Overrated
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/columns/story?columnist=stein_marc&id=2302749
Last night LA Lakers star Kobe Bryant scored 81 points in a basketball game against the Toronto Raptors. Since then, the media has been falling all over itself to proclaim Kobe the best player ever.
I personally don't understand it. Yeah, Kobe is putting up monster numbers, but this is only because his team STINKS. Honestly, who else do the Lakers have besides Kobe? The only reason Kobe scores so much is because he's the only one who can. Look at the Lakers W/L record, and you'll see they're only a few games above .500, and will probably get knocked out early in the playoffs because the team has no one besides Kobe.
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After reading that article, I get the impression that Marc Stein is a tremendously pretentious ass. I can't explain it. It's just this weird, slimy feeling, like when you watch The O'Reilly Factor for more than two minutes.
Awesome. You said it! People have gotten mad when I've said I'm unimpressed by Kobe's 81. Yes he shot well that night. Yes he scored a lot of points.
Basketball, though, is a team game, and balance is what wins games. I haven't watched any NBA in a long time, but just from looking at stats, it shows that balance leads to the league's best record with Detroit.
The Raptors are incapable of playing defense. In the playoffs, though, when teams actually try to play defense, Kobe's going to have to pass the ball and they'll have to win as a team. They'll never be able to do it.
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