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Originally Posted by Peyton's Princess
look I don't disagree with the triangle system point but LeBron James is a natural passer...he's always been a guy who strives on making good basketball plays where Kobe has always tried to be the closer and will force shots if need be
however, he's a mediocre closer at best
and I find it funny that LeBron has more playoff clutch moments than Kobe and LeBron is a guy who doesn't even try and be the closer most of the time
(yes, he also has a lot of well documented blatant chokes which I will say Kobe doesn't really have any where you're like 'oh shit what a choke job')
but my point is...I cringe when I hear guys like Stuart Scott refer to Kobe as the "best closer in the NBA"
holy shit couldn't be further from the truth
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He has one ring, and he has more clutch playoff performances?
How is that possible when the other guy has 5 rings?
Kobe's 01-02 performances were insane.
As for closing, who's better? Kobe's volume of game-winning shots is probably about 10x that of the next person, so those stats are skewed, but if he's not, who is?