24 year old Kobe after losing a series, “We have a million and one excuses we could make, fact of the matter is we are not going to make any”
39 year old LeBron after losing, “We’ve been hit with injuries, after injuries, after injuries, and its hard to come back from that”
JJ Reddick talks about the league being watered down.
Bron didn't beat the Pistons until they no longer had Ben Wallace.
Didn't beat the Magic
Didn't beat the Celtics until they got old
Need a superteam for 75% of his championships, needed to call up top 5 draft class members in their primes, established all-stars and champions as #1 option Franchise players for their respective teams.
IN A WEAK EASTERN CONFERENCE where you can get in the playoffs with a losing record.
Lets not talk about watered down.
People don't realize what #Ravens All-Pro TE Mark Andrews goes through during games. Andrews has Type-1 diabetes and has to check his blood sugar whenever he gets off the field.
While off the field, he wears a continuous glucose monitor. Watch this video:
"Every time I come off the field."
"For real?!"
"When my blood sugar is a little higher I gotta give insulin to bring it down."
"When it's lower I take some sugar.. like some Gatorade or something like that."
“Kobe was a sidekick w/Shaq” or “Kobe was just a Scottie Pippen in those Finals w/Shaq”, is the biggest lie in the Kobe narrative. Used to diminish Kobe on all time list. But it’s TOTAL GARBAGE.
Kobe’s FIRST PLAYOFF RUN IN 99-2000 is the only only time he was comparable to Pippen. And that 1st championship, Kobe was equal or better than prime Pippen. That was the only time he was a “Pippen”, and then after that he was the Superstar right along with Shaq.
Kobe’s 00-01 playoff championship run: 29.4PPG| 7.3Reb| 6.1Ast
is equal or better than:
Prime Lebron James championship run 12-13: 25.9PPG| 8.4Reb|6.6Ast
And it’s not just the stats, this is the truth by the impact of the GAME. This is why Shaq said in 2001 that Kobe was THE BEST PLAYER IN THE LEAGUE. Don’t let these Kobe Haters trick you. Kobe is a Top 1-3 player all time. His dominance is obvious and prevalent.
🎥 by video by Uncut Hoops (YouTube)