グリフィス said:Anyway, I'm not really concerned about semantics, the point is when Kobe faced free agency he chose a more challenging way through rebuilding around him, while LeBron has chosen an easier way teaming with two other superstars, their roles together currently up in the air.
But as I said before, that decision was perhaps easier to take having already won three titles.
グリフィス said:The real tragedy of the Shaq/Kobe power struggle is both their careers would have been better off had they gotten along, the team naturally transitioning from Shaq's to Kobe's while they kept winning. Especially for Shaq, they could have become the new Magic and Kareem, won more titles, and both retired as Laker greats. Instead, while Kobe is now getting consideration as the greatest Laker ever, Shaq is now a rent-a-center mercenary with no team to call his own (even those first three rings are more prominent in the context of Kobe's career now)
So true.
グリフィス said:I try to be objective, age matters, and Kobe's got to get old some time.
But not just yet. I think I won't try to convince you that Kobe is still in the top two players in the league. It just doesn't feel right.
グリフィス said:Well, let's see if they both get there first, they each have their hurdles to get over in each conference. Lakers have to get past everyone chasing them out West (the Thunder and Jazz come to mind), and Miami, though the sky is the limit, certainly hasn't proven anything, and really can't until the playoffs.
Exactly, which why I won't really need to gravitate towards that team in a long while.
グリフィス said:How ironic that you root for the Lakers of Spanish football.
I'd like to know exactly how you got to that conclusion.