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Jordan needed WILL PERDUE, BILL WENNINGTON, ROBERT PARRISH, LUC LONLEY, BILL CARTWRIGHT, STCAEY KING, SCOTT WILLIAMS at Center, it just doesn't matter.
Jordan would have a lot more heart at there than KOBE last night, not 1 even small run run the whole night to chip into the lead at any point.
I started to think for a minute that there may be a comparison....
i think LeBron is more like Jordan in many ways.
Jordan would have a lot more heart at there than KOBE last night, not 1 even small run run the whole night to chip into the lead at any point.
I started to think for a minute that there may be a comparison....
i think LeBron is more like Jordan in many ways.
WHAT DID JORDAN NEED AT 5???
I think it was just proven that Kobe isn't better than Michael. What I don't understand is they say Kobe can't play tough defense because then he has no energy for offense, but Michael was one of the three best perimeter defenders in the league every year and he still put up 30 a game. Is Kobe not as well conditioned.
Michael Jordan is the only player in the history of the NBA to win an NBA title with out an All-Star caliber big man; and in most cases a Hall of Fame caliber big man. I don't care if he had Scottie. A lot of guards had great SF's or guards around them and didn't do shit. Michael is hands down the greatest but Kobe is great and will finish as one of the top 5 all around players in league history. This Laker team should win.
Everyone said Kobe has won no titles w/o Shaq, but no guards in the league have won a title w/o a great big man. So why is that a damn knock on Kobe?
One more time. First Jordan only played with the best rebounder for three titles. Second a lot of players have had great players around them and not one. He had one of the 50 greatest players but I've always asked the question, and I loved Scottie, would he have been a top 50 player w/o Michael? I'd say there is a 50% chance he would have been.
Jordan is, ONCE AGAIN, the only player in NBA history to win a title w/o an all star or hall of fame caliber Big Man. He was absolutely dominate. Scottie was good and a terrific defender but he disappeared late in games. He also didn't take pressure off of Michael offensively because he had an inconsistent jump shot. It wasn't like people couldn't double Michael because Scottie would drain threes in his eye.
Miller is only 27 years old, has a good 6 years left in him. O'neal would create an uneven balance on the team that would be all about the interior and the team would severely lack any outside threat. All opponents would have to do is play a box+1 and the lakers would crumble. Plus, I remember reading that O'neil doesn't want to opt out of his pacer contract.
