And the first pick of the 2003 NBA Draft,,, Kobe Bryant

touchvspice · Post #1 » by **touchvspice** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 6:02 pm

Knowing how competitive Kobe Bryant is, do you think he would've rather been drafted in 2003, so he can battle players like Lebron, Wade, Melo, Paul, etc, instead of 1996?

jellybean8 · Post #2 » by **jellybean8** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 8:35 pm

and miss out on millions? nope

Wavy Q · Post #3 » by **Wavy Q** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 9:00 pm

Tiesto_Lakers · Post #4 » by **Tiesto_Lakers** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 10:47 pm

What would he do during those 7 years?

stunnar0b · Post #5 » by **stunnar0b** » Tue Aug 20, 2013 1:17 am

I don't think he gives a **** being how he won back to back chanpions in the prime of their careers.

TruSkool · Post #6 » by **TruSkool** » Tue Aug 20, 2013 6:09 am

and only have 2 rings? nonononononononoononoononooono

KB89 · Post #7 » by **KB89** » Tue Aug 20, 2013 6:23 am

Excellent, and thought provoking first post. I will come back later to this thread with an appropriate answer once I've wrapped my head around how to approach answering this hard hitting question.

dAdo dA dEvil · Post #8 » by **dAdo dA dEvil** » Tue Aug 20, 2013 7:48 am

... he would be too old for that draft class ...

Dr Aki · Post #9 » by **Dr Aki** » Tue Aug 20, 2013 2:21 pm

declaring for the draft at 24?

foolish

Mirjalovic · Post #10 » by **Mirjalovic** » Tue Aug 20, 2013 3:50 pm

Maybe OP ask what Kobe prefer, being 1984 born & compete with LeBron etc, or being 1978 & compete with Shaq, Shaq, Hill, TMac, Garnett, Pierce, Iverson, Yao, Arenas, Howard, Harden, Durant, n yeah LeBron, Melo, Wade etc also.

Wavy Q · Post #11 » by **Wavy Q** » Wed Aug 21, 2013 12:22 am

If someone were to ask me "what do you mean the quality of posts decreases during the off season/summer?" i'd link them this post.

TARIQ · Post #12 » by **TARIQ** » Wed Aug 21, 2013 2:19 am

Boarder Patrol · Post #13 » by **Boarder Patrol** » Wed Aug 21, 2013 4:18 am

My mind is full of WAT

louizzle · Post #14 » by **louizzle** » Wed Aug 21, 2013 4:49 am

It's the offseason. You guys should expect threads like this :lol:

kblo247 · Post #15 » by **kblo247** » Wed Aug 21, 2013 5:28 am

Lets be damn clear about something Kobe's draft was damn good, id say better than 03, you can argue as the 03 class needed the super friends to happen to even make a mark on the league

Iverson - MVP, scoring titles, multiple all star teams
Camby - DPOY
Abdur-Rahim - all star
Marbury - All Star
Allen - 2 time champ, three point record holder, all star
Walker - All Star, champ
Wright - starter on a playoff team
Kittles - started on a b2b ecf Nets team
Kobe - first small from hs, gold medal, 5x champ, all nba, all star, MVP
Peja - all star, 3 point contest winner, champ
Nash - MVP and all star
JO - 6x all star, most improved player
Big Z - all star
Derek Fisher - 5x champ, NBAPA president, holds record for finals threes
Malik Rose - 2x nba champ as Admirals backup.

dAdo dA dEvil · Post #16 » by **dAdo dA dEvil** » Wed Aug 21, 2013 7:24 am

Mirjalovic wrote:Maybe OP ask what Kobe prefer, being 1984 born & compete with LeBron etc, or being 1978 & compete with Shaq, Shaq, Hill, TMac, Garnett, Pierce, Iverson, Yao, Arenas, Howard, Harden, Durant, n yeah LeBron, Melo, Wade etc also.

... they way i see it Kobe had competed with this older guys and still competing with the younger ones ... for almost 2 decades and playing half of his life he had seen great players come and go ... :wink:

EArl · Post #17 » by **EArl** » Wed Aug 21, 2013 8:15 am

touchvspice wrote:Knowing how competitive Kobe Bryant is, do you think he would've rather been drafted in 2003, so he can battle players like Lebron, Wade, Melo, Paul, etc, instead of 1996?

AdonisDeMarion · Post #18 » by **AdonisDeMarion** » Sun Aug 25, 2013 8:42 pm

not only no, but hell no and even **** no

Post #19 » by **Jakay** » Sun Aug 25, 2013 10:09 pm

And miss the opportunity to play against Jordan in his hay-day? Not a chance.