Originally posted by persianbruin
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are you kidding me!!!!!!!!!!!?????? 
I can undertand this coming from a Kobe hater or a casual NBA fan but from you is amazingly amazing!! Everyone knows that shaq would say whatever he can to put Kobe down. When he was with wade, he said wade was a better player than Kobe. You wanna use a different source fine but please for the love of god dont quote shaq when it comes to Kobe 
as for bball IQ, its something you either have or you dont. Its not something you acquire. He is more of a team player and thats why he wont ever be that closer that MJ was and Kobe is. He made one buzzer beater last year and the whole world went nutz!
Anyways, he IS a great player which is why I say he will win multiple championships but I disagree with shaq (as always)
I can undertand this coming from a Kobe hater or a casual NBA fan but from you is amazingly amazing!! Everyone knows that shaq would say whatever he can to put Kobe down. When he was with wade, he said wade was a better player than Kobe. You wanna use a different source fine but please for the love of god dont quote shaq when it comes to Kobe as for bball IQ, its something you either have or you dont. Its not something you acquire. He is more of a team player and thats why he wont ever be that closer that MJ was and Kobe is. He made one buzzer beater last year and the whole world went nutz!
Anyways, he IS a great player which is why I say he will win multiple championships but I disagree with shaq (as always)
Usually the best sign of someone having high bball IQ is their assist #'s (which is indicative of how well they see the open court and can spot mismatches), as well as the ability to make players around them better.
No comparison between Lebron and Kobe's assist numbers. Kobe can put up 15 assists in a game if he wants to, but it's not something engrained in his mentality that he will do consistently night in and night out like Lebron does. Lebron's team concept of basketball is more refined than Kobe.
No doubt Lebron makes his teammates much better. With Kobe, it's arguable. Many of his teammates throughout the years have had a difficult time adjusting to his shoot first mentality that has alienated them on the court. Kobe wants to win, but there is no way he is taking a back seat to anyone. He will, and demands to average his 30 points a game. Even if it pisses off his own teammates like Pau, who have become increasingly frustrated while complaining publicly about their number of shots in the media. You could see it in the underlying comments of his teammates after they went on the winning streak with him out a few weeks ago. It was obvious to everyone (not sure how you didn't catch on to something so glaring). It was the same with him and Shaq. Look how much Artest has regressed in 1 year playing next to Kobe, even though he came in with the assumption that he would score significantly less. While everyone in the NBA believes basketball should be played inside-out (ie throw the ball to the big man in the post first, and then kick out to the open guards), Kobe fundamentally plays outside-in (with his big men as the 2nd option).
Nothing like that has ever happened with any of Lebron's teammates. Like you, I think Kobe is great. But take off your blindfolds for once and accept certain realities. Lebron having a better team basketball IQ than Kobe doesn't make Kobe any less of the superstar than he already is.
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