Kobe for two reasons.

1 shaq coulda been the greatest ever but he never took care of his body. Shaq coulda been a bigger even freakier Dwight Howard instead he always carried extra weight

2 hack a shaq how could you pick shaq if your afraid to give him the ball with the game on the line bc all you need to do is put him at the free throw line

sportchampps;1080709 wrote:Kobe for two reasons.

1 shaq coulda been the greatest ever but he never took care of his body. Shaq coulda been a bigger even freakier Dwight Howard instead he always carried extra weight

2 hack a shaq how could you pick shaq if your afraid to give him the ball with the game on the line bc all you need to do is put him at the free throw line

Exactly with that second point. Down by two you are not giving it to shaq, or even up by a couple points late you couldnt really even allow him to touch the ball.

Plus....ya gotta pretty much have someone get the ball to shaq 10-12 ft away from the hoop, and that is pushing it, or he would not be effective. Kobe, i.e. a guard, can create his show whenver he wants pretty much.

Loved shaq......but gotta pick kobe

Gblock;1079533 wrote:kobe....shaq was a great player but to me for his size and physical skills underachieved...stopped working out years ago or he would probably still be playing. jordan and kobe 1-2 in my book all time if you are talking basketball playing skills

Yeah. That's a big part of it to me. Shaq in his prime was unstoppable, so teams had to line up nobodies at center just to foul him, since that was his one weakness. But as he got older, he suffered a quick decline. Injury-prone and out of shape.

Kobe just seems to be a guy who will contribute at a high level for a long period of time and who won't let himself be just another player...which is what Shaq was at the end of his career, even though his ego never admitted it.

thavoice;1081317 wrote:Exactly with that second point. Down by two you are not giving it to shaq, or even up by a couple points late you couldnt really even allow him to touch the ball.

Plus....ya gotta pretty much have someone get the ball to shaq 10-12 ft away from the hoop, and that is pushing it, or he would not be effective. Kobe, i.e. a guard, can create his show whenver he wants pretty much.

Loved shaq......but gotta pick kobe

Many times Coaches had to take Shaq out of the game to avoid him going to the FT line late in close games.