ARGH I want to punch you.
OF COURSE Kobe was better than those other players, because those players DIDN'T HAVE SHAQ.
Shaq commanded a triple team, and when he got triple-teamed, Kobe was either open or single-covered. T-Mac gets doubled.
Jordan never had enough help that he was ever single-covered. He created his own shot.
In the finals, Kobe got doubled, and what happened? HE SUCKED.
It's that simple. Shaq made the finals without Kobe, and before Kobe was in his prime. Shaq makes other players better, not vice-versa. Jordan was a Shaq player, not a Kobe player.
This is not a question of "chicken or egg," because it's obvious that Shaq can dominate a game no matter who he's going against, no matter how many bodies you throw at him. Kobe can be shut down with two defenders. Shaq cannot. What's so hard to understand about that? :foc:
We will never know if Kobe is better than T-Mac, because T-Mac was still a teenager when he left Toronto, and Orlando has never had a good team to surround him with.
Yes, Kobe has the potential to be a Jordanesque player. But he never will. Because Kobe doesn't have the will and the drive. He is a prima donna whiner, and a ball hog without Jordan's talent or clutch. Also, he is a rapist. He spits on the legacy of Michael Jordan every time his name is mentioned in the same breath.
I think Kobe had the chance to become a Jordan player, but he was put on a team with a player better than him, which bred unbelievable jealousy and bitterness, which was not dealt with, it was swept under the rug and ignored for 7 years by Phil Jackson. The Zen Master taught Kobe how to deal with his rage (by sodomizing young girls), so that he could play better basketball. He was not taught how to make the most of his abilities, and he was not taught how to have the will to win.
He will neverrrrrrrrrr be Jordan.
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