SGA over 2009 Kobe, and I love that Kobe. Shai won MVP and Clutch Player of the Year in 2025-26 and shot 55.3 percent as a guard. Kobe shot 46.7 that season.
The guy on the right makes more from his spots.
Shaq broke the backboard supports twice in his rookie season, and the league made the baskets sturdier for 1993-94 because of him. That's the rim-breaker note on this card.
I shouldn’t have said “ridiculous.” But I thought Tatum should have won and said it at the time - esp. after what he did in Game 5. I’m always gonna think the best guy on a champ should win Finals MVP unless something insane happened. 2007 Duncan, 2010 Kobe, 2015 Curry Etc.
REMINDER: “Killer Instinct” isn’t about punching teammates or biting your jersey.
In sports, it’s actually about giving the game everything you have for as long as you can while having a unrelenting work ethic that supersedes your God-given ability.
Nobody embodies that more than LeBron.
At their best, who are you taking? Playoff Kobe Bryant or Playoff Dwyane Wade?
It's actually very close. Their best stretch (peak):
1. Kobe is +1.3ppg -1.0tov
2. Wade is +0.4ast +0.3stl +0.5blk +3TS+ (efficiency)
Wade has the better advanced stats but not a crazy difference.
All I know is that I'm both a Lebron & a Kobe fan
And if we're being honest, Kobe is much closer to Lebron on the all-time list than he is to the edge of the Top 10
And for me, Lebron is No. 1
The anti-LeBron agenda didn't just protect Jordan. It ended up diminishing Kobe too.