If shaq was the man in LA why was Kobe the playmaker,
defender,and the man with the ball in the fourth quarter?
2007-10-01 20:48:19 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Basketball
because Shaq couldn't even shoot from 3 feet away from the basket, and missed free throws in the crunch time. Shaq held the paint. Kobe did everything else.
2007-10-02 05:21:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
I am not a hater but I just want to answer your question:
He's a playmaker, yes he's got to be, Kobe is a guard. One of the essential requirement for the said position is that he has to make plays to make it easy on the big men who gets hammered inside.
He's a defender, yes he gotta be. Phil loves defense not playing one would make him lose his favor on you (especially coming from a team that boasts three of the best defenders in the 90's era). That is why the Lakers defense improved immensely when he was settled in as coach.
Has the ball in fourth quarter? I remember that if the Lakers are down in the fourth quarter they always, always give the ball to Shaq because they respect the way he delivers the team (have you seen the movie 'Year of the Yao'? that's one proof of what I'm talikng about). Kobe handles the ball late in the fourth so that teams won't resort in 'Hack a Shaq' and make Sahq shoot freethrows, the only weakness in his game.
Hope this helps.
2007-10-02 04:51:48 · answer #2 · answered by Darth Revan 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Kobe is only the "man with the ball in the fourth quarter" in 2003 and 2004. That's when the whole Kobe-Shaq feud started. Kobe accused Shaq of being selfish, because Shaq knows he's not healthy, he should "relinquish" command over to Kobe. Shaq accuses Kobe of being selfish, because Kobe said THAT! And Phil Jackson acknowledge that Kobe is selfish and that he wanted Shaq to have the ball, not Kobe.
That's why you hear these stories that players such as Derek Fisher begged Kobe to play the triangle offense. And in 2004, more players include Fisher, Karl Malone, Gary Payton, Rick Fox begged Kobe to play the triangle offense and put aside their differences.
Read Phil Jackson's The Last Season.
Kobe is "man with the ball in the fourth quarter" not because it's the gameplan. It's that Kobe is "uncoachable."
2007-10-02 10:48:55 · answer #3 · answered by DMAN 6 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Shaq needed Kobe and Kobe needed Shaq, is that plain and simple but Shaq went and got another ring that tells you he is easier to work with, I'm a Laker and Kobe fan but you also have to be realistic.
2007-10-02 09:33:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Kobe was none of those things. You're full of it.
2007-10-02 19:01:45 · answer #5 · answered by powderlovinbluedevil 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
im an LA fan
2007-10-02 03:50:51 · answer #6 · answered by Ah Pui 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
KOBE is D' Man... KOBE KOBE KOBE he's D Man
2007-10-02 03:56:13 · answer #7 · answered by Moe Hawk 2 · 0⤊ 4⤋
First time for everything!!!
2007-10-02 04:00:09 · answer #8 · answered by h-sum 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Cause he is an overrated, overhyped, oversexed ballhog?
Perhaps
2007-10-02 03:52:17 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 5⤋