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Sorry Bruno i have to disagree. I've watched all Laker games this season and at least 3/5 times there is a blown switch/coverage, it's been Kobe. I could count at least 25 times this season, Kobe's man has had an open 3, layup or dunk just because Kobe stopped. Dwight even shoyted at Kobe during a game and called him out in the press (not sure who Dwight's PR guy is, maybe Shaq's old 1 he's that disrespectful)
Kobe is a terrible off ball defender unless he's fully engaged and has been the case 3/4 years minimum. This may be due to tiredness as Brown and now Mike D seem incapable of resting Kobe sufficiently. The last 3/4 games Kobe has been good defensively but let's not get carried away.
Great.
Thanks to this one game and the "media campaign" Kobe will probably make the All-D 1st team again.
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i disagree with your 3/5ths projection. there are so many holes in the lakers defense, no way is one person responsible for 60% of the failed assignments on switches, let alone kobe individually.
you mention him getting beaten 25 times throughout the course of the season. i have no problem with that projection, in fact it's probably more like 35-40 times at this point but thats only once or 1.3 times per game. that's not that bad, everyone gets beat every game at least once.
in regards to dwight getting on kobes case- that has happened, ive seen it. but thats good communication, and kobes willingness to have that conversation on the court means that he's at least listening to his big fella. i maintain that kobes defense has been the best it's been since the early going of the 2009-2010 campaign. and yes, minutes and injuries took a toll on his defense from 2010-2012
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Last edited by Bruno; 01-16-2013 at 08:47 PM.
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He is a great defender, too bad he has soft team.
"Killer Instinct"
Why can't I be an SF giants fan? Because I live in LA/So cal? I'm free to be a fan of whichever team I want no matter where I live. It's stupid when ppl belive fans can only be associated with teams near where they live, that makes no ****in sense. I've just always hated the dodgers and angels growing up and was a huge barry bonds fan as a kid, that's how I became a Giants fan. BTW I was joking about the warriors, obviously I wouldn't be talkin **** about being 2-0 against the dubs when you guys are playing great right now and have a much better than us. I was just messin around.
Kobe will burn down if he is to guard opposition's top perimeter player each night
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Dang, what Kobe has been able to do after all his career minutes, games, and postseason games is so astonishing to me. There has never been another player in NBA history to play at this high of a level after so many minutes. To even be compared to guys like lebron and durant who are around a decade younger than kobe at this point in his career is a testament to the will and dedication of Kobe's play. I would like to see who else can sustain this top 5 player type of production after playing the same amount of minutes as kobe. No one ever has and maybe nobody ever will. Mad props.
THIS! Finally someone who speaks the truth and isnt blinded by shear hate. The reason why I am the way I am on this site is because so many people (Chronz, Manram, andrew32, just, Hawk, to name a few) go out of their way to hate on kobe, when in fact they will never see another NBA player play at such a high level this late in their career. Just think about all the athletes that came strait out of high school around the time Kobe did. Now ask yourself, where are they?
I wouldn't lump hawk with those guys(blind kobe haters), he tries to be unbiased and is usually a pretty truthful poster, but you gotta throw hidlago in there lol. But yes, there has never been a player who's played so many games and minutes still performing at a top 5 level, its pretty amazing if you think about it.
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