haha even in real life Kobe is slacking.....Lebron the new Kobe? :icon17:

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i kid i kid, its the inner heat fan talking lol...but lebron did have him in shooting % last season almost by 1.0

lol don't go too far Kobe also just got flat out disrespected by D Wade both times they played last season nevermind lebron lol

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Kobe was destroyed last season, everyone knows this. And yeah he's getting old but completely disregarding him this season when he's back to 100% health with something to prove will be a mistake.

btw, I'm not a Kobe **** rider like some are but I am a Lakers fan. I just think Kobe's talents get overlooked because of his personality and I think that's bullsh1t.

Kobe does a have a cocky/confidence attitude to him. It showed a lot more when he had the beef with Shaq.

With that being said no doubt he is a great player, after MJ, he is one of my fav of all time. But as you mentioned he is getting older, and newer guys will eventually take his spot, its just how it goes whether it is music, sports, etc. Now not everyone out there can be compared/replaced as Kobe, but I think Lebron does have the accolades (other than ring) and skills to be the next "Kobe". And personally I think hes already there. Thats what I was implying by my previous post.

Eh, my undying illogical hatred of lebron blinds me to any of his strengths or abilities. I have a lot of love and respect for D.Wade though. Speaking of florida, my eye will be on dwight howard this season. Kobe in my mind was overrated anyway and Shaq was underrated. Shaq I feel adds so much to a team in on court presence and drawing defenders. Plus shaq was one of the nicest guys in basketball, and kobe was kinda an @$$ to him. Yeah he got a ring without shaq but still.

Gonna be an interesting season. Chicago's First son Rose and the prodigal son Wade. We shall see.

Keep in mind Lebron had averaged 2nd highest pts last season only person in front of him was Durant so #s speak for themselves. No doubt about his skills and abilities there.

and yes dwade is mos def a problem too, but I still think Lebron is more of an all rounder he has 3rd highest FG %, decent 3pt %, low post beast, avg 7.5 in rebounds, hes an all round package like Kobe. Wade on the other hand got the mid range jumper on lock, but his rpg, 3pt% and FG% stil dont match Lebrons.

Should I also remind you King J is unstoppable in the paint:

I am a LeBron fan, but a low post threat? ehhhh He doesn't have the low post foot work present in his game. He needs to get some lessons like Kobe did from Olajuwon

Its funny you mention Olajuwon, cuz he already started to train with him this summer: LeBron James is the latest Hakeem acolyte | The Basketball Jones | Blogs | theScore.com

and for a big guy, his foot work isnt bad at all, his post body is actually pretty good compared to guys his size and height

Haha he travels a lot of them time he's trying to post up

But yeah I heard he was working on his post game.

Maybe it's time to get back into it since the lock outs over with.

Hes been working on it all summer, and while the season has been on a standstill, so we should see some improvement this season.