Originally Posted by Fruit Ninja:
Whos still sayibgn that outside of blind Lakers homers? LEbron is the best player in the league probably for a few years now, but so what? Kobe still a ****ing beast.
Blind LeBron haters, mostly. There are a lot of those.
Originally Posted by Jim Jones:
This game isn't over yet guys. Udonis Haslem will lead the Heat back. Sure, he's only 0 for 5 from the field right now, but this is the part of the game where he really shines.
As I said earlier in this thread I think you are right after watching him play today. He had wide open 15 ft shots and was never really close to making any of them.
Originally Posted by KC_Connection:
Wrong, I'm a Kobe fan. I generally like the Lakers as a team more than the Heat (Metta is one of my favorite players in the league, if not my favorite). I just don't get how people can watch the two play (LeBron and Kobe) and objectively call Kobe the superior player. He's not.
LeBron has more talent than anyone but doesn't thrive under pressure. I as a basketball fan want to see greatness. The right basketball play is bullshit. I see him constantly taking contested shots and make them. He should demand the ball with the game on the line. No blind hate, I just want to see it.
The Heat aren't dominant enough to blow out everyone in the playoffs. They are gonna have to win close games and you need Wade or James closing games. James is better than Wade too but he sure as hell doesn't act like it with the game on the line.
He's done well under pressure before. You don't win 60+ games and make the NBA Finals multiple times without having some kind of ability in that area. The problem is others have risen to the occasion on that stage, he hasn't.
You can credit the presence of Shaq and Gasol for those rings. Kobe would never have been able to do it alone. In fact, he asked out of the Lakers at one point because he couldn't.
