Originally posted by: QueBert
Lamar is great, Fisher is great, without Kobe I still see them as contenders, maybe even Champs. Sure he's the best player on the team by far. But those games where he's ball hogging and scoring 50, 60, even 81 points. I can't help but wonder what the rest of the team could have done if they had the ball. I don't really look at his 81 point game in NY as an accomplishment. Lamar + Gasol + Fisher alone makes for a sweet squad. Kobe probably doesn't want to help Odem become a better player, because it will take the spot light off of him. Kobe is not a good team leader, Shaq was far better. And Shaq has a ring since leaving the Lakers, even if he never gets another, he managed to do it without Kobe. Kobe can't say the same though.