By rss@youtube.com (Embrace211) Author: Embrace211 Keywords: LeBron James and Kobe Bryant Puppet Commercial The Famous Kobe Car Jump Watch In HD Added: June 4, 2009

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Who is the better player: LeBron James or Kobe Bryant? Listen to Rick Kamla's take, and leave your own on NBA Fan Voice. video.aol.com

Tony Parker, Tayshaun Price, Tim Thomas, Boris Diaw, Raja Bell, LeBron James, Kevin Martin, and Kobe Bryant. All of them have a big HEART! www.veoh.com

Rex Ryan to become Jets' new head coach; Kobe Bryant, Lakers outlast LeBron James and the Cavaliers, 105-88; No. 4 Pittsburgh beats eighth-ranked ... www.truveo.com

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By rss@youtube.com (nbalive44) http://www.watch-live-nba.com/ Watch All NBA GAMES LIVE Will any of these five matchups carry the weight of last season's April 4 game between the Hornets and the Lakers, in which upstart New Orleans' guard Chris Paul faced off against the Lakers' All-Star Kobe Bryant? The Lakers won tha...

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NBA TOP PLAYS OF THE 2007-2008 SEASON: KOBE VS LEBRON FOR MVP ——————————— ABOUT VIDEO: ——————————— Video highlight mix of the top best plays from superstars Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant (Black Mamba, KB24) and Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James (King James, Chosen One) i...

By rss@youtube.com (dwaynewadesucks) I had a version of this mix uploaded before but it got removed by Youtube because of a copyright claim by the International Olympic Committee. I guess they didn't like the 1992 Dream Team Footage, so I took that out. I also replaced the second song. Kobe Bryant LeBron James Dwyane Wade Chris Pau...

By rss@youtube.com (pennyccw) AI of the Philadelphia 76ers argued with the official in a playoff game. Author: pennyccw Keywords: Allen Iverson LeBron James Michael Jordan Kobe Bryant NBA Garnett Wade Added: August 1, 2008

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By rss@youtube.com (mikester8821) Kobe gets compared to Jordan because he uses similar moves. He is not as good though. Is that a bad thing? Well aparently it is, since he has to constantly be reminded of it. I created this video to show people that although they are similar, Kobe still deserves the respect to build his own legacy....

By rss@youtube.com (mikester8821) Kobe gets compared to Jordan because he uses similar moves. He is not as good though. Is that a bad thing? Well aparently it is, since he has to constantly be reminded of it. I created this video to show people that although they are similar, Kobe still deserves the respect to build his own legacy....

By rss@youtube.com (Rtbulls23) Michael Jordan the best player to ever play this game. He is just simply the world's greatest. MJ 6 rings 5 MVps 6 Finals MVPs... Kobe Bryant is not Michael Jordan, Michael Jordan is not Kobe Bryant. Stop the caparisons. Keywords: Michael Jordan NBA 2008 NBA Finals Lebron James Kobe Bryant Chicago...

By rss@youtube.com (thebestanswer2) MVP) MVP Allen Iverson Scored 19 points and dished 9 assists to carry the East win over the West. Many great players played in this game. L.A. Lakers:Kobe Bryant & Derek Fisher, Bucks:Ray Allen, Boston Celtics:Antoine Walker, Toronto Raptors:Marcus Camby, New Jersey Nets:Kerry Kittl...

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By rss@youtube.com (LakeshowAA24) Kobe scoring 41 points in route to the Lakers defeat of the Suns 130-124 over Shaq who scored 15 points and 9 rebounds. Lakers showed the NBA who the best team in the west is, the Lakers. Keywords: Kobe Bryant Shaq Steve Nash L.A. Lakers Phoenix Suns LeBron James Pau Gasol Ben Wallace Cavs Jordan A...

By Dwyane Montell The best thing New York gets is when Kobe, LeBron James, or Dwyane Wade comes to town. The crowds go crazy because New York loves stars. Especially those who can take over a game and make exciting plays. Allen Iverson playing for the New York Knicks could have been one of the best sports stories o...

Jonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle: "This was why Trevor Ariza came to Houston, for nights like these. It was not that he wanted to beat the Lakers, though he seemed to enjoy that as much as a very classy pregame ceremony in which Kobe Bryant and Derek Fisher gave him his championship ri...

By Shaun Ahmad Surprising Suns Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Kobe Bryant, and of course, Michael Jordan, all won with the teams that they started with.  Winning a title in Cleveland is a challenge that James needs to overcome. So be prepared to see Bosh in Toronto, Wade in Miami, and James in Cleveland. 

By Hotnuke In a furious back and forth affair in the fourth quarter, which saw 17 ties or lead changes, D-Wade once again showed why he may be the best player in the NBA, despite all the advocacy for Kobe Bryant and LeBron James. Michael Beasley struggled in the game, scoring just seven points himself on...

By Malcolm Martin Kobe is in his 14th season in the NBA, all of them with the Los Angeles Lakers. That's like pointing out that Michael Jordan would become a free agent in the nineties. So whether or not LeBron remains in Cleveland or jumps to New York, we should be able to watch the NBA season without the noise of t...

By Hadarii Jones His 30 point per game average is third in the NBA behind only Bryant and Carmelo Anthony and Wade is the type of player that literally leaves his imprint all over the court. My hat goes off to Kobe Bryant and Dwyane Wade, two players who understand what it takes to succeed, and currently have th...

By David Friedman(Doc319@yahoo.com) 6) Kobe Bryant inspires a lot of strong responses from the media and fans. You were his teammate for the first three seasons of your NBA career. Describe Kobe 's leadership style as you experienced it as a young player. The whole situation is both amusing--conjuring up images of an overbooked Turiaf fighting off media hordes who are ignoring Kobe Bryant and LeBron James in order to besiege him with questions--and pathetic. Is Ronny Turiaf really so busy that he cannot answer a few questions? If so, why is his representative soliciting interviews on his behalf? Does Turiaf understand that when he hires people who are incompetent and/or inconsiderate ultimately this reflects badly on him?   [read the full post]

By Chris J The Genius Jay-Z is to Drake what Pac is to so many who were culturally and sonically aware at the time when he was most visible and influential. Similarly, LeBron James or Kobe Bryant may be to some youngster what Michael Jordan is to those of us who witnessed his greatness (deciding which of those two d...

