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Again, if you wanna talk turnovers, Steve Nash and Dwyane Wade lead the league in turnovers per game. Second of all, if you watched the game, Kobe's teammates missed their open jumpshots in crunch time. Just imagine if Kobe was playing with the Suns. When Kobe drives, everyone comes at him. When Nash drives, you have to worry about Amare, Marion, Bell, etc. So when you have 3 people up on your grill all day, I'd say you'd have a better chance of turning the ball over. Wouldn't you?RokSki said:Here's how a 4th quarter looks for a 2-time MVP:
3-3 FGA, 4-4 FT, 11 Pts, 3 Asts, 2 Rebs, 0 TO's, 1 win on road.
Here's how it looks for an MVP pretender, 'it's-all-about-me' gunner:
6-11 FGA, 2-2 FT, 15 Pts, 3 Asts, 1 Reb, 2 TO's, 0 win at home
Let's take a closer look at those numbers:
6-11 FGA (25 total for LAL in qtr, so Kobe took 42+% of LAL 4th qtr FGA - oh, and the teammates who 'couldn't make a shot,' they shot 50% for the 4th - there goes that theory), 2-2FT, 15 Pts (let the record reflect Kobe took and made a stat-padding 3 when the game was over, with 4 seconds left, so he had 12 points when it mattered), 3 Asts, 1 Reb, 2 TO's, 0 win at home
Now, normally for Kobe, a 3 assist/2 Turnover quarter is a godsend. Any quarter when Kobe has a >1 Ast/TO ratio is a good Kobe quarter. And it's not bad.
Until you look at Nash's 4/0 quarter. But that's routine for Nash, we just expect that from him. Nash had 1 less point when the game was up for grabs in the 4th than Kobe did. On 8 - EIGHT - less FGA.
That's why Nash is a 2-time MVP, and Kobe isn't, and won't be.
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It's not just about scoring. It's about playing the team game, keeping your teammates involved, and being efficient. Layups count as much as dunks do, this isn't the MTV league where there's 5-point shots and such.
And at the end of the day, it's about winning. Nash won, Kobe lost. Again. Just like last year, when "MJ wannabe" Kobe couldn't close the show on the Suns up 3-1. MJ never - EVER - would have gone out like that, and he sure as heck wouldn't have been a baby and quit in the last game.
Kobe is talented. He's a great 2nd option (as long as Tayshaun Prince isn't guarding him).
He's not an MVP; he's not a #1 guy; he's not a leader; he's not a genuine person.
He is a fraud; he is "innocent;" he is a hero for 'And-1' Nation; he is the guy who ran Shaq out of town.
Today - to paraphrase Simmons' overenthusiastic phrasing last year before Kobe and his Lakers melted down against the Suns - is a perfect 'snapshot' of why Kobe is not an MVP, and why teams he has led are at .500 for 3 years. His team was in the game for 3 quarters because he wasn't dominating the ball. 4th quarter comes, Kobe dominates ball, Lakers get run off their home court.
Second verse, same as the first.
For 11 years running.
Peace.![]()
No no no no. Did you forget what happened when Shaq was gone? heck, they're 15-7 without DWade. Shaq's the MVP of that team my friend.RokSki said:Nice to see Wade back on the court for the Heat, even if he is struggling (5 TO's). There's no way they have a shot to repeat without him.
MIA and CHA going to OT.
Chuck~Taylor said:Stop the hatin' Rok. Your Kobe fraud point is sooooo wrong. That's why when Kobe had his 50+ run, you were silent. You got nothin' to say about the guy.
First of all, I never said Nash didn't have talent in Dallas. I said the complete opposite. heck, you just made my point.RokSki said:Chuck~Taylor said:Stop the hatin' Rok. Your Kobe fraud point is sooooo wrong. That's why when Kobe had his 50+ run, you were silent. You got nothin' to say about the guy.
Total joke.
I addressed this on the deleted Jemele Hill/Kobe thread. I wasn't on the site for about 10 days, which coincided with Kobe's "Miracle Run" against the Memphises of the league.
I could put Kobe into the proper context any day, any time. I don't care if he scores 100. That doesn't mean anything. Kobe is a second banana, and that doesn't change when he scores 50, much as it doesn't change for Vince when Vince scores 50.
Nash had no talent in DAL? Ha. Ha-ha. BWHAHAHAHA. Yeah, Dirk and Fin sucked, I forgot.
Nash met a guy who appreciate him and ran the perfect offense for him, D'Antoni. Of course the rules changes helped, I never said they didn't. If the rules hadn't been changed, Kobe NEVER gets near 81, or the 61 he had against DAL through 3 qtrs. Believe me, I am fully appraised on the effects of the rules changes on individuals' games.
But no changes in rules will ever make Kobe the team player Nash is. He doesn't have it between the ears to do it.
You said before, CT, "How smart does a player have to be to not run out MJ (or Shaq)," trying to make light of what I said about Pippen vs. Bryant.
The easy answer is this: "Smarter than Kobe." You don't have to be smart, just smarter than Kobe. Or to put it more directly, less prideful.
Kobe got what he wanted, and in year 3, with a cumulative .500 record, it isn't looking too good.
That's what happens when a #2 thinks he's a #1.
Ok, so you're saying Shaq got the Heat a ring last year? Dosn't that negate your whole DWade for MVP campaign?RokSki said:Vince Carter and Kobe are both scorers by nature. That's the key feature of their game. Kobe used to be a great defender, but that only makes cameos here and there these days.
Kobe is 10 times the player Vince is, or was. The point is that scoring isn't the same as leading. Vince is not a leader, and neither is Kobe. Being talented isn't enough to be a leader, just ask guys who play with Vince or Kobe.
Shaq is aging, I know. He was just 'aged' enough to get a ring last year. Shaq is the constant, Kobe is the variable "x," with "x" representing a good perimeter player, be it Penny, Kobe, or Wade. That's what Payton and Malone understood. That's what Eddie Jones understands. That's what just about everyone in the league understands, save Kobe. Buss understands this, but he knew that there were enough rubes who bought the Kobe hype to keep making $ once Shaq was gone, so he said "fork it."
When Kobe either: A) Leads a team past the first round (something Vince did) or B) Gets a team past 45 regular-season wins, come talk to me about top-30 greatest, let alone top-5 greatest. Same with the MVP. When is the last time an MVP came from a team with less than 50 wins?
Like I said, this is "Andre Dawson for NL MVP" all over again. I don't make the rules, Chuck. This is just how the awards are done.