Found a link to Tracy's Story in the Rocket Thread. It was a great player bio on McGrady, so I checked to see if they had one on Kobe and sure enough they did. <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Too much, too soon. That?s what the critics claimed when Kobe Bryant made the leap directly from high school to the pros. They were right. Six years later Kobe?s got too much talent, too much confidence, and too much money. He?s got big-time crossover appeal and a murderous crossover dribble. Kobe?s also got three NBA championship rings at an age when most young men are still shooting for assistant manager. And, of course, he?s got seriously mad game. This is his story?</div> Read the Rest
An EXCELLENT read. Its amazing to see how much Kobe has grown since he first entered the league. The crazy thing is he still has potential to be even better.
I read all of these bios before. Marbury's was my favorite for obvious reasons. I'll post this in the Knicks forum. Thanks for the idea
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post"> Good post man, I always knew kobe should have atleast one of the finals MVP's (vs pacers </div> Are you kidding me? Shaq OWNED that series. Kobe's average was pretty low then and he was still growing. It wasn't until the 2001 playoffs that Kobe was absolutely unstoppable. If I remember correctly, his average was 15 or somehting in the Pacer series, I'm not sure though but it definetly didn't match up to Shaq's average as well as his dominance. Shaq was the MVP for a reason that year. Anyways, the only time Kobe actually deserved to share the MVP award with Shaq was the 2002 playoffs when they both equally dominanted, but once again Shaq got the credit and hey, I have no problems. I think he deserved it more then Kobe, he meant a little more to that squad (not to discount Kobe). This bio is pretty good, it just goes a little more in depth then the SportsDox (Beyond The Glory) feature on him, which I perfer more.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting spawn:</div><div class="quote_post">Are you kidding me? Shaq OWNED that series. Kobe's average was pretty low then and he was still growing. It wasn't until the 2001 playoffs that Kobe was absolutely unstoppable. If I remember correctly, his average was 15 or somehting in the Pacer series, I'm not sure though but it definetly didn't match up to Shaq's average as well as his dominance. Shaq was the MVP for a reason that year. Anyways, the only time Kobe actually deserved to share the MVP award with Shaq was the 2002 playoffs when they both equally dominanted, but once again Shaq got the credit and hey, I have no problems. I think he deserved it more then Kobe, he meant a little more to that squad (not to discount Kobe). This bio is pretty good, it just goes a little more in depth then the SportsDox (Beyond The Glory) feature on him, which I perfer more.</div> Shaq won the MVP instead of sharing it because of his legendry status. If he was fairly fresh like Kobe was, he would have shared it with Kobe or even lost out to Kobe.
Are you kidding me? Shaq OWNED that series. Kobe's average was pretty low then and he was still growing. It wasn't until the 2001 playoffs that Kobe was absolutely unstoppable. If I remember correctly, his average was 15 or somehting in the Pacer series, I'm not sure though but it definetly didn't match up to Shaq's average as well as his dominance. Shaq was the MVP for a reason that year." No, im not kidding. Did you even watch that series? Kobe bailed out LA more then once, especially when the Diesel ran out of fuel. Scoring total meant nothing when it came down to FINISHING the games....and thats when kobe TOOK over, therefore i will always think Kobe was the MVP of that series. Go back and watch the tapes
Had it not been for Shaq, Kobe wouldn't have even gotten to finish it off in the first place. Had it not been for Kobe, Shaq wouldn't have finished and won those games. They cancel each other out, but finishing a game off but playing inconsistently for most of it shouldn't be worth more then someone who plays consistently the whole game and has the whole defense revolve around them.
What a good read, Kobe is young and exciting and isn't even in his prime. Once we get players around him that actually want to play ball, in a season or two, Kobe will hit the beginning of his prime and things will be great in Laker land.