If Kobe Bryant, Dwight Howard and Jordan Crawford appeared in a "Jeopardy!" question, the correct answer would probably be, "Who are the people NBA star LeBron James would like to dunk on?" Bryant won the 2009 NBA championship instead of James.

By M. Haubs(noreply@blogger.com) 1. Where will LeBron James be? 2. How will Greg Oden/Andrew Bynum develop? 3. How will high-school-to-pros players age? The most fascinating player to watch will be Kobe Bryant, as he often is. At age 31, he has already played 948 regular-season games plus another 175 playoff games.

By James Edwards takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball. Where is Kobe in the MVP voting? Look for Kobe Bryant to take this as a personal challenge! Photo source Newscom As always, any NBA Basketball related comments are welcome. More blogs about basketball. Post from: NBA Obsessed

You can make an argument that all the greats have had rivals or an enemy, if you will, in any sport, show, or type of modern media.

By Matthew Hayden People and the media have tried to make it seem that LeBron James and Kobe Bryant are rivals in the NBA. And while that may be true, when Kobe Bryant retires, it will officially be LeBron's NBA. And with great power, comes great responsibility.

There's a consensus, it seems, that the top two players in the NBA are LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers and Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers .

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By Mike B. The longtime Laker guard was named MVP of the game after recording 25 points, nine assists, and five rebounds and the West defeated the East by 40 points. Sure, the league has its share of superstars like Kobe and LeBron James and some good teams like the Lakers and the Cleveland Cavaliers, b...

By David Friedman(Doc319@yahoo.com) While Wade, Bryant and Duncan already have championship resumes, LeBron James made his postseason debut in 2006. He made a big splash right from the start, putting up 32 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists while playing all 48 minutes in a 97-86 win over Washington. James is the second youngest player to have a postseason triple-double and just the third player to have one in his first playoff game. His fingerprints were all over Cleveland's six game series win over the Wizards—35.7 ppg, 7.5 rpg, 5.7 apg—and the Cavaliers' surprisingly competitive seven game series loss to defending Eastern Conference champion Detroit. James averaged 26.6 ppg, 8.6 rpg and 6.0 apg versus the Pistons and delivered the best quote of the playoffs when he said "They'r...   [read the full post]

By Steven Resnick 10. Allen Iverson 8. Dwyane Wade 6. Shaquille O'Neal  5. LeBron James 3. Kobe Bryant 2. Kevin Garnett 21.4 points per game, 11.9 rebounds per game, 4.6 assists, 1.36 steals, and 1.58 blocks. 22.6 points per game, 13.7 rebounds per game, 5.3 assists, 1.1 steals per game, and 1.3 blocks per game.

By Boss Lady The press conference, held at the swanky New York Palace Hotel in midtown Manhattan, also featured a visual overview of the to-date success of the Beats By Dr. Dre brand plus support from diverse celebrities including Sting, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Ne-Yo, Soulja Boy, Black Eyed Peas,...

By M. Haubs(noreply@blogger.com) MVP: Tim Duncan All-NBA First Team C Shaquille O'Neal F Tim Duncan F Kevin Garnett G Kobe Bryant G Jason Kidd All-NBA Second Team F Dirk Nowitzki F LeBron James F Paul Pierce G Allen Iverson G Steve Nash LeBron scores 25 straight for Cleveland Two great Nash assists

By Doc319@yahoo.com (David Friedman) There is no question that the Cavs have upgraded themselves from a talent standpoint. O'Neal is not nearly the player he once was but he made the All-NBA Third Team last season--the same honor accorded to the Lakers' Pau Gasol and 2007 Finals MVP Tony Parker--and O'Neal shared All-Star Game MVP honors with Kobe Bryant. The Cavs won an NBA-best 66 games last season and now have added O'Neal without giving up a core member of their rotation; Wallace ranked seventh on the team in regular season mpg (23.5) but only played in 56 regular season games, while Pavlovic ranked 10th on the team in regular season mpg (16.0) while playing in 66 regular season games--and both players had their minutes slashed in the playoffs (12.6 mpg for Wallace, 8.3 mpg for Pa...   [read the full post]

By Doc319@yahoo.com (David Friedman) My favorite player is Julius Erving, not Kobe Bryant, but I am able to write objectively about Erving, Bryant and all other NBA players because I take my craft seriously. I don't think that Krolik is "worthless" as a human being. His article about the significance of the Lakers-Rockets game seven is very poorly thought out and very poorly written. I also wonder what value the editors of ESPN and SlamOnline see in such work. The fact that Kobe Bryant is the subject of Krolik's piece is irrelevant to my assessment. I have criticized various publications for sloppy/unprofessional articles about players ranging from LeBron James to Dave DeBusschere to Daequan Cook. If Krolik had said that LeBron James' career will be defined by the number one see...   [read the full post]

By Doc319@yahoo.com (David Friedman) Although Krolik is focused on the drama of one game or one moment, the truth is that players demonstrate their ability to perform under pressure by being consistent for a sustained period of time. Bryant was the leading playmaker for the Lakers' 2000-02 championship teams. During that time, he made the All-NBA and All-Defensive Teams and progressed from 12th to ninth to fifth in MVP voting. In the 2001 playoffs he dropped 48 points and 16 rebounds on the Kings in a closeout game on the road and then in his next game--the series opener on the road versus the Spurs--he had 45 points and 10 rebounds. Bryant shot 15-29 from the field (.517) in the first game and 19-35 (.543) in the second one.   [read the full post]

By Doc319@yahoo.com (David Friedman) Consider the "New and Improved Slam 2009 Top 50," a feature story--consisting of Slam's ranking of the NBA's 50 all-time greatest players plus thumbnail articles about each player--that appears in the issue of Slam cover dated August 2009. Making such a list is a difficult and somewhat subjective task but Slam's rankings are not terribly off base; Shaquille O'Neal is too high (fourth) and Julius Erving is too low (15th) but Slam's rankings for Kobe Bryant (12th) and Scottie Pippen (27th) are solid and the overall list is not bad. However, for such a list to have credibility it has to be made by people who know basketball history and possess above average writing skills. Otherwise, even if most of the rankings are unobjectionable the final...   [read the full post]

The sense is probably eight players from the 2008 gold medal team will return: lebron James, Kobe Bryant, Dwyane Wade, Dwight Howard, Chris Bosh, Chris Paul, Carmelo Anthony and Deron Williams. Colangelo emphasized he gives equity to players who have ...

