Re: Kobe Bryant & Michael Jordan
Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 4:09 am
You know, after watching these videos, it really is scary how similar these two are.
Kobe's shot was by far the harder shot, but in fairness to MJ, I remember watching that game live, and to me it looked like MJ was going to end up way short on the dunk he wanted. Thus the changing of hands. Granted from the lower angle it looks like he had a ton of time, but it's harder to tell if the ball is still above the rim, which I don't think it was. To me, the best angle is from the left, and it looks like the dunk is heading for the front of the rim, and a sure miss. So it was not so much to show off, as to fix a bonehead play. Yes the dunk was meant for style points, but the change of hands just covered up he was way short. But like Ahyja said, the media slants how they view Jordan so they took it as he meant to do that all along.
Ayhja, I completely agree w/ you about the slant between MJ and Kobe. I think Kobe's biggest problem will always that Jordan came first.
Plus the point about whether to pass or not pass in critical points, I think all "superstars" will always get the blame if the shot is missed. It always happens, a guy will make the right "basketball" play, but if the other guy misses the shot, it's "the superstar should shoot" but if that same guy goes 1-on-4 and misses, it's "he should have passed". It's just the price of being the star of a team I guess. Just look at how LeBron gets crushed every time Cleveland loses a game at the buzzer. Heck half the time when they win people still find things to complain about.
Kobe's shot was by far the harder shot, but in fairness to MJ, I remember watching that game live, and to me it looked like MJ was going to end up way short on the dunk he wanted. Thus the changing of hands. Granted from the lower angle it looks like he had a ton of time, but it's harder to tell if the ball is still above the rim, which I don't think it was. To me, the best angle is from the left, and it looks like the dunk is heading for the front of the rim, and a sure miss. So it was not so much to show off, as to fix a bonehead play. Yes the dunk was meant for style points, but the change of hands just covered up he was way short. But like Ahyja said, the media slants how they view Jordan so they took it as he meant to do that all along.
Ayhja, I completely agree w/ you about the slant between MJ and Kobe. I think Kobe's biggest problem will always that Jordan came first.
Plus the point about whether to pass or not pass in critical points, I think all "superstars" will always get the blame if the shot is missed. It always happens, a guy will make the right "basketball" play, but if the other guy misses the shot, it's "the superstar should shoot" but if that same guy goes 1-on-4 and misses, it's "he should have passed". It's just the price of being the star of a team I guess. Just look at how LeBron gets crushed every time Cleveland loses a game at the buzzer. Heck half the time when they win people still find things to complain about.