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OK first QBF Ill start with the allstar game this year.Hmm who was the leader on the west team.Kobe.When he came back in the second quarter after mgradys little splurge the west went on a 25-2 run.The west won.Kobe got MVP.No player has scored more then 30 points since Jordan did it in 1993.Also a nice tidbit Kobe and Julius Erving are the only players in history to finish with mroe then 30 points,5 assists, and 5 rebounds.It wasnt cause kobe hogged the ball it was because his teammates passed it to him and wanted him to shoot.The allstar game although its not a real game showed kobe can easily be a leader.The three games after the all star game(no Shaq) showed this as well.Especially when he killed jordans wizards.He only scored 23 points but had like 15 assists and like 12 rebounds.When they played Memphis without Shaq kobe scored 56 points in three quarters.He could of scored over 70 points that night but phil took him out cause they were up by so much.So kobe loses some games without Shaq.Do people really expect a 23 year old to win 10 games by himself with not so good role players and injured players at the time.
The thing is he doesnt act 23.He acts like hes been in the league for 16 years not 6.Maybe people dont notice but kobe isnt just the intiator,passer,creator,ball handler etc.Hes also the scorer.See kobe has pippens and jordans roles.He has the total game.Thats why so many people call him the best player in the league.Hes not thsecond fiddle espceially when he has so many roles to play on the team.He also plays three positions.Yes he gurads those point gurads like jason kidd,bibby etc. because none else can.Shaq needs kobe to do all this.He cant do it and only kobe can.Its like kobe runs the whole team with everything he does.
I know the offence runs through Shaq but kobe is a huge part of this team.One day kobe will run his own team and hell show people how good he really is if people dont get it.His contract is up in 2004 so who knows where hell go but he will go by himself.They lost those 2 sacremento games because kobe was ill.I bet if he was healthy sacre,ento would of been finished in 5.Kobe is teh co captain of the team.Hes not pippen,penny,etc.Hes kobe.None does what he does rigth now.Mgrady,pierce,carter etc may be better at some things then kobe but kobe is the better overall player.Box Scores dont have to show it all the rolese he plays shows it.
One more thing.Kobe said that hes gonna wait till hes 27.28 to strt jumping high and dunking like crazy.He said he doesnt want to burn out his legs so early.So wait and see....
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