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I really feel bad for Kobe (aw).

He’s not an original like Lebron is.

Kobe has spent his entire career trying to be like Michael Jordan. As we can all see, he’s no MJ.

*Here are a few areas where Kobe’s attempt to better MJ has failed:

First- It took Jordan only 4 years to understand that he could not do it by himself. Kobe is almost 30 and still, at times, seems to be playing his own game separate from his team mates.

Second- He doesn’t make players around him better. Sure others benefit from all the attention that Kobe gets, but how many player’s talent seems to flourish from being on the same court with Kobe?

*Because of Jordan, Scotty Pippen is one of the greatest 50 players in NBA history. Not to mention all of the extras that he had playing the best basketball of their freaky lives. Like; Paxton, Kerr, Perdue, Buechler, and Longley-just to name a few.

Because of good ole Mike, I don’t even have to say their first names. Otherwise, we wouldn’t even know who in the hell they were. If you can name ONE player that Kobe has made better, I’m listening.

Third- Kobe and MJ’s games are pretty much the same (Kobe has a slight edge in 3pt.shooting and ball handling). But, as much as Kobe’s game seems to mirror Jordan’s, they are totally opposite in the way they use it. Kobe, no matter how you play him, tries to do what he wants offensively even if it’s a bad shot.

Of course with his talent, he’s still good enough to make a lot of his ‘bad’ shots and it’ll make the ESPN highlights. But what that does is it disconnects him from the rest of his team and it also makes what they’re trying to do, a little more predictable. Jordan, on the other hand, adapted his game to fit however you were trying to play him.

*For example, if you stop the drive, he would kill you with a jumper. If you played him tight, he didn’t force up a Jumper, he would drive by you. He had developed his skills to exploit what ever you gave him (how many times have you seen MJ force anything?). Throw in his extras that made shots ‘or else’, and you see why he was the worse disease opposing teams had ever faced in NBA history.

*Kobe could have been better, and because of these 3 points, Lebron still can.

Peace,

Deven Khrucell

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What’s Going on World?

John W. Davis here.  The vaunted Los Angeles Lakers are no longer undefeated courtesy of a few Bench Babies,  Arron Afflalo and Killa Kwam Kwam Brown.  Ha!  Isn’t that lovely Minnesota LA Laker fans.   A UCLA Product and a former Laker who was cast out of the Kingdom of Kobe. WHEW!!!!

Why am I giving props to Afflalo and Brown, first because what they did last night, was not to be 100% expected.  They aren’t a first ballot Hall of Famer like AI,  nor are they perennial All-Stars like Rip and Sheed, and they definitely don’t have and probably never will have a gold medal like Tayshaun Prince. (Although, if Afflalo keeps that defense up, he could get an US National team invite like Bruce Bowen and Shane Battier did.)

They are the unsung heroes, so I’m singing their song from the mountain tops.  Praises for Afflalo and Brown.

I am very proud of this team.  I just want to point out our key to victory stats.  It’s the 29 of 34 from the free throw line.  If we continue to make 25+ free throws shooting at 85%.  PSSHHHH!!!! The rest of the league better watch the heck out!

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Peace,

John W. Davis

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