Originally posted by: dahunan
Originally posted by: wixt0r Elementary Comparison ----------------------------------- TMac + Team (Pre-Trade) = Playoffs TMac + Team (Post-Trade) = Darkhorse in unpredictable East Versus Kobe + Team (No Shaq) = Lottery Kobe + Team (With Shaq) = Possible 4-Peat It's easy to see that TMac, pound for pound, game for game, brings more to the court and to the team versus Bryant. Even with Kobe's amazing scoring run, he has yet to catch up with McGrady in scoring. Imagine if TMac played with Shaq, he'd be doing everything Kobe is doing now, and then some. Why? He makes everybody around him better, as seen by my little comparison above.
Your little comparison above is just that
LITTLE Your comparisons are IGNORANT Do you know that the Lakers are built FOR SHAQ to COMPLIMENT SHAQ..... huh, DO YOU???? Do you know that Kobe started the season MINUS two Starters and minus 28 Million Dollars in salary?? And that Phil Jackson wouldn't let Kobe do all the scoring in the beginning of the year. Kobe was forced to work with the scrubs that were left over while Rick Fox and Shaq both sat out the beginning of the year... Phil just asked Kobe to start scoring more to take the load off of Fat Shaq who is injured.... So, what did Kobe do? He CHANGED THE FRIGGIN RECORD BOOKS... THAT IS WHAT HE DID. Kobe leads the league in Triple Doubles with 5 (T-Mac who supposedly makes his teammates better has ONE) Kobe is #2 in efficiency Tied Jordan for most consecutive 40pt games Set NBA records for 9 Consecutive three pointers and 12 in a game...
Ignorant? Please... I refrained from calling your post anything, and you go and slam on mine. The ignorance is in your blindness and one-sidedness about the issue. It is also in your attempt to be quite possibly the biggest Kobe Bryant brown noser of all time.
Do you know that the Lakers are built FOR SHAQ to COMPLIMENT SHAQ
You act is if the Orlando Magic were not built for TMac and Grant Hill to compliment each other. TMac has single-handedly carried the team on his back for 2 years without the services of Grant Hill. I understand the fact that Shaq is the main component of the Lakers, which is why I made it known in my comparison (Lakers with/without Shaq). But without the "partner/complimentary player", who is doing more for their team? Forget about the stats, any of the top 10 players in the league could put up 40pts a night if their coach asked them to do so. Forget the triple doubles, leave those to the fantasy boys. Look at it from the point of view where it really matters, WINS FOR THE TEAM. TMac & his cast are a playoff team, whereas Kobe & his cast (Without Shaq) are not.
With Shaq in the lineup, teams cannot double team Kobe as it will lead to too many open and easy looks for Shaq. You wonder why he scored all those points? That's one of the reasons why. That, along with his extraordinary ability. TMac gets doubled every single night. He still scores, he still passes, he still does everything needed to win the game. The only time teams are relunctant to double TMac is when Garrity is lighting it up, which is not all that often (though he is a very good shooter).
Also, about Kobe going through missing salary and not having 2 starters. How about TMac not even having a healthy back. Thats far more devastating than missing some money he's never going to spend and Rick Fox being MIA. If Kobe is so much better, why didn't the Lakers win those games. He had plenty of rest coming into the season.
Enough with these childish comparisons though, I'm just bringing them out because you chose to call my comparisons ignorant when there was no need to do so. Grow up, it's just basketball talk.
