Just thinking about him being in the All Defensive first team 6 times in his career just reminds me how infinitely overrated this man really was on the defensive end. Out of all the "Good" Defenders in this league, he is by far the laziest perimeter defender of the lot. Oh, and the number of calls that go in his favour! Half of Kobe's steals are a direct result of him manhandling the opponents arms.
Dwight Howard ftw!
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12-04-2008, 02:12 AM #31Mourning Glory
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12-04-2008, 02:36 AM #32Decent college freshman
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Re: Say Hello to your 2009 DPOY - Mr. Kobe Bean Bryant
I know. Bryant pretty much has free reign on the defensive end to do what he wants. By that I mean, he can hack the hell out the offensive player and the ref will look the other way. I remember when he "held" or should I say literally held Vince Carter to a bad shooting night. But the whole night he was hacking and grabbing Carter who at one point got in Bryants face about it (because the ref sure as well wasnt doing anything).
Originally Posted by Alonzo Magic
He has so many gift all defense selections over guys like Battier and Artest and Bowen ('03) its funny. Hes a good capable defender, but going by his resume is easily one of the most overrated defenders ever. His reputation doesnt precede him, it actually supersedes him.
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12-04-2008, 03:00 AM #33NBA Superstar
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LOL, funny you criticize Kobe for "hacking" yet say BOWEN(arguably the biggest hacker in the league) is more deserving of defensive selections. Get out of here with that biased BS
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12-04-2008, 03:19 AM #34College star
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Kobe is the most overrated perimeter defender that gets praised for his defense. Im tired of hearing about how great his D is when dude didn't man up and guard Pierce or Allen in Laker/Celtics finals. He went out like a chump by guarding a dude with no jumper that he could relax and stand back like 6 feet from in Rondo
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Re: Say Hello to your 2009 DPOY - Mr. Kobe Bean Bryant
Originally Posted by Lakers Fan
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12-04-2008, 04:08 AM #36From Out Of Nowhere
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12-04-2008, 04:19 AM #37Decent college freshman
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Re: Say Hello to your 2009 DPOY - Mr. Kobe Bean Bryant
What I seen so far Ariza is the best defensive player on his team.
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12-04-2008, 04:56 AM #38Serious playground baller
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Re: Say Hello to your 2009 DPOY - Mr. Kobe Bean Bryant
How about Zach Randolph? He is pretty good this year.
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12-04-2008, 06:11 AM #39Banned
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um hello can you say j-Smoove anchor of the hawks defense, shut down that homo gay and mayo and even the great mg33, yeh um kobe yeh right dpoty is Josh Smith so far
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12-04-2008, 06:13 AM #40Game. Set. Match.
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I hope you aren't serious. Kobe isn't even the best defender on his own team.
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12-04-2008, 06:23 AM #41Cavs for life
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Re: Say Hello to your 2009 DPOY - Mr. Kobe Bean Bryant
Lakers fans try this each year, as if its somehow new, yet the truth is Kobe isn't winning the DPOY, not now and not ever. You should be happy that the competition at guard is as weak as it currently is, allowing him to make the 1st team year after year. If he had to compete at the forward or center spot he would not be good enough to even make the 2nd team. (Howard + Camby at center, Garnett + Duncan + Artest + Smith at forward are all better than him over the last few years)
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12-04-2008, 08:09 AM #422nd Greatest Player
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Re: Say Hello to your 2009 DPOY - Mr. Kobe Bean Bryant
LeBron James should be included in the All Defensive team he's averaging 2.11 spg, and he's one of the best man to man defender in the NBA.
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12-04-2008, 08:15 AM #43From Out Of Nowhere
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Over Duncan, KG, Artest, Battier? Originally Posted by Lebron23
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12-04-2008, 08:17 AM #44Extra Cheese
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Over Battier? Hell yeah. Originally Posted by chains5000
But defensive team or not, it's pretty impressive how LeBron has gone from a worthless defender to nearly an elite defender in two seasons.
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12-04-2008, 08:20 AM #452nd Greatest Player
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Re: Say Hello to your 2009 DPOY - Mr. Kobe Bean Bryant
Originally Posted by chains5000
Maybe LeBron will be included in the NBA All-Defensive Second Team. Duncan, Kg and Artest already have some good reputations as three of the best elite defenders in the NBA.
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