[Aslan]

What is funny is Kobe's pathetic performance at crunch time in the playoffs this season and his biggest fans continuing to insist that LBJ chokes with the game on the line. :biggrin:

BTW, if you do some searching, you will find a few posts (not many, I admit) in which I have given credit to Kobe for playing well. The difference between us is that I don't equate squeezing off a lot of shots and putting a lot of points on the board with a good game. Kobe, like any good player, is at his best when he plays unselfishly, lets the game come to him, and makes his teammates better in the process.

If you could transplant the personality of Magic Johnson or Steve Nash into Kobe's head, you might have the best basketball player of all time. Stuck with his own brain, Kobe is nowhere near the best player of all time or even the best player of his own time.

As for my criticism of Kobe - there are plenty of Kobe fans rushing to create and update Lakers threads after he has a big scoring game. I just show up to provide a little bit of balance when he plays poorly - which is happening more frequently lately.

Lebron has choked more games this year than Kobe has his entire career(exaggerating, but Lebron has choked a lot)! The Heat were 1-18 in close games(don't know the exact time and score difference of the stat). You know Lechoke shot most the shots in the closing seconds, Wade a few times, Bosh never, lol.
I'm not saying that you haven't because I do believe you, but I've never seen you give Kobe his due credit.

1 bad game..... 3 in a row.... Kobe has got to understand HE'S NOT THE BEST PLAYER ON THE COURT RIGHT NOW..... Players get old it happens!!!! Kobe needs to turn into a player maker, he's not the scorer anymore.

I agree with this somewhat. I think he can be a great scorer every 3-4 games, but he can't bring it every night like he used to.