Olympics Related: Can we talk about how Kobe's defense is NOT overrated?!

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Kobe's just showing that he has his priorities straight. Shutting down some random c*nt whose last name has a consonant to vowel ratio of infinity in an Exhibition game in the Olympics is more important than shutting down the league's top scorer in the playoffs.
 

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Kobe's just showing that he has his priorities straight. Shutting down some random c*nt whose last name has a consonant to vowel ratio of infinity in an Exhibition game in the Olympics is more important than shutting down the league's top scorer in the playoffs.
 

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:childplease: wade is a good help defender, thats where he gets his blocks. Dont compare that to kobes on ball man to man defense.
 

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you guys dont know shyt about basketball if you're seriously going to say kobe isnt good on D esp man to man
 
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you guys dont know shyt about basketball if you're seriously going to say kobe isnt good on D esp man to man

real talk

Kobe is probably one of the best man to man defenders in NBA history (only Payton, Pippen, and Jordan are in the same class).

Dudes need to get screens to score on Kobe when he wants to man u up.
 

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Kobe is probably one of the best man to man defenders in NBA history (only Payton, Pippen, and Jordan are in the same class).


Yep. He just chooses not to bother to keep the game close and to make sure he never wins a sixth ring.
 

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In terms of the NBA, Kobe is a great one on one defender when he wants to be. He picks his spots when to play D cuz he old as shyt :bryan: This muthafukkr gambles all the time and doesn't close out on 3's unless the game is close and its the 4th:dead:
 

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And here come the lies. You just thought this shyt was gone fly too. He guarded Barbosa, Nocioni, and Manu. And you could say Manu hit a couple of 3's on him, but this taking him off the dribble is ducktales. Cuz everytime Kobe D'd him up off the dribble Many would flop and get the call. But I can tell by the Kentucky starting 5 shyt that you haven't watched the games.

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You can't even name 3 guards Kobe has checked this entire exhibition run! You were so quick to throw the cape on that you didn't even bother comprehending my post. I simply said he was legit on D, but these games are not a measuring stick of that. That's like saying Westbrook is the best defender ever cause he was able to turn your cousin from the Dominican Republic over 5 times in the back court. None of these guards they've played on the perimeter are elite except Manu....and he gave them 20 plus. Stop it!
 

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He can be great in spurts....but him being anywhere near an All-Defense team at this point in his career is the definition of overrated.
 
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