Will Durantula be the next Black Mamba?
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Better shooter but not nearly as athletic, doesn't have a faster first step and not nearly the same play maker as Kobe. Kobe is really the 2nd or 3rd best swingman of all time so Durant needs to become more rounded to be compared to Kobe.



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Very bad comparison, dif positions and not even the same build. His footwork is not there, no post game...his offensive arsenal is no where close to kobes. Hes more lebron like as to how easy he scores which is because of his SIZE and SPEED at his position. Simply just shots way over the pg/sg/sf that commonly guards him. He does not see the daily double triple team. good day
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j-far wrote:Better shooter but not nearly as athletic, doesn't have a faster first step and not nearly the same play maker as Kobe. Kobe is really the 2nd or 3rd best swingman of all time so Durant needs to become more rounded to be compared to Kobe.
Winner Winner Chicken Dinner - I occasionally forget that Kobe can play defense, Durant really doesn't do that that well.
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G=K wrote:j-far wrote:Better shooter but not nearly as athletic, doesn't have a faster first step and not nearly the same play maker as Kobe. Kobe is really the 2nd or 3rd best swingman of all time so Durant needs to become more rounded to be compared to Kobe.
Winner Winner Chicken Dinner - I occasionally forget that Kobe can play defense, Durant really doesn't do that that well.
This is why he's the best in the league he plays both ends unlike some other star players but don't tell the general board that

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KB24_ILLMATIC wrote:This is why he's the best in the league he plays both ends unlike some other star players but don't tell the general board that

Okay... it'll be our little secret.
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DubaLakers wrote:He's the next one in line that is going to break the mold...
Durant @ SG 6' 10" is just crazy, he's a freak.
He's dangerous more than anything because of his size and range and more importantly an unblockable shot, totally different players, not sure why'd you compare him to 24.
He's going to face double teams this year, he's going to have to adjust.
Your swinging and missing on a few things. Kobe has things KD likely doesn't have or at least to the same level... Inner drive, killer instinct, work ethic, old school philosophies.
I mean KD is on twitter all day, while Kobe's shooting jumpers. Guys like KD, LBJ, Wade roll outta bed and are just gifted athetes at their core.
I don't see Kobe the same way he has to work to be the best. He has the best footwork in the game, the best post game, the best closer, 1001 shots he has mastered, you don't get that stuff from Mom & Dad you get that from blood sweat and tears.
Dude has ankle pain, knee pain, finger pain, and the only adversity these young bucks have had to face is getting their butts kicked by the same dude that's experienced all that they haven't 100 times over.
nice post.
one of the many reasons i dont like lebron. give me his athletic ability and height and i would do the exact same thing.
many people have kobes body and are much more athletic but yet they cant do anything. i like kobe cause he is a hardest worker and has perfected everything.
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G=K wrote:KB24_ILLMATIC wrote:This is why he's the best in the league he plays both ends unlike some other star players but don't tell the general board that
Okay... it'll be our little secret.
defense doesn't mean anything when you want to over rate players you like, but Russel is the goat because he was the best defender ever.
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DonKilluminati wrote:Black Mamba II wrote:DonKilluminati wrote:Why do people always have to compare players as if that somehow brings realism and justification to their arguments? Basketball is such a unique art, and comparing Kobe to Durant is like comparing Da Vinci to Monet. It's an insult to the both of them.
Why so serious man? That's too deep.
It's a sad day on planet Earth when someone thinks you're being 'too deep' and 'too serious' referencing two very well-known and HIGHLY influential artists. Maybe next time I should call it a day and just stick to referencing Justin Bieber and Lady ****.
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no wai. kobe is teh bestor. durant play no d, even in the playoffs, but kobe play dat d in the playoffs. look at him in game 7 of teh finals last year. supah d. and lets not even talks about the diference in dah playmakin skillz. until dat durantula play sum d and learn 2 pass, hell never be like dat mamba. DER GO DAT MAMBA, NO WHAT I SAYIN?
DonKilluminati... good response sir! Sad days indeed...
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Kobe is great dont get me wrong but when has he won a championship without the best supporting cast in the league... hes never made it out of the first round with an average supporting cast like lebron and wade did
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jlhoop10 wrote:Kobe is great dont get me wrong but when has he won a championship without the best supporting cast in the league... hes never made it out of the first round with an average supporting cast like lebron and wade did
Replace Kobe's 2005 - 2006 supporting cast with Kevin Durant's 2009 - 2010 supporting cast and the Lakers go to the Western Conference Finals against the Mavs. At that point its a toss up of what happens but Kobe had the Mav's number that year so we might even be talking Finals. Durant's supporting cast against us was a bunch of guys that played their hearts out in order to take the Lakers to 6 games. Kobe had idiots like Smush and Kwame and nearly knocked the Suns out of the playoffs.
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yea im just saying he never took an average team out of the first round hes always had the best team
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lol@DonKilluminati's post. That was rich.
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That reminded me of Mark Jackson's commentary at a Lakers game.



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Gerald3Wallace wrote:There will never be another blackmamba
But he is the next up
Durant is Kobe-esque more so than any other player in the league.
But hes a forward so its a weird comparison.
Durant plays more like Kobe than Wade
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I still don't get the comparison. They aren't that similar with the exception of being blessed, offensively. Different mentalities, different body types, different personalities.
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Durant is trying to play the nice guy card while Kobe doesn't give a F what you think about him
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