Lets do this.
Kobe had the most dominant big man of his era win him 3 titles, then has the nerve to kick him out of town. (3 finals mvp).
To close out, yeah lebron messed up last year. fell apart in the playoffs. but he said that was the best thing to ever happen to him, he completely changed his mindset and reinvented his game adding a post presence. There is nothing left to hate lebron about. Why do melo and dwight get free passed being huge babies and holding their teams ransom? dwight destroyed that franchise got coach and gm fired. and yet lebron is the only one to get the hate.
RECENT NEWS- Mike Brown! Lebron makes this guy coach of the year with a terrible team, then the lakers with 50x more talent he gets fired. Either he is a good coach or he isnt. Either coaching matters or it doesnt. No matter which stance you take on the issue, it works in lebrons favor. (or he didnt get the most from lebron)
LeBron was a more polished player coming out of highschool there is no denying that. Kobe played with Shaq for 8 years. Can you honestly say that LeBron wouldnt be winning championships if he was in the same position?
Kobe had the most dominant big man of his era win him 3 titles, then has the nerve to kick him out of town. (3 finals mvp).
- Kobe demanded a trade. All kobe fan forget this and the arguments about how loyal he is are completely invalid. Accusing lebron of abandoning a city when he never demanded a trade like kobe is insulting
- Kobe shot 6-24 in a finals game 7. His teammates had to bail him out in the 4th quarter. Can you image the public scrutiny and outrage if lebron performed like that in a game 7? Lebron was even better than that in last years finals
- Kobe has been the worst teammate in recent memory. Publicly calling out your teammates (remember when he referred to bynum as "that bum player" in that cell phone vid, bynum then went on to be an integral part of 2 championship teams), not even talking to teammates (smuch parkers testimony), demanding to be traded, refusing to pass the ball to open teammates in late game situations. Being accused of a felony cheating on his wife and continuing to do so. (rumors say he was introducing mistresses to his kids and that was the last straw for his wife)
- That last fact has led to a lot of kobe love and lebron hate. Literally the only thing lebron haters have left is that they think he isnt clutch. LeBron makes the correct basketball play by drawing defense towards him, then being a GREAT TEAMMATE and trusting his teammates, passes it to them in late game situations. There have been times where kobe literally has 2 wide open teammates waving their hands and kobe be's a hero and takes a double team contested shot.
- LeBron is a clutch player. 2 years ago he single handedly beat boston and the bulls to make the finals. he made clutch shots at end of games and played great defense on the opposing teams best player. LeBron dropping 45 on the road in a must win game 6 is clutch. Having a triple double in finals game 7 is clutch. LeBrons career fg% in the 4th quarter and overtime of regular season and playoff games goes UP.
- LeBron never had a chance to win cleveland. Look at the 07 finals roster. That is the worst team in finals history. They gave lebron a washed up shaq and washed up jamison and expected him to win. No 1 man team has ever won a championship. Even when u have 2 superstars its no guarantee. (ask payton and kemp, penny and shaq, baylor and west their prime years) Jordan went nowhere till pippen got good, and he faced a lof of critisism that lebron faces now. People thought jordan was just a stat hog and could never go in the playoffs.
- Kobe had bad teams just like lebron. the difference is lebron carried a team on hit back to the finals and kobe wallowed in the playoffs never went anywhere. Iverson was the only other player ever to carry a 1 man team to the finals. and that team was better than lebrons they were incredible defensively and had defensive player of year matumbo.
- LeBron exorcized his right as a free agent to sign where he wants. why in the world would he stay in cleveland with a team so bad? The proof is in the numbers that cleveland team had the best record in the league his last year there, then had the worst record and was one of the worst teams ever once lebron left. thats proof he never had a team
- lebron quit in the playoffs vs the celtics? he had a 30-20-10 triple double
- Kobe is crazy overrated clutch. He hasnt hit a game winner in the playoffs in YEARS. http://chasing23.com/kobe-bryant-vs-...winning-shots/ Important quote-"More interestingly however, is that Lebron has made only two fewer game winning/game tying shot despite taking 15 fewer shot attempts, and playing in 116 fewer playoff games."
To close out, yeah lebron messed up last year. fell apart in the playoffs. but he said that was the best thing to ever happen to him, he completely changed his mindset and reinvented his game adding a post presence. There is nothing left to hate lebron about. Why do melo and dwight get free passed being huge babies and holding their teams ransom? dwight destroyed that franchise got coach and gm fired. and yet lebron is the only one to get the hate.
RECENT NEWS- Mike Brown! Lebron makes this guy coach of the year with a terrible team, then the lakers with 50x more talent he gets fired. Either he is a good coach or he isnt. Either coaching matters or it doesnt. No matter which stance you take on the issue, it works in lebrons favor. (or he didnt get the most from lebron)
LeBron was a more polished player coming out of highschool there is no denying that. Kobe played with Shaq for 8 years. Can you honestly say that LeBron wouldnt be winning championships if he was in the same position?
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