Remember when Kobe beat Lebron heads-up when both had identical casts?

[3ball]

Kobe dominates Lebron down the stretch, before hitting the game-winner and locking up Lebron's GW attempt

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jpoBaEePpdc

[RRR3]

No but I remember LeBron bearing Kobe consistently when they played each other, even in his Cleveland days.

[guy]

The biggest missed opportunity of Kobe

[tpols]

The biggest missed opportunity of Kobe’s career was never facing Lebron in the finals, especially in 2011. They were favorites to make the finals again going into the season. Obviously fatigue played into it, but imagine if the Lakers kept their championship level of play up? He would’ve not only beaten Lebron in the Finals, but with Lebron choking and embarrassing himself in the process, everyone would credit Kobe for that, and he would’ve won his 6th title tying Jordan as well. Deserving or not, he would likely be the consensus #2, the Jordan-Kobe debates would’ve never died down and would’ve gotten even more aggressive and annoying and both Lebron/Jordan and Lebron/Kobe debates would be likely nonexistent. Instead, popular opinion is that Kobe is clearly behind those two and barely in the top 10 if at all.


The 2011 Lakers were too injured and downtrodden to beat the peak heat like Dallas did. Dirk was out playing Kobe and Jason terry was out playing pau and they didn't have kidd, Marion, Tyson, etc.

But bran wouldve gotten Molly who0ped if in the years prior if he wasn't losing to Dwight and the C's.

[guy]

The 2011 Lakers were too injured and downtrodden to beat the peak heat like Dallas did. Dirk was out playing Kobe and Jason terry was out playing pau and they didn't have kidd, Marion, Tyson, etc.

But bran wouldve gotten Molly who0ped if in the years prior if he wasn't losing to Dwight and the C's.

Lebron folded due to the hype worse then we

[Relinquish]

Doesn't Lebron have a 16-6 W/L vs. Kobe head to head for his career? :confusedshrug:

[FKAri]

[QUOTE=guy]The biggest missed opportunity of Kobe

[SouBeachTalents]

The biggest missed opportunity of Kobe’s career was never facing Lebron in the finals, especially in 2011. They were favorites to make the finals again going into the season. Obviously fatigue played into it, but imagine if the Lakers kept their championship level of play up? He would’ve not only beaten Lebron in the Finals, but with Lebron choking and embarrassing himself in the process, everyone would credit Kobe for that, and he would’ve won his 6th title tying Jordan as well. Deserving or not, he would likely be the consensus #2, the Jordan-Kobe debates would’ve never died down and would’ve gotten even more aggressive and annoying and both Lebron/Jordan and Lebron/Kobe debates would be likely nonexistent. Instead, popular opinion is that Kobe is clearly behind those two and barely in the top 10 if at all.
If anything that was '08. He could've won MVP/FMVP/Gold all in the same season, something only Jordan & LeBron have done iirc

He was obviously much closer to winning in '08 than 2011. You can't really call that a missed opportunity when they got so thoroughly destroyed in the 2nd round :lol

[3ball]

If anything that was '08. He could've won MVP/FMVP/Gold all in the same season, something only Jordan & LeBron have done iirc

He was obviously much closer to winning in '08 than 2011. You can't really call that a missed opportunity when they got so thoroughly destroyed in the 2nd round :lol
I never heard an opposing coach say they exploited Kobe or let him "dribble away" like Stan Van said of lebron in the 09' upset of his 60-win, 1 seed

[RRR3]

I never heard an opposing coach say they exploited Kobe or let him "dribble away" like Stan Van said of lebron in the 09' upset of his 60-win, 1 seed
https://amp.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/6tg2bn/2004_pistons_used_kobes_ego_to_their_advantage/

[SouBeachTalents]

I never heard an opposing coach say they exploited Kobe or let him "dribble away" like Stan Van said of lebron in the 09' upset of his 60-win, 1 seed
https://www.slamonline.com/slam-tv/slight-edge-stan-van-gundy-says-lebron-james-is-better-than-michael-jordan/

[Vino24]

In what world is 6-16 close? Even if you double Kobe