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Quote from OPTIONAL777:



If you want to say Kobe is the greatest 23 year old ever, fine by me.

Ask Jordan if being the 2nd or third greatest player of all time would have been enough for him.

Based on his attitude this year...It must be...he was a whiney crying old man with sour grapes this year who SHOWED the young guys that if things aren;t going the right way 1) Complain to the media and 2) Say things like " if they don;t care i don;t care"
everyone forgets his first few years ( six) in the league where he was basically scoring in bunches and not advancing....and did not make his teammates better until Phil arrived.....And Kobe never said he wanted to be the 2nd or 3rd best...I said it....what do you have against Kobe? he is the youngest and hardest working kid in the NBA who has sacrificed alot for the sake of the team

 

[TKOtrader]

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I think the comparisons are uncanny yet Optional is viewing Kobes greatness with the hindsight of 15 years of Jordan on the back pocket.....I think a more realistic question is this:

At the age of 23 who has accomplished as much as Kobe Bryant?
Sure jordan got it done and had all those scoring titles but you are arguing based on FACT.....I remember when Shaq first came into the league and Ewing and robinson and Akeem were all offended at his inclusion into the top 50 of all time....now 7 years later and you have to wonder why Robinson and Ewing ever made the team in the first place.....Kobe will have his time andhis place but the bottom line is this: There is nothing wrong with being the 2nd or third or even the 5th greatest player of all time....to be considered in the same breath as Jordan at 23 is astronomical and is a credit to Kobe.

i agree.


ps. jordan did whine alot this year, something he shouldnt have done in front of his young team he was supposed to be setting example for

 

[OPTIONAL777]

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Based on his attitude this year...It must be...he was a whiney crying old man with sour grapes this year who SHOWED the young guys that if things aren;t going the right way 1) Complain to the media and 2) Say things like " if they don;t care i don;t care"
everyone forgets his first few years ( six) in the league where he was basically scoring in bunches and not advancing....and did not make his teammates better until Phil arrived.....And Kobe never said he wanted to be the 2nd or 3rd best...I said it....what do you have against Kobe? he is the youngest and hardest working kid in the NBA who has sacrificed alot for the sake of the team

Sacrificed for the sake of the team? Puuuuulease.

MJ may have the biggest ego in the Universe, but I never heard him say he could score on anyone at any time.

Did you catch Kobe's act after the last win with Minnesota? What an ego trip that kid is on.

Fine, we will see what he does when the Daddy isn't there to protect him.

 

[nitro]

MJ RULES THE UNIVERSE. <---- you see that, it's a period.

nitro

 

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Quote from TKOtrader:



i agree.


ps. jordan did whine alot this year, something he shouldn't have done in front of his young team he was supposed to be setting example for

Look at Kwame Brown.... Two years in the league yet he's avg. 9 minutes a game for a team that missed the playoffs...It's wonderful the Jordan cam back but to give MJ 35 minutes a game to score 21 points at the expense of your future franchise is assanine....when MJ was a rookie he was thrown to the fire and it made him a better player ( at least his books said that) ..I don;t get it...what's next? He;s come back in two years and teach the grizzlies how to complain? this comeback was a flop in terms of winning and teaching kids to be pros.

 

[OPTIONAL777]

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Look at Kwame Brown.... Two years in the league yet he's avg. 9 minutes a game for a team that missed the playoffs...It's wonderful the Jordan cam back but to give MJ 35 minutes a game to score 21 points at the expense of your future franchise is assanine....when MJ was a rookie he was thrown to the fire and it made him a better player ( at least his books said that) ..I don;t get it...what's next? He;s come back in two years and teach the grizzlies how to complain? this comeback was a flop in terms of winning and teaching kids to be pros.

You can't teach heart, and only MJ, Tyron Lue, and Christian Laetner displayed any heart on that team of losers.

 

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You can't teach heart, and only MJ, Tyron Lue, and Christian Laetner displayed any heart on that team of losers.

.....Optional.....You and I tend to have friendly, like minded discussions about a variety of subjects....But if you ever invoke the name Christian laetner agina in an argument to prove your point Im going to have to put you on ignore ok ?

 

[nitro]

There has been some discussion as to whether MJ rules only this Universe or in all parallel Universes as well.

My analysis leads me to belive that IF it were possible that there was an MJ in another Universe better than the MJ in this Universe, then life would be unsustainable in that Universe. Therefore, MJ rules not only this Universe, but any conceivable Universe as well.

QED.

nitro

 

[OPTIONAL777]

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.....Optional.....You and I tend to have friendly, like minded discussions about a variety of subjects....But if you ever invoke the name Christian laetner agina in an argument to prove your point Im going to have to put you on ignore ok ?

Just how long have you been a Wildcat fan? Get over it.....

 

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Quote from nitro:

There has been some discussion as to whether MJ rules only this Universe or in all parallel Universes as well.

My analysis leads me to belive that IF it were possible that there was an MJ in another Universe better than the MJ in this Universe, then life would be unsustainable in that Univere. Therefore, MJ rules not only this Univere, but any concievable Univerese as well.

QED.

nitro

...Does this universe include MJ at say 26 ( his prime) when the Rick mahorn, D Roddman and Isiah and company made him and Pippen cry like school children.