By Doc319@yahoo.com (David Friedman) Bryant's Finals MVP caps off an extraordinary season in a special career: last summer, Bryant's clutch fourth quarter scoring carried Team USA to an Olympic gold medal, in February he shared the All-Star MVP with Shaquille O'Neal and then Bryant finished second to James in regular season MVP voting after leading the Lakers to the best record in the West for the second year in a row. Only Willis Reed (1970), Michael Jordan (1996, 1998) and Shaquille O'Neal (2000) won the regular season MVP, the All-Star MVP and the Finals MVP in the same season, so Bryant's second place finish and two first place finishes in voting for those three awards in 2009 are impressive. Bryant is also on a very short and distinguished list of NBA players who have won at...   [read the full post]

Van Gundy believes that Howard should be getting the same kind of treatment that is received by Lakers star Kobe Bryant and Cavs star LeBron James. The Magic beat James and the Cavs to win the Eastern Conference and advance to the Finals. ... Basketball 24/7 - USA Today

By Doc319@yahoo.com (David Friedman) Couch potato coaches have been calling for Derek Fisher's head throughout the playoffs but the much maligned 34 year old point guard drained two clutch three pointers--one to force overtime and the second to give the L.A. Lakers the lead for good--as the Lakers defeated the Orlando Magic 99-91 in overtime, taking a 3-1 lead and all but clinching the 2009 NBA Championship. Fisher missed the first five three pointers that he attempted but Kobe Bryant repeatedly tells his teammates that you cannot make big shots if you afraid to take them and Fisher proved that he is confident while also justifying the confidence that Coach Phil Jackson has demonstrated in Fisher. Bryant led the Lakers with a game-high 32 points and a game-high eight assists,...   [read the full post]

By Doc319@yahoo.com (David Friedman) I generally shy away from making the cliched Michael Jordan-Kobe Bryant comparisons: Jordan clearly had more career accomplishments--though Bryant may have enough time left to match Jordan, assuming Bryant goes on a late career championship splurge like Jordan did--and Jordan was physically stronger, better on the post and possessed bigger hands that gave him more ballhandling options; I don't think that Jordan was much better than Bryant but I don't see the need to continually compare them, either, particularly when it is much more interesting and relevant to compare Bryant with the great players he is actually competing against.   [read the full post]

By Doc319@yahoo.com (David Friedman) Kobe Bryant scored 69 points and had 16 assists in the first two games of the Finals. The last four players who reached both of those marks in the first two games of the Finals--Michael Jordan in 1997, 1992 and 1991 and Jerry West in 1969--won the Finals MVP, though of course West's Lakers lost the Finals in seven games to the Celtics despite his triple double (42 points, 13 rebounds, 12 assists) in the last contest. Bryant produced 31 points, eight assists and three rebounds in game three--and became just the third player to amass 100 points and 24 assists in the first three games of an NBA Finals series--but he shot 11-25 from the field and just 5-10 from the free throw line. When the Lakers win, their talent and depth receive high praise but when t...   [read the full post]

By Doc319@yahoo.com (David Friedman) Rashard Lewis led the Magic with a game-high 34 points, setting a playoff career-high and establishing a new franchise record for most points scored in a Finals game. He also had 11 rebounds and a playoff career-high seven assists while shooting 12-21 from the field, including 6-12 from three point range. Hedo Turkoglu added 22 points, six rebounds and four assists. After Mickael Pietrus fouled out, Turkoglu played very solid defense on Bryant, using his length to contest Bryant's shots and even forcing a few turnovers by stripping the ball from Bryant or getting Bryant off balance by using his size. Dwight Howard had a very unusual stat line: 17 points, 16 rebounds, four assists, four steals, four blocked shots, seven turnovers. The only...   [read the full post]

By Doc319@yahoo.com (David Friedman) Shaquille O'Neal often says that he is the LCL (last center left) but the Cleveland Cavaliers just found out that this is definitely not true: while most of the world focused on LeBron James, Kobe Bryant and the puppet commercials, Dwight Howard hopped into a souped-up DeLorean and took the NBA back to the future, reminding us all that basketball has usually been dominated by teams featuring a great big man. The critics said that Howard was too nice/fun loving and too limited offensively to lead a team to an NBA title but he averaged 25.8 ppg, 13.0 rpg and 1.2 bpg while shooting .651 from the field as his Orlando Magic defeated James' Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference Finals. The only player in NBA history who matched those scoring, rebounding a...   [read the full post]

By Doc319@yahoo.com (David Friedman) Kobe Bryant set a Conference Finals scoring record (which was then immediately broken by LeBron James) with 147 points in the L.A. Lakers' first four games versus the Denver Nuggets, but in the pivotal game five the Nuggets elected to aggressively trap Bryant and he made them pay with great decision making/passing as the Lakers won 103-94 to take a 3-2 lead. Bryant still finished with a team-high 22 points but he also had a game-high eight assists and five rebounds in 45 minutes; he now ranks third in Conference Finals history with 169 points in five games (trailing only Amare Stoudemire's 185 in 2005 and Hakeem Olajuwon's 173 in 1995 and just ahead of Michael Jordan's 168 in 1993), though James will easily surpass him on Thursday (James has a...   [read the full post]

By Doc319@yahoo.com (David Friedman) This is a great time to be a basketball fan, because The Best the Game Offers are both performing splendidly on the sport's biggest stage, the playoffs: LeBron James is averaging 42 ppg in the Eastern Conference Finals and just hit the biggest shot of his career to tie Cleveland's series with Orlando at 1-1, while Kobe Bryant is averaging 37.7 ppg in the Western Conference Finals and just scored 41 points as the L.A. Lakers beat the Denver Nuggets 103-97 to take a 2-1 series lead. Bryant shot 12-24 from the field and 15-17 from the free throw line and also contributed six rebounds, five assists and two steals. He had just one turnover in 41 minutes and scored 13 of his points in the fourth quarter, with 12 of those points coming in the final 6:46, start...   [read the full post]

By Doc319@yahoo.com (David Friedman) Friedman: "Orlando won the regular season series with Cleveland but who do you favor in this playoff matchup? Who do you think has the stronger team?" Brown: "Look, throw out the 8-0 (Cleveland playoff record), because Detroit was horrible and then Atlanta had three starters out. So this is their first legitimate competition. Now, you say, how did this team (Orlando) beat them two of out three and eight of the last 11? This team must do something right (versus Cleveland) from a defensive standpoint that nobody else is doing in the Eastern Conference; they play them better than anybody: they change up and they do a lot of things."   [read the full post]

