Silver Bullet wrote:C'mon Cavs wrote:Silver Bullet wrote:Hate to say I told you so .... but does anybody still think this Lakers supporting cast is the best in the league.
Yeah. When they win the NBA Finals will you delete your account? It's not like Kobe is playing great in these games that are supposed to show how overrated his cast is. 7-17 with 2 points in the second half. That just seems like typical Kobe...when the going gets tough, he's suddenly nowhere to be found.
Maybe if he kept fighting then Gasol's 4th quarter explosion would have cut the lead to single digits instead of getting it to within 15. Also, mabye if Kobe was in Battier's area code on some of those 3's, the Rockets don't jump out to an insurmountable lead.
The Lakers defense was bad, but Kobe was a part of that. They're still going to win the series and they're likely going to win the Finals. When the Lakers cast plays great next game what are you going to say?
The Cavs have won several huge games with Lebron having horrible games. Jordan wouldn't have even 3 championships if his supporting cast had sucked, 1997 (>) Eastern Conference Finals Game 7 - Jordan and Pippen both had horrible games against the Pacers, the Bulls still won. I can give you a 100 other examples. Superstars can have off games and their teams do still regularly come out on top. At this point, If you are not willing to acknowledge that the Lakers supporting cast is extremely soft mentally, you are not an unbiased observer and likely a Kobe Hater.
LOL at 100 other examples for Jordan. Sure, both the Cavs and the 90s Bulls won games with their superstars having bad games, because their supporting cast were good. However, there are WAY more times where they won games with Jordan or Lebron having to carry their teams with big games because their supporting cast was playing bad. In Jordan's case, he also regularly had playoff games where he was so dominant, that the supporting cast didn't really do much cause they didn't need to. And the game you're talking about Jordan nearly had a triple-double. He had a bad shooting night, but overall he had a good game. He regularly stepped up in other areas when his shot was off. Another good example of that would be the whole 93 series vs. the Knicks. Thats one big difference between Jordan and Kobe. If Kobe's shot isn't falling, he's most likely not having a good game. No matter what, there's no way in hell in a playoff game, Jordan would have a line 15/5/2. Actually, regardless of how bad he's shooting, he wouldn't have only 15 points, and his other stats would still be up. How about you bump this topic again once Kobe's cast has a bad game, while Kobe has a good game? You really have no point if all your examples are games where Kobe plays badly himself. As the superstar and leader, if he has a bad game, he should get more blame then anyone else.
