answer #10 · answered by I|A|X 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