Kobe destroys all betas with this comment and cements himself as top 5 all time...

[Cold soul]

I get the message, but it's still an extreme. Just like self defeating passiveness or lack of confidence.

How about shoot 15 shots, play defense, distribute, rebound, and try to get to the line when your shot isn't falling? Adapt. Find other avenues to be impactful to help your team. 0-30 is stupidity in the extreme direction.

Don't be stubborn and over confident (Kobe)
Don't be cowardly and insecure (LeBron)

You take Lebron strengths and weakness along with Kobe then you have MJ right? Just in mindset and intangibles.

[Cold soul]

The two main things separating Kobe from Mike are:

1) Physical tools/athleticism (still amazing in both regards, just not MJ.
2) Shot selection.

He's taken a bunch of dumb shots in his day. But he's one of the best bad-shot makers in the league. Defenses respect his ability to take/make those shots, and the attention he draws opens up his teammates a ton.

Great post. I would also add MJ being the better natural leader than Kobe along with defense, mindset, etc. MJ was a much better player than Kobe no debate here.