Wiggins said defending James wasn't as Hard as trying to stop Kobe Bryant

[La Frescobaldi]

Drexler said that Rolando Blackman was the toughest player he ever had to guard. Payton said that Stockton was the hardest player he ever had to defend. Kobe said that Reggie Miller was the hardest player he ever had to defend. Each of those guys played against legends better than the ones they mentioned having the most difficulty guarding.

true enough.

Rodman said Worthy was hardest, Thurmond said Kareem, Kareem at one point said A-Train Gilmore, Kobe later said Carmelo of the current league.... and that list goes on and on.

a lot of it is how you match up against a guy, how much film you see, how your anticipation is of one style vs. another...........

[Megabox!]

Reporter: "So, Wiggins, how does LeBron measure up to Kobe Bryant?"

Wiggins: "Ah, I'll say he's 2/5ths of the player Kobe is."

This is pretty damn corny

[Blue&Orange]

A smart one. Can't play too hard if you've been to 4 straight finals.

yep playing hard in garbage time going against Matt Bonner really takes a toll on you.

[edrick]

Of course it was easy, almost half of Lebron's shots were 3's, and he didn't even really try to drive at all.

[Kvnzhangyay]

could just be spite

just like oscar robertson saying lebron >jordan

and payton saying it was harder to guard stockton than jordan

[russwest0]

Lebron coasted that game. He chucked a couple 30 footers lol.

So LeBron gets credit for not trying now?

Cool.

[Levity]

This is considered a funny gimmick? Wow

haha

and its even more cringe-worthy with the amount of time he obviously puts in to it.

[Kvnzhangyay]

So LeBron gets credit for not trying now?

Cool.

its not credit used to prop him up or anything, its a very reasonable explanation for why Wiggins said what he did

[russwest0]

its not credit used to prop him up or anything, its a very reasonable explanation for why Wiggins said what he did

Wiggins said what he did because Kobe tries and LeBron doesn't?

Okay.

[Kvnzhangyay]

Wiggins said what he did because Kobe tries and LeBron doesn't?

Okay.

that or spite as i mentioned in my former post

[eliteballer]

[J Shuttlesworth]

Is Wiggins on crack? He held Kobe to 7/20... 35% shooting vs. 8/16 against LeBron

[chazzy]

Is Wiggins on crack? He held Kobe to 7/20... 35% shooting vs. 8/16 against LeBron

http://youtu.be/fq9s3XSxrik

[J Shuttlesworth]

http://youtu.be/fq9s3XSxrik

Yes, that is the game I was talking about where he was 7/20... not to mention the Wolves beat the Lakers, whereas they got blown out by the Cavs

[chazzy]

Yes, that is the game I was talking about where he was 7/20... not to mention the Wolves beat the Lakers, whereas they got blown out by the Cavs

No its not. Also, Kobe repeatedly scored on Wiggins in 1on1 situations, in the post etc. so it's no surprise that game left a bigger impression