Shouldn't Kobe's point average be higher?
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Look.  I'm going to tell you this, and please don't feel like you need to respond, or defend Kobe, since you are obviously a fan.\n\nAnd what I have to say is this.  Kobe Bryant is one of the three most talented players in the league.  However, he is the the most selfish player than has played, since Wilt Chamberlain circa 1961, and that's covering tons of players.\n\nThat 81 point game was the most sickening display in basketball's most recent history.  It was like watching a gangbang, that lasted on guy too many.  Yes......it was that disgusting.  They stood around and he continuously shot the ball...regardless of where he was on the court, and if there was an open man.  \n\nWatch the game again and look at Phil Jackson during this exhibition.  He looked like he wanted to vomit......the entire time.\n\nKobe is not an MVP.  He has MVP talent all the way around, but don't gush all over this guy.  I do like that he is becoming a leader, but he still is not well liked by a lot of people in his locker room.  Unfortunately, he HAS to score....so it's a license to score, similar to Dominique and Jordan of the 80s.....but at least they tried to involve over people i.e. Pippen, Grant, Doc Rivers, Kevin Willis....\n\nWhat will happen is a talent like Chris Bosh comes to LA?  My money says Kobe attempts to eat him alive, and Bosh's career will go down the tubes because if it.  Kobe's middle name should be lymphoma, because he is definitely a cancer on the team.
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kevin garnett is better than all they might score more but lets look at the rebounds the blocked shouts the shots tooken its easy to score 81 pts if you take 47 shots which kobe did thats like 42% of shots about nba average BIG DEAL.
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I gotta say that Kobe will easily be in the top 10 by the end of his career.  He's already setting records and people don't even think he's peaked yet.  Comparing him to Shaq is unfair...  Shaq = most dominant player in the NBA, Kobe = best player in the NBA.  The only legit person I'd compare him to is Jordan (not that I think he's as good as Jordan).  Just compare the size of both guys and their game.  Kobe's still leading the league in points per game and most of the time he's double (or even triple) teamed.  He has already been nominated in the "next top 10" list during the all-star break, ahead of players like Wilkins or Iverson.  I'd bank on him even breaking top 5.\n\nMatt
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KOBE BRYANT ANYONE WHO EVEN THINS NOT KOBE UR WACK LOOK AT THIS GUY 35.4 POINTS AVERAGED IN A GAME!!!! HE HAS THE 2ND MOST POINTS IN A GAME 81!!! JUST BEHIND THE CHAMBERLING WHO HAD 100 I DONT CARE ABOUT STEVE NASH OR LEBRON WELL ACUTALLY THEYRE GREAT PLAYERS TO BUT I SAY AND HOPEFULLY KOBE WINS MVP NO HANDS DOWN
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no way. even though he had a nice year and a nice record. that doesnt only make him the mvp. steve nash in my mind repeats as mvp. not only is he having a better year then last year (he was mvp last year), but he also is helping his teammate boris diaw be the front runner in the most improved player award. he has lead his team without amare one of the most versatile and explosive big men in the league. steve nash wins hands down. kobe will win it when he does more then score points. lebron wins it in a couple years.
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All kobe does is shoot...he never give assist..\n\nAllen Iver gets point and assists...\n\nplus steals\n\n\nso on mah opinion...AI is better
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ai is better cuz kobe is to young and ai is droppin 35 a game and kobe is a ball hog. 63 is takin to much. also he never won a ring without   shaq just with him. buttttttttt ai dosnt have a ring. butttttt im a 76er fan  and ai is a leader and for his age he is to good
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Kobe is.  Please note i am not a Kobe fan, just a realest\n\nKobe:  32.7 points / g, 5.4 reb / g, 4.4 Asst. / g.\n\nT-Mac: 23.9 points / g, 7.2 reb / g, 5.4 asst / g
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Anyone that thinks Kobe deserves to be MVP is an idiot. If Michael Redd chucked the ball as much as he does he would put up more points than Kobe, but Redd wants to win and likes to share. If Kobe had played the way he has in this series all year then maybe it would be different, but you don't win MVP for playing good in a span of 4 games. GO SUNS
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ok...I think that kobes 81 is a better accomplishment. In wilts day he was the only person that was like 7 feet tall, there was no 3 seconds and no shot clock. Those are all factors. In the era that we are in right now there are factors like 24 seconds to shoot the ball and u can't stay in the lane for more than 3 seconds, and kobe is no where near 7 feet tall and back in wilts day he was 8 feet tall. Kobes 81 is a bigger accomplishment in my book
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yes he did my friend. it was exactly 15 days before that he scored 61 points in just 3 quarters, back then everybody were saying why phil jackson took him out of the game, he could've scored more points. but kobe was tired he has to come out the game. but on Toronto game, at one point LA was down by 18 points, but he scored 81 points and played the whole game, and lifted the teamon his shoulder and brougt the victory to LA.
419647
Kobe has skills so he seems better. But lebron doesn't take enough chances to prove himself!
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believable. He's a big ball-hog anyway\n\nbtw, he ain't the best player in basketball. That honor still goes to his Airness, Michael Jordan. Unlike Jordan, Kobe's just a natural ball-hog that doesn't care about his team but just cares about himself... Yes he's a one in a million player but he's not of Jordan's calibre.
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Kobe just look at the stats....
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TMAC by far. Kobe only puts up points. Hes a huge ball hog, he doesnt make his team any better. his team plays just as well without him. McGradys rockets have won only 1 game without him and lose like 13 or so. the reason TMac hasnt won a ring is because look who he has played for. Rapters, Magic, please those teams are horible. The reason he hasnt won in Houston is because Yao is nothing special. He is horrible for a big man. You cant even compair him to shaq. Kobe only has rings BECAUSE OF Shaq. Proof is look at him now that Shaq is gone. He only puts up points. TMac is a team player who makes everyone play better, but when the game is on the line he wants the ball and will make the plays. Perfect proof is the 13 points in 30 seconds or so against the Spurs to win the game..Enough Said
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Is that a serious question?  Mike's career scoring avg-30.1 Kobe's avg. 22.9...need more, Mike- 6 finals MVP's, 5 League MVP's, 10 Scoring titles,...Kobe-0, for all these(although he will win the scoring title this year) Don't get me wrong, Kobe is darn good, but Mike is the unanimous greatest basketball player who ever lived.  Stupid question.
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Kobe is BETTER then michael jordan, maybe not in stats but if you play michael jordan in his best season and kobe in his, Kobe would win the game.... People say kobe is a ball hog and the reason for that is his teammates cant score, michael was also a ballhog....  also kobe wasnt born with basketball skills he had to work through it lebron and jordan were. Kobe worked hard to become as good as he is.. Also if lebron has shaq right now he wouldnt be avering these numbers. Kobe had shaq when shaq was at his bestt!!!