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Originally Posted by thoey
Let me state that I am a Laker fan first. I am a Kobe fan, but definitely liked him a lot better before the downward spiral that started in Colorado.
But, answer me this. With regards to asking to be traded, what is the difference between what Kobe did and what KG did? Both were stuck on bad teams where they were the team. Both gave management years to rebuild around them. Both got tired of waiting.
To me, Mitch Kupchak should have been fired at the trade deadline of last year and Jerry West should have been brought back and given full control before the start of this pre-season.
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I am not sure anyone said there was a difference, or insinuated such. All I said was that Kobe is a ball hog and it is hard to win a championship if one does not play with a team. The Lakers on offense is pretty much one guy dribbling and shooting while 4 team mates watch him because they don't want to get in the way.
He had stars come to play with him in hopes of getting a ring only to have the season screwed up by Kobe's Colorado extramarital antics. It is so much about Kobe it is sad,
That being said, Kobe is an amazing player and draws his fans but it is hard to win when it is a one-man team. Odom is the closest thing Kobe has to making the comparison to Jordan/Pippin.
But then I don't watch NBA so I have no idea what I am rambling on about. :\