Kobe the most criticized...

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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

The Lakers may or may not have won another championship if they stayed together but Shaq is pretty close to being done and Kobe has 4 or 5 more really good years left. Kobe has a huge ego, no doubt but so did Jordan and he seemed to do ok. Of course his teams went nowhere until they got him some players.

Correct, except there's one major difference between Koba and Jordan-he actually passed the ball. He may have berated them in practice, but he knew how to push their buttons. Jordan had a good supporting cast and he made them a lot better than they were, especially Pippen, who somehow was voted a top 50 lifetime player, but struggled to maintain his own when Jordan was gone. I'd like to see the Lakers get Kobe a good supporting cast, not the likes of Kevin Garnett and other superstars, and see if he can produce a champoinship on his own b/c I dont think he can.