13 April 2007

Kobe Bryant's "greatness"


I'm not going to argue with anyone that Kobe Bryant is an oustanding player. The guy does some amazing things even if he does try to sound a LITTLE too much like His Airness sometimes. So Kobe Bryant puts up 50+ points for the 9th time this season--the most since someone named Michael Jordan and is tied for the third most ever with Wilt Chamberlain who happens to be #'s 1 and 2 as well on this list. That's all well and good, but, um, where do the Lakers stand right now? I think the Lakers have a 1.5-game cushion over the 8th playoff spot in the west. While Kobe is taking 33 shots in the game and being double- and triple-teamed (according to him) his teammates are laying up brick after brick. It takes a team to win and this guy doesn't have that around him. However excited the Lakers were about some of their players this year, that's gone. There's no way these guys make it out of the first round of the playoffs.

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