LABallaz08 wrote:If Kobe could lead Smush, Walton, Kwame and Cook to 45 wins in the West, than why couldnt he lead LeBron's team to 50 wins in the East? That makes no sense. The team that LeBron has around him right now is infinitly better than the team that Kobe had the past 2 years.
Forget Lamar Odom? He was good for 15-9-5 every night even with Kobe taking 27 shots a game. LeBron won 50 that same year with a team just as bad maybe worse... Odom > Ilgauskas in 05/06. Mihm = Gooden in 05/06. The rest of LeBron's team looked like this...
Eric Snow - 28.7mpg - 40.9% shooting - 4.8ppg.. started 82 games.
Larry Hughes played 36 games and shot only 40.9%.
Ronald Murray(Smush Parker?) started 25 games averaging 37 minutes.
Donyell Marshall played 81 games, averaged 26 minutes, and shot 39.5%.
Damon Jones played 82 games, averaged 26 minutes, and shot 38.7%.
He'd lead the Cavs to the playoffs in the East, but they wouldn't be as good... and they wouldn't have beat Detroit last year to go the finals.
Kobe's team without Kobe 05/06 = 45.7% shooting
Kobe 05/06 = 45.0% shooting(4.5apg)
LeBron's team without LeBron 05/06 = 44.5% shooting
LeBron 05/06 = 48.0% shooting(6.6apg)
... and don't forget about PHIL JACKSON.(who only had 1 year out of 14 with less than 50 wins before 05/06.. only 2 years with less than 55!!!)
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