Really Kobe? Do you believe your own line of Baloney Sandwich?

Kobe's having a hard time with the Mavericks... actually he's not the one with the problem...

The Lakers lost last night and in typical fashion it had everything to do with Kobe. He had the game winning shot and missed... The Lakers lost 96-94. He probably won't agree with me, in fact I know he wouldn't, he stated in a post game interview that "it had nothing to do with me". Let's look at the stats... shall we?


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Kobe played for 35 minutes, scored 36 points (which is a LOT), 5 defensive rebounds (5 total) , 1 steal and 0 assists.

Now, I am not an NBA analyst and I will probably never work for ESPN as one but... how can you be considered one of the sports best players if you don't A) play defense in a playoff game or B) pass the ball to players who also shoot?

When I was a kid, I was coached to pass first if you could and ONLY shoot the ball if you had no option to pass. We passed a lot.. and we won a lot too. The other thing we were coached to do was play defense. We practiced defense 5 times as much as the offense... and we won a lot too.

Kobe is often compared to Michael Jordan... I am not sure why, Michael was an AMAZING player on defense as well as offense during both regular season games as well as the playoffs. If he was off his offensive game, he played harder on defense. And he passed the ball... a lot! 

There are other players on the team that can shoot the ball... if they actually had a chance at touching it.

Why do analysts call Kobe "amazing" or "best" player of our time if he is only the "best shooting player" of our time? He's obviously not the best defensive player of our time or the best passer of our time. He's certainly not the League MVP.... it's already been leaked that Derek Rose of the Bulls will be named that shortly.

Kobe is a good player.. I would go so far as to say that he is a great player.... he was pretty far from great last night.