Caron Butler: Kobe made me a better player

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Feb 24, 2010 6:09pm
http://sports.espn.go.com/dallas/nba/news/story?id=4942721

That's the worst thing about Kobe, dude can't make his teammates better for the life of him.
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Feb 24, 2010 6:20pm
He doesn't try. He makes his teammates adapt to him. Most players in the league who have been on this kind of superstar level were the same way.
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Feb 24, 2010 6:21pm
So we should expect Butler to rape some chick in the near future?
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Feb 24, 2010 6:36pm
skank wrote: So we should expect Butler to rape some chick in the near future?
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Feb 24, 2010 6:36pm
Holinger was talking about Kobe on the Rome show(radio) today. He said that Kobe doesn't necessarily do things on the court to make guys better, but his "Drive" and determination really boost the guys around him. His prime example was Pau, he said that he was always a very talented guy, but it wasn't until he got traded that he learned how to get that killer instinct.

I don't think that Kobe is on Jordan's level skill wise, but what he was saying about his attitude really reminded me of MJ.
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Feb 24, 2010 6:47pm
wes_mantooth wrote: Holinger was talking about Kobe on the Rome show(radio) today. He said that Kobe doesn't necessarily do things on the court to make guys better, but his "Drive" and determination really boost the guys around him. His prime example was Pau, he said that he was always a very talented guy, but it wasn't until he got traded that he learned how to get that killer instinct.

I don't think that Kobe is on Jordan's level skill wise, but what he was saying about his attitude really reminded me of MJ.
I would say he is on par with or better then Jordan skill level wise, the difference is talent level where Jordan is better then Kobe
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Feb 24, 2010 7:14pm
2quik4u wrote:
wes_mantooth wrote: Holinger was talking about Kobe on the Rome show(radio) today. He said that Kobe doesn't necessarily do things on the court to make guys better, but his "Drive" and determination really boost the guys around him. His prime example was Pau, he said that he was always a very talented guy, but it wasn't until he got traded that he learned how to get that killer instinct.

I don't think that Kobe is on Jordan's level skill wise, but what he was saying about his attitude really reminded me of MJ.
I would say he is on par with or better then Jordan skill level wise, the difference is talent level where Jordan is better then Kobe
I think Kobe is better than MJ, but of course Lebron is better than both of them.

But, but he doesn't have rings! LOL

Rings are team awards, and Lebron is by far the greatest player I have ever seen play the game of basketball, and you can take that to the bank.
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Feb 24, 2010 9:51pm
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Laugh hard, it's a long way to the bank.
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goldengonzo
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Feb 24, 2010 9:53pm
SQ_Crazies wrote: He doesn't try. He makes his teammates adapt to him. Most players in the league who have been on this kind of superstar level were the same way.
Yeah, I think I'll take Caron Butler's opinion over yours.
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Feb 24, 2010 11:42pm
Do these die hard fans EVER get tired of slobbing Kobe? Take my advice....give it a rest!
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Feb 25, 2010 12:35am
goldengonzo wrote:
SQ_Crazies wrote: He doesn't try. He makes his teammates adapt to him. Most players in the league who have been on this kind of superstar level were the same way.
Yeah, I think I'll take Caron Butler's opinion over yours.
LOL, what? Of course he learned things from him--he learned about work ethic and drive, he said it himself. My opinion is the opposite of Butlers, in fact they aren't even related.
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Feb 25, 2010 2:59am
Kobe's been playing with Odom for how long now? And they still haven't figured out how to play that well together offensively?