Kobe Bryant. Fierce competitor, a winner, and one of the top 10 scorers ever. But at the same time is one of the top ten most overrated players ever. Kobe is often in the "Best Player Ever" conversation which is absolutely ridiculous. Kobe has shot too much throughout his career, which has often hurt his team. At the same time though, Kobe has a competitive edge to him which people love, and which often intimidates opponents. Kobe's a great player, but has definitave and very important negatives and positives to his game.
Positives: Notable achievements: 5 nba championships, 2 nba finals mvp, 1 regular season mvp, 2 scoring championships, 14 time allstar, 11 time all devensive team, 81 points in a game.
Positives: Notable achievements: 5 nba championships, 2 nba finals mvp, 1 regular season mvp, 2 scoring championships, 14 time allstar, 11 time all devensive team, 81 points in a game.
There are many things to love about Kobe. He's a winner. There's no one in the NBA that wants to win more then him, and that will do anything to win like he will. Miss or make he'll always demand taking the final shot, and a lot of the time he does make it. Kobe has won two championships without Shaq, showing he can win without him. Kobe can shoot from anywhere on the court, making him very hard to stop. Lastly, and most importantly Kobe puts the team on his back and gets his team succes.
Negatives: Notable Stats: Career .45% shooter, career 4.2 assists per game, since Shaq's departure Kobe's averaged 22 shots per game
Kobe's problem has been different in different years. In the Shaq era his problem was he was not clutch at all. Every time the playoffs came around Kobe's production would decrease forcing Shaq to score more, which did end up happening. Once Shaq left another problem arose. Kobe's teamwork. From 2004 to 2007 the Lakers had no supporting cast, so the team was awful. Kobe seldom passed the ball, and took a ton of shots. No one had a problem with it in those days because Kobe had no good players to pass to. In the next few years the Lakers got Bynum (all-star) Pau Gasol (all-star) Ron Artest (all-star), Derek Fisher and Trevor Ariza. As well Lamar Odom started playing to his full potential. Even with all the star power on his team in the last 4 seasons Kobe has only averaged 4.4 assists per game. Kobe does not pass enough, and even when he does he's not very good at getting open shots for teammates.
Kobe's problem has been different in different years. In the Shaq era his problem was he was not clutch at all. Every time the playoffs came around Kobe's production would decrease forcing Shaq to score more, which did end up happening. Once Shaq left another problem arose. Kobe's teamwork. From 2004 to 2007 the Lakers had no supporting cast, so the team was awful. Kobe seldom passed the ball, and took a ton of shots. No one had a problem with it in those days because Kobe had no good players to pass to. In the next few years the Lakers got Bynum (all-star) Pau Gasol (all-star) Ron Artest (all-star), Derek Fisher and Trevor Ariza. As well Lamar Odom started playing to his full potential. Even with all the star power on his team in the last 4 seasons Kobe has only averaged 4.4 assists per game. Kobe does not pass enough, and even when he does he's not very good at getting open shots for teammates.