By Doc319@yahoo.com (David Friedman) The official balloting largely matched my choices: I selected exactly the same First Team and the only difference with the Second Team is that I picked Gasol over Pierce, who I put on the Third Team. My Third Team also included David West instead of Anthony; choosing West over Anthony may not look correct in light of Anthony's performance in the playoffs but keep in mind that this honor is strictly based on the regular season and that West matched or increased his All-Star numbers from the 2008 season while again playing in 76 games but Anthony only played in 66 games and experienced marked drops in his scoring, rebounding and field goal percentage.   [read the full post]

By Kyle Strittholt This year's MVP of the National Basketball Association, LeBron James, is truly a “king” of basketball. If the Cavaliers win this year, it could be the start of James’s dynasty in Ohio. When you think of the Bulls, you think of Jordan. For the Lakers, it’s Kobe. Now, with the Cavaliers, it’s LeBr...

By Doc319@yahoo.com (David Friedman) James is a rare person who has actually not only met but exceeded all of the hype surrounding him. Cleveland Cavaliers assistant coach Chris Jent says that many people "just see the fantastic plays and his God-given ability. They don't understand that there were kinks in the armor and he wanted to figure them out. He wanted to straighten them out and he wanted to be better and the only way to do it is by working. When things are going good he works and when things are going bad he works harder." In the past few years, I have mentioned those "kinks in the armor"--defense, free throw shooting, midrange shooting, three point shooting--in various articles and maintained that Kobe Bryant was the best player in the NBA because he had no skill set weakness...   [read the full post]

By Chad Minton LeBron averaged more than 28 points per game, seven rebounds per game, and seven assists per game. Oh yeah, he also made a strong case for the Defensive Player of the Year award. Kobe Bryant is still arguably the best player in the league, but there's no way he is more valuable to the Lakers than...

By Anthony Williamson Kobe Bryant is widely recognized as the closest thing to Michael Jordan there ever has been. During the regular season, Andre averaged nearly 19 points per game along with six assists and six rebounds. To some, that's a modest stat line of a good player.

By Doc319@yahoo.com (David Friedman) Cleveland Defeats Detroit, 4-0 Scoring Leader: LeBron James (CLE), 32.0 ppg Rebounding Leader: LeBron James (CLE), 11.3 rpg Assists Leader: LeBron James (CLE), 7.5 apg James averaged 32.0 ppg, 11.3 rpg and 7.5 apg, joining Oscar Robertson and Larry Bird as the only players in NBA history to average at least 30-10-7 in a playoff series. James also became the only player other than Robertson to post at least 1300 points, 400 rebounds and 350 assists in the first 50 games of his postseason career. Scoring Leader: Dwyane Wade (MIA), 27.0 ppg Rebounding Leader: Josh Smith (ATL), 9.3 rpg Assists Leader: Dwyane Wade (MIA), 6.7 apg Bryant shook his head. Bryant momentarily sighed.   [read the full post]

By Tarik Adam 1. LeBron James 3. Chris Paul 4. Dwyane Wade 5. Kobe Bryant 8. Chris Bosh This steady point guard has seen a rise in both his points and assists per game since he came into the NBA four seasons ago. If not for Chris Paul, Williams would be considered the best point guard in the league.

By Ryan McMonagle All sum told, here's how the four-players-not-named-Kobe stack up statistically against the four-players-not-named-Lebron.  The Kobe bunch averages 52 points, 24.2 rebounds and 9.9 assists per game. The James gang averages 51 points, 21.3 rebounds and 11.5 assists.  

By Doc319@yahoo.com (David Friedman) Kobe Bryant: LeBron James: James' erratic midrange jump shot still leaves him--and the Cavaliers--vulnerable against elite defensive teams that will sag off of James and force him to make that shot, something that James was not able to do versus the Spurs in the 2007 NBA Finals or the Celtics in the 2008 Eastern Conference semifinals, the last two playoff series that the Cavs have lost. Dwyane Wade: During the 2009 All-Star Weekend, four-time MVP (1974-76 ABA, 1981 NBA) Julius Erving said of Bryant and James, "Kobe's got the torch now and LeBron is next in line." This year's playoffs may reveal whether Bryant truly passed that torch to James for good in March or if Bryant merely needed to get his second wind in order to recapture the torch du...   [read the full post]

By David Friedman(Doc319@yahoo.com) MVP: Mark Jackson (ESPN/ABC), Jeff Van Gundy (ESPN/ABC), Hubie Brown (ESPN/ABC), J.A. Adande (ESPN/ABC), Avery Johnson (ESPN/ABC), Jamal Mashburn (ESPN/ABC), Ernie Johnson (TNT), Charles Barkley (TNT), Doug Collins (TNT), Kenny Smith (TNT), Chris Webber (TNT) and Chris Mannix (Sports Illustrated) all chose LeBron James. Jon Barry (ESPN/ABC) chose Dwyane Wade. Mike Wilbon (ESPN/ABC) has fluctuated between Kobe Bryant and LeBron James but at last check was leaning toward James. All-NBA First Team G Kobe Bryant G Dwyane Wade C Dwight Howard F LeBron James F Dirk Nowitzki All-NBA Third Team G Tony Parker G Chauncey Billups C Shaquille O'Neal F Paul Pierce F David West G Kobe Bryant G Dwyane Wade C Dwight Howard F LeBron James F Ron Artest   [read the full post]

By M. Haubs(noreply@blogger.com) 1. LeBron James, Cleveland 2. Dwyane Wade, Miami 3. Chris Paul, New Orleans 4. Kobe Bryant, LA Lakers 8. Yao Ming, Houston 11. Pau Gasol, LA Lakers 12. Chauncey Billups, Denver 13. Deron Williams, Utah 14. Carmelo Anthony, Denver 15. (tie) Paul Pierce/Kevin Garnett/Rajon Rondo, Boston

A peek at the MVP race with Google trends. Note how lately, people searching Google have tended to be more fascinated by LeBron James, but the media has stuck on Kobe Bryant.As we head down to the wire, does anything matter more than health? Kevin Garnett, Tim Duncan, Yao Ming, Ben Wallace, Ra...

