Comments on: Facebookian Opines Lengthen the Kobe Bryant Debate

By: Luke Johnson

Luke Johnson — Wed, 30 May 2012 14:28:16 +0000

Jake pay attention. Kobe has always been an overrated defensive player. He guards a player, they light him up, and the Lakers slot him against a less mobile scorer. Watch old film against the likes of T – Mac, Vince Carter, AI,D – Wade, etc…he get’s rolled over. Kobe is an average defender.

By: Luke Johnson

Luke Johnson — Wed, 30 May 2012 14:26:02 +0000

I agree.

By: Jake

Jake — Mon, 28 May 2012 01:08:38 +0000

Lol… are you kidding me Luke… he never guards great players???? Wow….
… great decisive comment. You truly are a great writer..

By: Jake

Jake — Sun, 27 May 2012 04:13:43 +0000

First off… Did you even read my first reply? Because if you did then you would not have asked me that question …. And in this particular comment I was referring to coach Wooden. And if coach Wooden never won would we even be quoting him? You are wrong if you say yes. It is easy for the all time great ucla coach to say that loosing is just as meaningful. But would if mike brown were to say that now, just an example, we would think he is an idiot.

By: Luke Johnson

Luke Johnson — Fri, 25 May 2012 23:00:02 +0000

nada, because he never guards the great players.

By: owen

owen — Fri, 25 May 2012 15:41:24 +0000

yeah, I’m going to have to disagree with you there… seriously dude. He’s 6’11” and while freaky in balance, lateral movement, etc…, he’s still 6’11”. Even now I don’t think KD is a better perimeter defender than KB. Who does Kobe guard that lights up the Lakers?

By: Luke Johnson

Luke Johnson — Fri, 25 May 2012 14:05:01 +0000

Yes, he’s a better perimeter defender.

By: Luke Johnson

Luke Johnson — Fri, 25 May 2012 14:03:35 +0000

Jake, do you remember Karl Malone, Charles Barkley, John Stockton, Bernard King, Walt Bellamy, George “the Iceman” Gervin, Pistol Pete, Reggie Miller and Elgin Baylor?

By: owenmain

owenmain — Fri, 25 May 2012 14:03:19 +0000

So Luke, would you argue that KD is a better defender now than KB? Everyone, Luke and I continued this conversation about Kobe the other day. It started with me wanting to ask questions and get short answers from LJ but neither of us could help but to get into a pretty heated debate… Check it. http://www.fansmanship.com/may-23-2012-podcast/

By: Luke Johnson

Luke Johnson — Fri, 25 May 2012 13:59:28 +0000

Gary we can’t pretend like comparisons don’t matter. Therefore one could argue ridiculous things: T-Mac > Kobe Bryant and make it as believable as anything else. You can pretend that players like Bryant, James, Wade, Nowitzki, Duncan, KG, Pierce, Allen, etc, don’t care about their ranking (or place?) in the annals of history, but that’s just being ignorant. This is complimentary to Bryant. We’re debating in a round table fashion the historical place of one man in the great sport of basketball. Pretty awesome if you ask me. And no, winning championships are not the only thing that makes a star a star, a great a great. There are too many random things that go into it.