I've watched a lot of Kobe and T-Mac games in the last four years and I have to say, T-Mac seems to score a lot better in the flow of offense than Kobe does. 1. T-Mac runs the PNR better than Kobe. (This might be Shaq's fault). 2. When T-Mac has the ball his teammates don't stop moving without the ball. When Kobe has the ball everyone is just watching. 3. The phrase "forces up a bad shot" is used to describe Kobe more than it is used for T-Mac, even though they both have similar numbers of field goal attempts per 48 minutes. It is no secret that I hate Kobe Bryant, so I want to see what everyone else thinks to make sure that I'm not letting my bias against the guy color my opinion.
Yes I hate Kobe too... but i try to take as subjective a view as possible. Everyone says Kobe is better than TMAC> but WHY? ITS BECUSAE HE HAD SHAQ for the 3 championships thus people think Kobe is a winner while Tmac wasnt since he was stuck on Orlando. But now look. NO SHAQ and look at kobe. I must say he is worse than Tmac was when he was in orlando. Tmac put up amazing numbers even tho the team lost. but Kobe is losing and his numbers for the past month are no better than Tmacs on teh Rockets. He's been struggling and in the last few games sucked in the 2nd half. Wade out played him yesterday to my pleasure. Kobe went 0-10 from the field in the 2nd half and shot a miserable 30% from teh filed. Even though one think I will give kobe over tmac is his desire and heart to win. I think he has a bit more of a competitive spirt over tmac. That is good and bad though. Its bad in that it might make him make bad decisions in crunch time since he wants to do everything him self. Well with that said Kobe and Tmac are very similar players. As much as i hate kobe i do know he's one of the top talents in the league. Anyways Id take TMAC any day.
I thought Wade did a great job against Kobe as well. Good point about T-Mac's performance in Orlando. I hope Kobe suffers a long, sad career in LA. T-Mac's teammates like and respect him. Kobe's teammates get run out of town.
It does seem Kobe is trying to do too much when the game is on the line. Granted, he has the ability to do so. However, withoug Shaq in the middle to draw defense away, Kobe's shots are more like forced shots. I definitely think Kobe underestimates the importance of playing along with Shaq.