BY Frank Isola Those numbers are a cruel reality for Mike D'Antoni's team, which for the third time this season was used as a crash-test dummy by one of the league's MVP candidates. First, it was Kobe Bryant scoring 61 points on Feb. ... Miami Heat's Dwyane Wade makes MVP case against Knicks Miami...

BY Frank Isola Those numbers are a cruel reality for Mike D'Antoni's team, which for the third time this season was used as a crash-test dummy by one of the league's MVP candidates. First, it was Kobe Bryant scoring 61 points on Feb. ... Miami Heat's Dwyane Wade makes MVP case against Knicks Miami...

 NY MVWhat? The people on my TV are insisting Kobe Bryant is in some race with LeBron James for the MVP. Um, what? The argument that Kobe is better in the clutch has been disputed, LeBron registers more assists, rebounds, steals, blocks, points, ...

By David Friedman(Doc319@yahoo.com) Although I respect Morey's overall approach to statistics as described in the New York Times article, we need to completely put to rest the ideas that Shane Battier is some kind of Kobe Bryant stopper and that "advanced" statistics have given the Rockets an advantage versus Bryant. Bryant led the Lakers to a 4-0 sweep of the Rockets this season while averaging 28.3 ppg, 5.0 apg and 4.0 rpg; he shot .530 from the field and .533 from three point range but only .680 on free throws, so perhaps the Rockets have superior free throw defense--they sure did not stop him anywhere else (James averaged 24.0 ppg on .409 field goal shooting and .250 three point shooting as his Cavs split two games versus the Rockets).   [read the full post]

By Doc319@yahoo.com (David Friedman) Kobe Bryant and LeBron James experience "flow" when they play basketball at a higher level than anyone else currently does--not that they are the only players who experience "flow" but they are quintessential examples of it, whether you want to cite Bryant's 81 point game or James' 48 point outburst in game five versus the Pistons in 2007. When you watch someone who is the best at his craft perform you feel like that person is doing something that he was born to do, though of course it takes an enormous amount of "effortful study" to achieve what looks like effortless greatness. Tiger Woods stalking his prey on the back nine is another great example of "flow," as was Bobby Fischer slaying top grandmasters as if they were children.   [read the full post]

By Kaczala This year Nike has created a special Playoff Pack that consists of six sneakers designed for six NBA ballers. Among the Playoff 6 are Zoom Kobe IV, Foamposite Lite, Zoom Soldier III, Zoom MVP, Air Max Spot Up and Zoom Flightclub created for Kobe Bryant, Amare Stoudemire, LeBron James, Stev...

By David Friedman(Doc319@yahoo.com) 1) Dwyane Wade, MIA 29.9 ppg 2) LeBron James, CLE 28.7 ppg 3) Kobe Bryant, LAL 27.8 ppg 4) Kevin Durant, OKC 25.9 ppg 5) Dirk Nowitzki, DAL 25.5 ppg 6) Danny Granger, IND 24.9 ppg 7) Brandon Roy, POR 23.0 ppg 8) Chris Bosh, TOR 22.6 ppg 9) Devin Harris, NJN 22.6 ppg 10) Chris Paul, NOR 22.0 ppg 15) Shaquille O'Neal, PHX 8.6 rpg 26) Rasheed Wallace, DET 7.5 rpg 27) LeBron James, CLE 7.5 rpg 1) Chris Paul, NOH 11.0 apg 2) Deron Williams, UTA 10.5 apg 3) Steve Nash, PHX 9.7 apg 4) Jose Calderon, TOR 8.6 apg 5) Rajon Rondo, BOS 8.5 apg 6) Jason Kidd, DAL 8.4 apg 7) Baron Davis, LAC 8.1 apg 8) Dwyane Wade, MIA 7.6 apg 9) Chris Duhon, NYK 7.6 apg 10) LeBron James, CLE 7.2 apg   [read the full post]

By Eddie Johnson That has happened before. Charles Barkley and Karl Malone won the award during the Michael Jordan era. Allen Iverson, Kevin Garnett, Steve Nash and Dirk Nowitzki have been MVPs this decade – basically dominated by Kobe, Shaquille O’Neal and Tim Duncan.

By David Friedman(Doc319@yahoo.com) 22) Paul Pierce, BOS 20.1 ppg 49) Kevin Garnett, BOS 16.3 ppg Dwyane Wade has been on a tear recently, scoring a career-high 50 points two games ago and then dishing off a career-high 16 assists in his most recent game. On Thursday, though, he had a day off while his close pursuers LeBron James and Kobe Bryant were in action. 14) Kevin Garnett, BOS 8.8 rpg 15) Shaquille O'Neal, PHX 8.8 rpg 29) LeBron James, CLE 7.2 rpg 1) Chris Paul, NOH 10.8 apg 2) Deron Williams, UTA 10.3 apg 3) Steve Nash, PHX 9.7 apg 4) Jose Calderon, TOR 8.5 apg 5) Jason Kidd, DAL 8.4 apg 6) Rajon Rondo, BOS 8.4 apg 7) Baron Davis, LAC 8.0 apg 7) Chris Duhon, NYK 8.0 apg 8) Baron Davis, GSW 7.9 apg 9) Dwyane Wade, MIA 7.1 apg 10) LeBron James, CLE 7.0 apg   [read the full post]

By David Friedman(Doc319@yahoo.com) Speaking of polls, Sports Illustrated asked 190 NBA players who they would want to take a last second shot and Bryant won in a landslide, taking 76% of the votes. Chauncey Billups, LeBron James and Paul Pierce received 3% each, while Dwyane Wade got 2%. I have repeatedly said that I think that last second shots are overrated as a statistical category because the sample size is small and most such shots are low percentage attempts anyway; I am much more impressed by a player who can take over a game for an extended period of time in clutch moments, such as scoring 12 points in the fourth quarter or making a series of big plays when the outcome of the game is in doubt. I am much more certain that Bryant is the best player in the NBA in that regard than I am th...   [read the full post]

By David Friedman(Doc319@yahoo.com) James averaged 22.0 ppg, shot .356 from the field (including .200 from three point range) and committed 5.8 turnovers per game as the Spurs swept his Cavs in the 2007 NBA Finals; he averaged 26.7 ppg, shot .355 from the field (including .231 from three point range) and committed 5.3 turnovers per game in the 2008 Eastern Conference Finals versus the Celtics. In contrast, Bryant averaged 29.2 ppg, shot .533 from the field (including .333 from three point range) and committed just 2.4 turnovers per game as the Lakers beat the Spurs in five games in the 2008 Western Conference Finals; he averaged 25.7 ppg, shot .405 from the field (including .321 from three point range) and committed 3.8 turnovers per game versus the Celtics in the 2008 NBA Finals."   [read the full post]

