Originally Posted by
ImKobe
Basketball is a team sport. Kobe sacrificed stats all his career and played injured(when he shouldn't have) to give his team a better chance to win the game. He could have continued his 40-point streak, but gave it up because of Shaq's growing ego. He let Shaq dominate the Finals and made sure to create all those easy looks for him for his team to win the series. He never threw a Finals series like Lebron did in 2011. You can compare Kobe's 4th quarter stats vs. one of the GOAT defenses in 2004 to Lebron's in 2011.
Give me the guy that won my franchise 5 titles. I want the guy who ultimately didn't quit on my team, who gave it his all and never cheated his fans on the court. You'll never hear anyone say that Kobe shied away from a shot or that he choked a Finals he should have won.
Kobe doesn't have a 2011 Finals type failure, he never quit his team. Look at all the injuries he played through during those championship runs.