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Old 06-06-2008, 06:42 PM
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Originally Posted by King Glorious
Kobe is going to be on the short list once it's over with. On the ability to score the ball, he's one of the three best I've ever seen, along with MJ and Pete Maravich. I think that if Kobe set his mind to it, he could be as great overall as anyone has been. But his mind is not set to that and because of that, I'd not put him up there with MJ, Bird, and Magic. Kobe would have been the most dominant scorer on the court but just like when MJ scored 63 and 49 on the Celtics in that 1986 series, the best scorer didn't mean much when it came to winning.

DJ would not have locked Kobe down though. With players like Jordan and Bryant, they can never, ever be locked down. Slowed down some, yes. But the saying "you can't stop him, you can only hope to contain him" applies.
you forgot about David Thompson of the ABA Nuggets. long before MJ was DT.
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