By David Friedman(Doc319@yahoo.com) Lamar Odom produced season-highs in points (28) and rebounds (17) as the L.A. Lakers defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 101-91. The Lakers finished their East Coast road trip with a 6-0 record and handed the Cavs their first home loss this season after a franchise-record 23 straight home wins. Kobe Bryant added 19 points, three rebounds and two assists but he was noticeably slowed by what John Black (Lakers Vice President of Public Relations) told me is "gastroenteritis," a stomach virus that caused Bryant to vomit and become dehydrated; the 2008 MVP needed IV fluids at halftime and after the game. Pau Gasol struggled a bit with his shot against the taller Zydrunas Ilgauskas (connecting on just 6 of 15 field goal attempts) but he contributed...   [read the full post]

Ramona Shelburne of the Los Angeles Daily News: "He started, then stopped. The words wanting to come out of his mouth, but stopping short on the roof of his mouth. So LeBron James just jogged down the court silently, a few steps behind Kobe Bryant, both men pretending the only thing that matte...

By M. Haubs(noreply@blogger.com) It's a small sample size of 28 minutes (mainly b/c Cleveland has played so few close games), but it's consistent with his 2007-08 numbers in the clutch and the "super-clutch" (4th quarter or overtime, less than 2 minutes left, neither team ahead by more than 3 points) - LeBron and Kobe stoo...

By Coach Samuel MVP LeBron James- Cleveland Cavaliers His competition includes Kevin Garnett, Kobe Bryant, Dwayne Wade, and Chauncey Billips. I believe that Kobe is still the best all-around player on the planet, but LeBron is the most valuable. Take Kobe away from the Lakers and you still have a playoff...

By Michael Tiedemann I realize that LeBron James, a few of the Celtics, Chris Paul and Kobe Bryant will get the majority of MVP votes this year. Sure, the Cavaliers may be the worst team in the NBA without James, but Billups at least deserves some of the votes. Right?

That became Billups, the point guard and leader of the team. In 2005-06 — after the Pistons had been in the Finals two straight years with one title, and after a 64-18 record — Billups finished fifth in MVP voting behind Steve Nash, LeBron James, Nowitzki and Kobe Bryant.

Pau Gasol had 26 points and eight rebounds before sitting out the fourth quarter, and the Los Angeles Lakers overcame a poor shooting performance by Kobe Bryant to rout the New Jersey Nets 120-93 on Tuesday night and improve the NBA's best record to 12-1.

By Nate Jones Since Jordan, every NBA player has wanted to come to the Garden and show out. But through 2007, no visiting player other than Jordan had been able to come into the Garden and drop 50. Of course, that all changed when LeBron James came in and obliterated the hapless Knicks with a 50 point, 10 assi...

By noreply@blogger.com (FLCeltsFan) Herald Kobe Bryant: No surgery on pinkie finger LeBron James’ loyalties irk Cleveland fans LOY's Place Rumors and free agent updates - Extending coaches edition Celtics 17 Three more years Bleacher Report Who can stop the Celtics from repeating? Palm Beach Post Early look at the Eastern conference NBA coaches undervalued ESPN Summer transactions: Let's review Lex Nihil Novi Once upon a time Doin' the doo The Mark Acres chronicles Eric Musselman's Basketball Notebook Accountability Hoopsworld Challenges ahead for Powe, Celtics Time to pay the big man AFP Bryant to skip surgery on pinkie finger NBA Celtics Blog Jan 23 1956 Warriors beat Celtics again January 24 1956 NBA All Star Game   [read the full post]

 - While Kobe Bryant and LeBron James seemed to have little difficulty finding their way in to watch Michael Phelps, tickets for swimming and basketball proved ...

 - Aug 27, 2008 I know they're not LeBron James and Kobe Bryant,'' Krzyzewski said. But he added that the mindset those star players [add in here Dwyane Wade, ...

By Anthony Bass And that place is behind Kobe Bryant. He has to understand that Team USA is good now because primarily of its defense. When Kobe arrived, he instilled it on them. Kobe set the tone. He wanted to guard the other team’s big dog. ...

The US team, led by Kobe Bryant, LeBron James and Dwyane Wade, won their five preliminary games by an average of 32 points. All five were decided by more ... Dream Team beats Boomers 116-85 at Beijing Olympics Melbourne Herald Sun Boomers face US in key basketball match The West Australian

 - Aug 18, 2008 The explosive team made up of the world's best players such as LeBron James, Kobe Bryant and Dwyane Wade were never challenged in breezing through five ...

 CA - Aug 18, 2008 Top photo: Kobe Bryant, sitting amid some US swimmers last week at one of the finals. Credit: Kay Nietfeld/EPA Inset: LeBron James poses with Michael ...

With Carmelo Anthony tickling the nets, LeBron James rattling the rims and the pair of Kobe Bryant and Dwayne Wade dropping jaws when the mood struck them, ... Team USA looking like a gold medal bunch FOXSports.com After dismantling Spain, Team USA stands at gold-worthy level ... ESPN

 - Aug 15, 2008 And during the recent Beijing Olympics, both LeBron James and Kobe Bryant have hinted that they would at least entertain the idea of playing overseas if the ... Video: AP Olympic Minute AssociatedPress Tea athlete blogs about Olympic experience Tea Harrisburg Champion

By Tom Ziller W]e had a two-hour wait until we actually marched in. At this point, athletes started mingling and I met [USA men's basketball players] Carmelo Anthony, LeBron James, Kobe Bryant and Jason Kidd. I got my picture with all of them. They were all very nice and asked me about running track. One of th...

By Associated Press AP file photoLeBron James will make a return trip to the Olympics after playing for the United States in 2004. CHICAGO -- LeBron James will get another shot at Olympic gold, and this time, he'll have reigning MVP Kobe Bryant.... AP file photoLeBron James will make a return trip to the Olympics af...

