Kobe average more points than A.I but A.I is a team player. kobe shoots 82% of the LA lakers shots in every game. A.I. has a team he can work witha they can be nice but they need to play better.
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Kobe can be a ballhog, as can nearly everyone admit, but he does make most shots. If anyone had the talent he had, they would do the same. Kobe is playing great, but I don't really "like him". I respect him.\n\nAI actually passes more often, and he is a true fighter. He gives it his all every single game.
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You go with Jordan. He's the better pure shooter, and would probably make the shot. However, if there was about 10 seconds left, I wouldn't mind giving the ball to Kobe because he has the ability to drive and create his own, open shot. As a Phoenix Suns fan, I've seen this happen to us many times in games when we cannot stop him at all.
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LMAO, yo this Kobe Bryant impostor really cracks me up, dude you're funny! Anyway, I think people do call Iverson a ball-hog also, I just don't think they hate him as much as they hate Kobe. Kobe is one of those guys that you either love or hate, there is no middle road. I was reading an article that asked for the most hated and the most loved player (just two of many categories) and Kobe was the only player to be in the top 5 of both lol. It really doesn't matter what Kobe does, people will always find a way to hate him simply because they have nothing better to do. The Kobe impostor did have one thing correct though, Kobe is currently the best player in the world!
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Basketball is a team sport, not a lone ranger sport.  Steve Nash is the leader of his team, and his success is clearly apparent through the improvements his players have experienced this season.  Kobe has to consciously try to be a team player, but he is a "me first" player and always will be.  I have said enough on this subject and will let game 7 speak for itself.  \n\nAll you Kobe lover boys should keep your mouth shut when the Suns hand you the pink slip on Saturday.
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lebron is better than kobe because all kobe knows how to do is shoot the ball lebron knows how to shoot the ball pass the ball and rebound the ball thats what makes lebron a total package lebron is 6'8 really quick and real strong. Kobe may be a better shooter but lebron is a petter all around player
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Allen Iverson, He is the best all around player a team can have. In the beginning of his career, they expected AI to win every game and to do everything. Now, He is playing like a point/shooting guard should play. Top sells on his jersey in the world. Second leader in scoring. AI is the best.
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No, Kobe is better\nReasons:\n\n\n*Outrageous scoring spree (45+ in 4 games???)\n*81 point game against Raptors\n*Takes record for total points in one season by a Laker\n*Outscoring Dallas in three quarters\n* Most points in one half by a Laker\n*43.4 points averaged in January \n*Scoring 40 or more in one season- 27\n* Games of 20 or more in a season (in a row): 62\n* One of only two people to score 80 or more in one game.\n*One of two players in NBA history to average 40+ in one month in two occasions (one this year)\n*Only player in NBA history with at least 2,800 points and 180 three-point field goals made in one season. \n*One of only two players in NBA history to score 35-plus points per game for 13 consecutive games\n*Scored 30 points in one quarter against Dallas\n\nThat good for ya?
