Lebron Is THE BEST by far !!! I would love to see them play a streetball game of one on one ,,, it would be no contest ! its simple , Lebron could shut down Kobe ,, and there is no way Kobe could defend '' King James ' !! James is also so much of a better team player, if he wanted he could hang up 40-50 a night, but he plays the game to win ! imagine if he had better shooters around him ? how many times do you see him draw a double team , find the wide open man with a pass and they miss ,,,,, Lebron is also a great clutch player ,, it seems he always steps it up in the 4Q !
Clueless? I was probably studying the NBA before you were even born.
The FACT is that Kobe is often lazy on defense, don't believe it from me
Mr mouth, take it from his own coaches.
(From last season)
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Even with all of Bryant’s offensive success, Winter said the team needs to keep the ball moving, that Bryant’s teammates still defer to him too much.
The main message that Winter, a Lakers consultant, would like to get across to Bryant is that the problem is not his offense.
“I’d like to see him play better defense,” Winter said, adding that he had addressed the issue recently with Bryant but didn’t come away with the idea that Bryant was intent on changing his approach.
“You know Kobe,” Winter said with a chuckle. “He has his game plan. I think he heard me. But he feels there’s a certain way he’s got to play the game. But it doesn’t involve a lot of basically sound defense.”
Because the Lakers need so much of his effort at the offensive end, Bryant has adopted a save-energy plan on the defensive end, Winter said. “He’s basically playing a lot of one-man zone. He’s doing a lot of switching, zoning up, trying to come up with the interception.
“The way Kobe plays defensively affects the team,” Winter added. “Anybody that doesn’t play consistently good defense hurts the team. That’s not only Kobe. Our other guards tend to gamble and get beat. Another problem is that the screen and roll is not played correctly.”