Dwyane Wade led the Americans with 19 points, LeBron James added 18 points, and the US beat China, 101-70, in the Beijing Games basketball Olympic opener on ... Kobe to Europe? Already, Redeem Team distracted Chicago Sun-Times US beats China in men's basketball opener National Post

By noreply@blogger.com (FLCeltsFan) I would say that the Heat desperately need help at the point guard spot since after Jason Williams signed with the Clippers, Marcus Banks is their only PG. The Suns thought that he would be the answer to back up Steve Nash and passed on Rajon Rondo because of it. They soon found out that his speed isn't everything. If he would ever get the right attitude, he would be a decent point guard, but so far, he still hasn't gotten his head straight. With Williams gone and Banks as the only PG, it could open the door for a return by restricted free agent Chris Quinn, who finished last season as the Heat's starting point guard. Discuss this topic on the Celtics Green Forums!]   [read the full post]

LeBron James, Kobe Bryant or any other member of Team USA will not use the Beijing Olympics as a platform to raise awareness to the crisis in Darfur. ... ‘Redeem Team' looks to recapture basketball gold in Beijing Kansas City Star Arizona Republic - ESPN

By Sportz Assassin There are quite a bit of guys that excel at slashing to the basket (Kobe Bryant, Dwyane Wade, LeBron James, Chris Paul, Deron Williams, Carmelo Anthony) ... who also need the ball in their hands a lot. We also will send a gutty, defensive point guard in Jason Kidd.

Confident Krzyzewski, Team USA on a mission Las Vegas Review - Journal, NV - He also has his core group of Carmelo Anthony, LeBron James, Kobe Bryant and Jason Kidd ready to go. "I don't see us changing a lot of what we do," ...

By Ethan J. Skolnick Likely starters -- Dwight Howard, Carmelo Anthony, LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Jason Kidd. Sixth man -- Dwyane Wade. Reserve bigs -- Chris Bosh, Carlos Boozer. Shooter -- Michael Redd. Backup points -- Chris Paul, Deron Williams ...

 CA - Jason Kidd, Michael Redd, Tayshaun Prince, Dwyane Wade, Carmelo Anthony, Chris Paul, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Deron Williams, and Dwight Howard appear to ... Adam Morrison on Team USA in 2008 Summer Olympics? Bleacher Report all 3 news articles

 CA - Jun 20, 2008 Guaranteed players to make the team include: Kobe Bryant, Carmelo Anthony, Lebron James, Jason Kidd, and probably Dwight Howard, Amare Stoudemire, ...

 China - Dream Team" of NBA stars, which includes Kobe Bryant, LeBron James and Dwayne Wade, have set their sight on the gold medal, vowing not to repeat the misery ...

 - Last year, Prince played for a US team that was led by Kobe Bryant, LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony during an unbeaten run in an Olympic qualifying ...

 China - To avoid a similar fate of the men's basketball bronze medal in the Athens Olympics, glittering stars like Kobe Bryant, LeBron James and Dwayne Wade will be ...

By sam liu Guaranteed players to make the team include Kobe Bryant, Carmelo Anthony, Lebron James, Jason Kidd, and probably Dwight Howard, Amare Stoudemire and Chris Paul. That leaves us with five players fighting for spots. ...

By Ira Winderman At this point, might as well look at the positives. Kobe Bryant certainly experienced career rejuvenation last summer with the national team. LeBron James hardly has shown wear from his extended offseasons. And Carmelo Anthony seemingly is at his best in international competition.

By Ira Winderman Let's see, two years ago Dwyane Wade was The Man, with the Heat winning the 2006 championship. Last year, LeBron James dominated the discussion with his appearance in the Finals. This year, it has been the Kobe Bryant story, the past week notwithstanding.

By james NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball. Paul Pierce and Kobe Bryant go at it More blogs about basketball. Tags: Boston Celtics, Kevin Garnett, Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers, Paul Pierce, Ray Allen, torn-meniscus

By james takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball. Paul Pierce and Kobe Bryant go at it Image details: NBA Finals Game 1: Los Angeles Lakers v Boston Celtics served by picapp.com More blogs about basketball. Tags: Boston Celtics, Kevin Garnett, Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers, Paul Pierc...

Arrogance is basically an overbearing amount of pride. If Kobe is the only one you’re going to single this out for, than maybe you haven’t been watching NBA basketball lately. While some have been swayed to be pro Kobe with his MVP season and leading his team to a storied NBA Finals against the...

As the NBA playoffs wind down, the storylines are there. Can the Spurs finally make it a back to back championship for the first time in their “dynasty?”Can Kobe lead the Lakers back to a championship, validating his stardom in the post Shaq era?Can the Pistons finally win that second champ...

By Amar Panchmatia In a league where stars such as Kobe Bryant and LeBron James dominate, it’s difficult to come out ahead when trading a singular immense talent for any combination of players and draft picks.” Denver already has Allen Iverson. ...

By Brett Edwards Check out Nike, getting all super-creative with their ads lately. First they gave us Kobe jumping over a car, and now we have Steve Nash starring in "The Sixty Million Dollar Man." Observe. UPDATE: Turns out Steve Nash's own production company made this one for the folks at Nike. Nice.

They say it comes down to Kobe Bryant, Chris Paul, LeBron James, Tim Duncan and the Celtics’ own Kevin Garnett as the leading candidates for the NBA’s 2007-08 MVP.  But please, no sympathy votes for Bryant this year even though Kobe Bryant is happy to be a Laker and a leading MVP candidat...

By Brett Edwards Kobe edges out CP3, by a count of three first place votes to two (out of six ballots). Kevin Garnett received the other first place vote. Kobe also received a second place and a third place vote, while Paul received two votes each for second and third. Wait a minute, that means someone left Kobe o...

By Brett Edwards Let's take a statistical look at what happens when Kobe and LeBron take on the league's elite teams. When we compare the season averages with the stats against some of the league's top teams (I looked at games each played against the Lakers, Cavs, Celtics, Pistons, Spurs, Mavericks, Suns,...

About five players have emerged as MVP candidates for this NBA season. Kobe Bryant, Chris Paul, LeBron James, Kevin Garnett and Tracy McGrady top most lists. Suns forward Amar Stoudemire wont say whether he thinks he deserves consideration.

By Mike Noyes LeBron has solidified himself as a genuine superstar among stars. His numbers this season are just ridiculous: 31 points, 8 rebounds, and 7 assists EVERY game. These numbers haven't been seen since Oscar Robertson averaged a triple-double in the 1961-62 season when he averaged 31 points...

