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Vote: Better All-Time, Kobe Bryant or Larry Bird?

Who's the all-time better player?

  • Kobe Bryant

  • Larry Bird


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I don't think anyone in here has used the phrase "Kobe carried the team to a title" or anything to that affect. That's not what the discussion is about at all. No superstar no matter how good can carry a team to a championship without at least a solid supporting cast or a shitty one that is just overachieving.

All you are doing is overplaying the supporting cast around Bryant for the last two titles and underplaying what Kobe did. In the 2009 playoffs he led the team in points per game at around 30, led the team in assists at 5.5, led the team in steals, and was third in rebounds behind only Gasol and Odom. In the 2010 playoffs he again led the team in points per game at around 29, again led the team in assists per game, was 4th in rebounding behind the bigs, and was second in steals behind only Artest. He had a good supporting cast, especially Gasol but Kobe was the superstar and it wasn't close.
 

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