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ok...I think that kobes 81 is a better accomplishment. In wilts day he was the only person that was like 7 feet tall, there was no 3 seconds and no shot clock. Those are all factors. In the era that we are in right now there are factors like 24 seconds to shoot the ball and u can't stay in the lane for more than 3 seconds, and kobe is no where near 7 feet tall and back in wilts day he was 8 feet tall. Kobes 81 is a bigger accomplishment in my book
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There is no comparison. Kobe is nowhere near the player that Bird was. It's almost laughable to compare the two. Kobe is a "shoot first, look for the open man later" statistic driven ball-hog, who is more worried about making the Sportscenter highlights than winning games. Bird could have scored many more points than what he did, but if someone was open, he got the ball to them. Thats what basketball is all about.\n\nAs for the post that said Jordan walked all over Bird and Magic in the 80's and called anyone who disagreed "retards", you must have been watching basketball in diapers at the time. It took Jordan SEVEN YEARS before he won his first championship, and he did it when Bird and Magic were retiring. His Bulls were constantly eliminated in the first or second rounds by the Celtics and Pistons. Hell, it took him four years just to get over the .500 mark.\n\n\n\nIn terms of stats, Bird owns Kobe in every catagory:\nPoints per game: Bird.. 24.3       Kobe.. 23.9\nRebounds per game:  Bird.. 10      Kobe.. 5\nAssists per game   Bird.. 6.3       Kobe.. 4.5\nFG %    Bird..  .50%      Kobe.. 45%\n3 Point %       Bird.. 38%      Kobe.. 34%\nFT %      Bird.. 89%       Kobe.. 83%\n\nThe only statistic that Kobe will probably pass Bird on might be points, mainly because Kobe started in the league at age 18, and Bird was 22 when he entered, so he has at least four extra years on Bird.\n\nBird would have won more than three championships in the 90's, especially playing with Shaq. People forget that Bird was constantly double and triple-teamed, so playing with Shaq would have made it much easier.\n\nKobe would have won the 3 championships in the 80's with the Celtics, but he would have been the backup guard behind Dennis Johnson and Danny Ainge. They would have brought him in for some instant offense, but after Ainge and DJ were rested, he'd be back on the bench.\n\nBird not only was the greatest all around player ever, but he made everyone around him a much better player. Kobe does not even belong in the same sentence as the Larry Bird.
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Kobe passed a lot in that game. Lebron was a ball hog T mac was a ball hog. But those 2 players still are great. I does not matter how you play in the all star game you just have to perform for the fans
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Kobe\n\nOutrageous scoring spree (45+ in 4 games???)\n*81 point game against Raptors\n*Takes record for total points in one season by a Laker\n*Outscoring Dallas in three quarters\n* Most points in one half by a Laker\n*43.4 points averaged in January \n*Scoring 40 or more in one season- 27\n* Games of 20 or more in a season (in a row): 62\n* One of only two people to score 80 or more in one game.\n*One of two players in NBA history to average 40+ in one month in two occasions (one this year)\n*Only player in NBA history with at least 2,800 points and 180 three-point field goals made in one season. \n*One of only two players in NBA history to score 35-plus points per game for 13 consecutive games\n*Scored 30 points in one quarter against Dallas\n\nThat good for ya?
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I'm a Kobe fan, but I didn't expect him to light the scoreboard up like he did last year. First, he's coming off knee surgery and just getting back into the swing of things. Second, he's making a conscious effort to get his teammates more involved. Honestly, I'm surprised he's already 14th in scoring. Trust me, the numbers will slowly go up. We're not even 20 games into the season. There's alot of games to be played. Be patient.
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Pure skill does not exist in a vacuum. Michael Jordan was a team player, an important intangible not covered by statistics. Kobe might have some moves, but he is abrasive and tactless.
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He's been okay.. I guess.. He's been only scoring around 14 ppg because kobe's been scoring 30+ ppg. (that's been the largest gap between a team's laeding scorer's in a few years) He's just not been a prolific enough scorer that's why kobe needs to take all those shots.
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Lakers...Kobe is on fire, he will lead his team to victory with at least 40 points. LeBron will make it close, but no cigar.
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I hate how the NBA promotes the superstar of each team and not the whole team.  \n\nFor example, "Come see Kobe and the Lakers as they play the Shaq and the Heat!"  when they should be saying Lakers vs. Heat.  We all know who the superstar is.  It is a team sport.\n\nThere is no "I" in team.  Although Kobe could say "There is no team without "me".
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you can try comparing kobe to jordan but id say kobe isnt the same as jordan, jordan makes his other teammates shine on the floor like, scottie pippen, tony kukoc, steve kerr, dennis rodman, ron harper, id say at one point i thought jordan was a ballhog but then i noticed how his teammates participate and jordan's the all time assist leader of the chicago bulls, kobe, well he's just a scorer period, he may have scored 81 points but im sure jordan would've been able to do the same if not surpass, the only reason he was able to win a championship was with the help of shaq, jordan never had a shaq when he won his first championship, but there's still a possibility that kobe can become a michael jordan, if only kobe could let his teammates shine on the floor same way jordan did, if there's anyone who's as close as becoming the next jordan id say it's lebron.