What if the Sixers picked kobe from the draft instead of AI?

[ITK9]

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No doubt AI is crazy good. From the very second he put on his uni. That string of 40's his rookie year was unbelievable. I understand loyalty and all. But seriously? You would take AI over Kobe?

anytime.

[big123]

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I would still take AI over Kobe. Do you remember that draft? Imagine if we took Kobe 1st overall and he averaged like 5 ppg, while Iverson averaged over 20 and won rookie of the year. And Kobe has won 0 championships without Shaq. Kobe still hasn't won an MVP and AI will go down in history as the better scorer and passer. Some may say Iverson changed the way the game is being played today. Some may disagree with me here, but I don't believe Kobe could have carried the 2001 Sixers to the Finals. Iverson in his prime>Kobe in his prime. He is one of two players playing today that have been considered "unguardable" (Shaq being the other) I'm sorry, I just had to put that out there. I'm sick of people thinking Kobe is so much more amazing than Iverson. The only reason people don't consider Iverson as good is because he's not a 6'6" guard that the media loves to compare to MJ. I know this board hates hypothetical questions, but don't you guys think the Lakers would have still won those rings if they had AI instead of Kobe?

I agree. I would still takle AI. Kobe is a great player, but a little overated in my honest opinion. That 81 point game really got blown way out of proportion.

Iverson does it the same, if not better than Kobe 7 inches shorter. I respect AI more.

[chrice]

Kobe in the first half of his career was not nearly as good as he is right now. He used to be a huge ballhog and a lot easier to guard. Kobe would have never been able to get those rings without Shaq, but I guarantee you if we could turn time back, the early 2000 Lakers without Kobe could have gotten a ring.