0:24 Kobe Bryant makes two point shot (92-90) 0:13 Derek Fisher makes two point shot (Kobe Bryant assists, 92-92) Now, the Cavaliers in games decided by three points or less: 89-88, Wizards: LeBron draws a foul with 7 seconds left, makes both free throws, Wizards unable to answer.

By David Friedman While the Coast to Coast crew unanimously chose Bryant, over on NBA TV "Tuesday Night With Ahmad" played off of the presidential election theme and had Frank Isola "debate" Rick Mahorn about the merits of Kobe Bryant versus LeBron James for MVP. Isola argued for Kobe, while Mahorn took LeBron's side. To be perfectly honest, neither guy made the best possible case for his player but the most interesting thing about the whole segment is what Isola and Mahorn admitted after it was over: the "debate" was basically a sham, because both of them think that Kobe is the MVP. Mahorn joked that he "took one for the team" because Isola cried and whined to have the opportunity to present Kobe's case.   [read the full post]

By Brett Edwards Filed under: Celtics, Cavaliers, Pistons, Lakers, Suns, Hornets, Featured Stories And just for fun, the Anti-MVP: Shaquille O'Neal, whose arrival in Phoenix single-handedly knocked Steve Nash out of the conversation. Nice job, my man.

By James Hudson Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Chris Paul, Steve Nash, Dwight Howard. So much of professional basketball nowadays is based on the single player. No one ever looks at it like they once did in the 80s and before that. You don't hear people on the street saying, "Man, the Lakers are an overall great te...

By David Friedman LeBron James has repeatedly said that Kobe Bryant is the league’s best player—a stance that James reiterated at Friday's media availability—but Bryant had an interesting take on who he thinks deserves the award this year, Chris Paul: “His maturity is kind of a throwback to the old school style of play. He distributes the ball and makes his teammates better. He’s a good defensive player. He’s doing two or three different jobs for his ball club. I enjoy his competitive spirit. He plays hard and he wants to win by any means necessary. Nowadays, a lot of players sugarcoat that or try to disguise or hide how competitive they are but he’s not one of them; he goes for it.”   [read the full post]

By Brett Edwards At this very young moment in the season, the still-injured Kevin Garnett is the overwhelming choice, getting a whopping 63% of the vote among those who were surveyed. LeBron comes in with a meager four votes, same as the Hornets' Chris Paul. Kobe? Just three votes.

By David Friedman Many casual NBA viewers don't really appreciate how good Bryant is; they reflexively dislike him because they don't root for the Lakers or because they just don't watch the game analytically. However, executives, coaches, scouts and players literally speak in awed tones about Bryant. Broussard reports that a scout recently told him, "The crazy thing is that he's so far and away the league's best player. It's not even close. It's like he's playing a different game than everyone else." This scout told Broussard that Bryant is one of the top eight players in NBA history and challenged Broussard to name eight players who are better than Bryant. The only players who this scout would definitely place ahead of Bryant are Michael Jordan, Oscar Robe...   [read the full post]

By Ed Ziti LeBron James vs. Kobe Bryant is what it will be labeled but it’s the supporting casts that will decide this game.  Kobe is still less then a 100%, so expect him to crank it up early before his injured groin starts tightening up.  Cleveland, losers of three out of the last four and stagnating at 11...

By dberri In basketball, we tend to see consistency. We can see this in systematic regression analysis. We can also see this when we look at the career performance of specific players like Kobe Bryant, Jason Kidd, LeBron James, Yao Ming, ...

By David Friedman LeBron James is the clear winner as the most athletic player in the NBA, getting 46.2% of the vote. Vince Carter (11.5%) finished second, while Kobe Bryant, Shawn Marion and Gerald Wallace (7.7%) tied for third. James seems to be the obvious choice here. The GMs largely agree that point guard Nash (85.2%), shooting guard Bryant (92.6%) and small forward James (74.1%) are the best players at their respective positions; point guard Jason Kidd (14.8%) and small forward Carmelo Anthony (14.8%) are the only other players to get more than 10% of the vote at those spots. Tim Duncan wins at both power forward (48.1% to 25.9% for Kevin Garnett and 18.5% for Dirk Nowitzki) and center (48.1% to 33.3% for Yao Ming and 7.7% each for Dwight Howard and Shaquille O'Neal). I agr...   [read the full post]

By Brandon Rosage MVN NBA columnist Steve Weinman, from Taking it to the Rack, also joins the program live in the first hour to sort through Kobe Bryant’s roller coaster ride with Los Angeles, referee gambling issues, Adam Morrison’s season-ending injury and LeBron James’ assertion that the Cavaliers a...

By David Friedman Bryant returned to action at the start of the second quarter and immediately made his presence felt, getting a steal and passing ahead to James for a fast break layup. A couple possessions later, Bryant scored on a sensational reverse layup off of an inbounds play, putting Team USA up 27-10. Over the next few possessions, Bryant drove to the hoop and fed Anthony for a dunk, threw a lob to Howard for another dunk, dished to Anthony for a three pointer and sailed in for a two handed dunk made possible by a gorgeous behind the back pass from James. Bryant topped all of that off with a three pointer and Team USA led 39-16. By the time Bryant picked up his third foul at the 3:58 mark and sat for the rest of the half, Team USA had a 44-19 lead. At halftime, the score...   [read the full post]

No Pistons on SI.com Dream Team Detroit Free Press, United States - Aug 17, 2007 The current team guards are Kobe Bryant and Steve Nash, the forwards are Duncan, Kevin Garnett and LeBron James, and Gregg Popovich is the coach. ...

James Gandolfini Now Making Films Mostly About Shoes  UK - Aug 14, 2007 Vaccaro also did the same, much to the NCAA's chagrin, for college-bypassing NBA heavyweights LeBron James and Kobe Bryant, among several of the game's ...

By GamerGuy15 1. Kobe Bryant 2. Tim Duncan 3. LeBron James 4. Kevin Garnett 5. Steve Nash

By garnett215 BlueIce5249 wrote: In no particular order Steve Nash Kobe Bryant D - Wade Lebron James Tim Duncan Yeah pretty much... good list

By Gamecaver BlueIce5249 wrote: In no particular order Steve Nash Kobe Bryant D - Wade Lebron James Tim Duncan That's going to be the list of most people right there....I'm leaning towards a Nash/LeBron/KG toss up. 

By BlueIce5249 In no particular order Steve Nash Kobe Bryant D - Wade Lebron James Tim Duncan