Quote Originally Posted by SamuraiSWISH
Lol at Kobe and LeBron fans rationalizing their guys performances. Both spoke to their issues as players.

Kobe tried real hard, played poorly, yes. But he did so for selfish reasons. Glory hound. Wanted Finals MVP over Shaq, was over aggressive and too stubborn not to take advantage of what the defense was giving him and the Lakers.

LeBron had better overall numbers, but his play was more shocking and had even less impact. He was partially selfish by obviously pouting due to Wade being the number 1 performing guy that series. But his issues in the 2011 Finals speaks to his flaws as a player. He's kind of a coward and he visibly quit in the series or seemed disinterested.

They're both very poor cringe worthy performances on the biggest stage for entirely different reasons.
He led the team twice in scoring and recorded a triple double in another game.

Plus after having a shitty series, he still ended up leading the entire postseason in win shares.