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I think you can look at the success he is having right now. One can point at better teammates but clearly he has stepped up as a leader. Like the commentators said in Game 2, before he would jack up a lot of shots to shoot his team into winning but now he trusts his teammates more and he evidently makes more plays for them than before. (Well maybe he maintained the same level last year and last last year but the guys just weren't making it)
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Its been the same, Kobe approached that season (06-07) with a different frame in mind, which is to involve his teammates more. It was something him and Phil discussed after his 35 ppg season and Kobe complied despite of the obvious. Things changed as soon as his teammates started missing games and shots again. That offensive load came back in his shoulders and he had no choice but to take over. I think he jumped by a whopping 2 points per game in a short span of one month (fueled by his historic 5 consectuive 50 point scoring games) to reclaim the scoring title just before the season ended and he was tagged as being selfish once more.