He is so overrated that is exactly the kind of basketball team usa does not need! he is a show menatlity not a team mentality(he can pass if it looks cool). I sure hope he gets left of the olympics, but more importantly i hope usa wins gold.
123570
I don't know.  He shouldn't even be in consideration.  It just shows that USA basketball doesn't know what it's talking about.  I mean Lamar Odom is in consideration but A.I. isnt?  It's ridiculous.
293793
Look. . . LeBron will never compare to Kobe. Yes, LeBron is the biggest name in the NBA but that doesnt mean shit! I remember a couple of years ago when the Lakers lost to the Spurs in the playoffs and Kobe cried at the end of the game. He loves it. Its his life. LeBron lost and shruged it off! ! ! I dont get it? People say , "Well, LeBron isnt on a  good team" What the hell are you talking about?!?!?! Who is Larry Hughes? Who is Zydrunas Ilgauskas? Both these guys are former all stars playing with on of the better players in the league. So ur telling me Kobe can dominate the game running with Lamar Odom and Kwame Brown? Kobe is better hands down!
473204
kobe is very much so overrated.he has no other high profile player on his team since shaq is gone.i dont like him b/c hes cocky, and a showoff.hes good,but mj was better.now give lebron a few more years and he mite be better.
657080
nobody wants to play in canada ie. vince carter, tracy mcgrady, steve francis ,damon stoudimire,marcus camby the list goes on and on now on to steve nash the level of athletisism is different in phoenix wich allows him to excel he has people that can go get any pass he throws inside the gym ie. marion, stoudimire he had no great athletes like that on any dallas teams they don,t have any now all dallas stars are jump shooters who attack through their shots and stackhouse use to be a jumper early in his career but those days are gone i could continue to break ypur statement down but i dont wanna be a showoff
624224
He wants publicity. Think about it. He hosted his own show "The Benefactor," what a dumb show that was. He constantly makes public appearences and he jumps out on the court during games. Did you see him after the Suns series? He was holding the trophy jumping around like he did something. All he did was buy the team. He is a huge distraction for the players and I think Avery is sick of him. But his latest antics, I think he realized that the Mavs were done after game 5 so he said the NBA was rigged and got himself in the media of course....Tomorrow he'll stand outside of David Stern's houe with a sign saying that the NBA is Unfair.
238045
I KNOW!  He's such a jack@$$!  He gets SO MANY technical fouls.  He's ALMOST my least favorite player.  I think the reason he can't "shut up and play basketball" is because he thinks he's SO GOOD.  Someone told me that these fans Rasheed Wallace, but he ALWAYS refuses to sign any autographs!  Sadly, there are people out there who want his damn autograph, and not just to sell it.
592137
lmao Doleac? Please..the few minutes he played he was embarassing compared to the other heat players. It was the Finals, Pat Riley couldn't risk putting in those kinda players. Besides..he preferred to go with players who were much better to handle these situations.
351629
yep, he is only 21 and he's probably scored way more points that some of the old veterans. Someday he will be the best. he just needs to win something with the cavs.
584826
ur right,  he doesn't know wht hes doin. he wuz a great player and he should of just stayed retired after he retired as a player, but some players love the game so much tht thy wanna make more contributions to it, but he always seems lost and it seems the fans want his head, if i were him step down, and let someone else fix his mess, becuz its only gonna get worse! how much longer til we see  Francis, Crawford, Marbury in the starting 5? its like an And 1 team, might as well hire Hot Sauce to coach thm!
368738
I hope somebody knocks his a$$ out. I mean these are just kids he's coaching. I'd like to see him do that in the NBA. That old fart would be in a coma if he pulled that in the pros. Just look at what happened to Carlesimo. nuff said.
401207
I agree with the first post that his inconsistency has been a huge downfall of his.  But he has the potential of being a great scorer along the lines of Allen Iverson, Kobe Bryant, and Michael Redd (in the future).  He's only in his third year, so I'd expect him to get much better, along with Kirk Hinrich too.
645067
The Lakers are gonna be a long way from another championship if Kobe keeps on his attitude. He was fine for the first few games of the Phoenix Lakers series but dissapearing in game 7? He purposely did that. Probably someone said something that upset him so he decided to just let them lose. Plus even though he has 3 rings already don't you think that Wade is going to surpass that? I mean Wade's potential is unlimited. He's unstoppable and he's only in his third year. Think how good he could be in a few more years. Wade has a bright future filled with nba championships while Kobe's future is fading slowly but surely.
351446
No, he looks like a suk. Whenever he starts losing, he gets this pitiful looks like he's gonna start to cry. And then he starts in with the "I'm injured" or "I was exhausted" crap. Puh-lease. Plus his on court antics, the fist-pumping after every point, the rolling on the ground, it's like something a little immature kid would do. He's in the grown-up world now, start acting like one. And if he's the best, how come he's not #1?
189932
Practice is essential, this guy just has no idea what a team is, and because of that he'll never win a championship.\n\nHe's a great individual talent, no doubt about it, but individuals do not win championships alone- they need a good team supporting them. \n\nUnless he opens himself up to that idea by attending practice and working things out with teammates and a coach, he's going to be looked at with pity, because he has so much potential that he's wasting.
30385
I think he is a very good basketball player. He is one of the best basketball players today. People get to stop judging his playing abilities on what he does off court and what his does on court.
311327
It depends on if you're talking about ever or right now. Because right now Gilbert Arenas got his team to the play-offs and led them single handedly so i think him now, but Alen has gotten his team to the Fianls and been MVP a bunch of times. Also Allen wasn't invited to the U.S Olympic team and i think that Gilbert was, which says something about a bouple of years and how bad Allen will be then too.
481222
Yeah, this guy is a monster!!!  Looking at him right now, he could be one of the most dominating big men since Shaq.  This guy is only 21 and is going to keep getting better.  Four 20 rebound games!!!  He's just a monster on the boards, all i look for improvement is his offensie low-post.  Just improve some of his low-post moves.  But other than that, Dwight Howard is going to be a great player.