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Originally posted by: SP33Demon
I can appreciate great shooting and scoring, however, I appreciate team basketball more. I just wrote that individual scoring titles/accolades are nice, read the above.
This is in direct reference to your Kobe/Shaq comparisons.
Shaq hasn't taken 46 shots in a game, nor would Miami ever let him. Shaq is more of a team player than Kobe, this is fact my friend, look at their past quotes.
And no kidding even MJ couldn't win a championship with that team, but they would have a better record with MJ vs Kobe. Why? Simply because he demands that you get better as his teammate, Kobe could give two shts less about what they do or how they play.
1. Shaq COULDN'T shoot 46 times a game because he's out of gas by the 4th quarter. have you seen him play lately? hell, even in '04 when the Pistons and Lakers were in the Finals, Shaq was nowhere near as effective in the 4th quarter as he was in the 1st. OTOH, Kobe's a fantastic 4th quarter performer.
2. Saying Shaq is a better teammate because of his "quotes" is ridiculous.
3. Saying MJ would get more out of his teammates because he "demands they get better" is a rather silly hyperbole. how on earth can you prove something like that? Kobe is in the face of his teammates, as well, when they blow rotations or assignments. don't tell me Kobe doesn't want to win as much as MJ does. btw, isn't Shaq the one who addressed an injury DURING the season because, "it occurred on company time, so he should deal with it on company time"? rather than deal with it in the off season?