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For quite some time, there was an ongoing debate about whether Kobe Bryant deserves to be in the same conversation as Michael Jordan in terms of overall play and greatness. It’s still discussed by some to this day.
One person that would really have a concrete idea of the matter is Phil Jackson, who coached both players and saw the best and worst of the two in their respective prime. He, however, never wanted to get into great detail when comparing the players.
Are the New York Knicks suffering from a selfish brand of basketball?
When you think of this team, you primarily think of Carmelo Anthony as the team’s offense. That has always been the case (save for a brief period of Linsanity) for any team that ‘Melo has been a part of. And then, of course, you have J.R. Smith, who is known as volume-shooter number two on the team. So you have to figure that when Tyson Chandler is calling out the team’s lack of ball movement, there can only be so many that he may be referring to. Frank Isola of Daily News has details:
Now that the Los Angeles Lakers are down and out of postseason action, Metta World Peace has freely opened up himself on twitter about a variety of topics over the past couple of days.
On Wednesday, he touched on a number of current situations, including why the Memphis Grizzlies can beat the San Antonio Spurs and how he’s not surprised by the Boston Celtics coming back against the New York Knicks. But the most notable tweet? His list of top five centers in the league
Ouch.
Los Angeles Lakers forward Metta World Peace pulled out the “you never won a championship” card on TNT analyst and NBA legend Charles Barkley, who apparently called the Lakers an old team.
It’s understandable that Metta, now 33 years-of-age, would feel offended by whatever Barkley may have said – the man has a way of getting into players’ heads by sharing his thoughts without sugarcoating anything.
In terms of using age as the reason for the downfall of the Lakers, it’s hard to agree with Barkley’s logic. Steve Nash’s broken leg, two games into the season, had nothing to do with age. Kobe Bryant’s Achilles tear was also a freak incident – and perhaps overuse – but to call it age related? The double standard of saying Kobe is ageless when he plays well versus saying he was injured because he is old is comical. He either defies age, or he doesn’t.
Apart from the 1 vs. 8 and 2 vs. 7 series, the first round of the NBA playoffs has been incredibly competitive, just as much so as anyone could have reasonably hoped.
The Clippers and Grizzlies are showing everyone how good they are – and how unfair it is that one will lose this series. The Warriors and Nuggets are playing must-see basketball. And just today, Chicago and Brooklyn went to three overtimes.
