subject: Will this year be Kobe's last year as a superstar? [print this page] Will this year be Kobe's last year as a superstar?
I'm not a fan of Kobe, but he is one of the greatest players of all time. He will cease to be a superstar when he retires. His stats will not be there as often, but it is not necessary because he has other great players around him. Expect your season statistics even lower next. Now Kobe is just playing 30min/gm.
Kobe has been in the league a long time, but the league knows what Kobe can do on the court. If he has to throw up 30pts, he; 40pts, it will. Last night against Memphis shot up as 23 in the first half in which escape and did not actually play much, only played 25 minutes in that game.
I agree that this will be the last year that Kobe will be among the faces of the league; however, I think that you have missed one of the clearest reasons for his demise, The Miami Heat. Contrary to your piece, Kobe's career in no way, shape, form, or fashion resembles Michael Jordan's. Sorry to burst your bubbles Laker and Kobe fanatics, but in conditions of gamesmanship and general contribution to group success his career more closely resembles that of another Laker great, Magic Johnson. Magic was merely an item of among one of the most talented ensembles the league ever seen. Kobe doesn't have any signature moves that he'll be remembered for, literally placing his group on his back and carrying them towards the title. Now shot over Ehlo, hand switch in mid-air, six three pointers in a half, "flu game" and sequence clinching shots. He's not legendary in that regard the way Michael was. Heck, I was looking at several of the games he played with SHAQ and it just looked like they were winning in spite of him.
That to not discredit his talent, I believe he's easily amid probably the most talented avid gamers actually to play the fixture but his career just don't add up the way in which MJ's does. Like Magic, they have been blessed to play with an embarrassment of talent and a proprietor who literally laughs at the luxury taxes rule and doesn't thoughts reaching in his deep in his pocket to make sure the Laker's cut-throat advantage over their opponents.
I mean, they routinely possess a 95-million dollar payroll. The countless trips towards the finals really are an end result of that, but he has however to put his stamp on any series. Even last year, when the greatest moments came, people like Gasol, Fisher, and Artest arrived up in the large moments, not Kobe. Which brings me to my following piece, Magic's career eventually arrived to an end using the brand new youngster's circular the Block Jordan/Pippen.
