HouMac wrote:LMAO. What a pathetic showing from Kobe. 11-33. Hey eatyourchildren, still think he's playing the best ball of his career?
. How many times should I repeat that you don't ever confuse a team's significant increase in talent with a superstar playing the best ball of his career? Everything I said the other day was visible in Kobe's game today. Looking slow off the dribble, inability to explode and inability to raise performance on command. He also couldn't "improve his teammates" for some reason
05-06 was Kobe at his peak. This Kobe, while still great and Top 3 in the league, no longer has the athleticism to be that good.
Was in NYC, didn't watch the game. I never disputed that Kobe's slower or that he can't explode as well. I don't see how that makes him a worse player, however, given the increases in his other skills.
When did i ever "confuse a team's significant increase in talent with a superstar playing the best ball of his career?" Those are not mutually exclusive concepts. A player can play his best ball AND his team can be better as well. Anybody watching Kobe on the regular knows this. It's too bad you can't see it too.
This is one game. I didn't watch it, but if you're going to rip on Kobe for having a terrible shooting night, what about TMac? Who guarded him to 4 for 16 shooting?
P.S. I'm not surprised if Kobe has poor shooting nights. If anything, it's amazing he has good shooting nights at all. I think people forget that he's essentially missing a finger on his shooting hand.
