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Originally Posted by notoldschool
WRONG!...Jordan was hitting clutch shots to win NCAA Championship games while Kobe couldnt read so he went straight to the NBA where he sucked badly for the first few years. Get it right. Jordan immediatly turned the worst team in the league to a playoff contender where Shaq helped KOBE get everything he has including the rings. When is the last time Lakers were good with just KOBE...NEVER. Now he has decent players around him and he still wont win a ring this year. Sorry but check your history.
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Shaq carried Kobe to the title... Kobe can't do shit without a big man to shoulder the weight of the team. Gasol and the young guy steppin up this year are a pair of all star front court players and yet Kobe won't do shit until they are BOTH healthy.
Lets not forget that not only did Jordan not have a proper supporting cast BUT he also had to go up against SHOWTIME! and those badass celtics and pistons teams just to make it through the east. The pistons were the roadblock for Jordan for what like 4 years before the title run?
Shaq was the man for those lakers championships, Kobe was a sidekick. Shaq left the lakers just to win another title... even being old and warn down he's putting the SUNS into the title picture and we all know the suns will only go as far as the diesel can pull them even though the suns have a pair of All-NBA type players. Shaq is fat and lazy and can't hit a free throw to save his life but he's still dominant when he wants to be.
Taking the last shot between Kobe and Jordan is a no brainer. I think there's probably a few players I'd rather have taking that final shot other than Jordan though ;) Hell Robert Horry has made more BIG TIME shots than probably jordan and kobe combined. Miller made a 3, steal and another 3 for the greatest last what like 5 seconds of all time?