No matter how talented individually, when I look at Kobe and Lebron I get the feeling they would have been better team players, -as in able to improve the players around them-, if they hadn't skipped college. Almost as if a whole dimension is missing from their game. Compare to Jordan, Bird, Magic, Nash, Shaq.
Kobe and Lebron are on the floor to be the superstars first, team players second. Kobe has been trying to become a better team player in the past couple of years. So far without any success. He has definitely not made the players around him better. Lack of talent on the Lakers team? Perhaps. But, meanwhile in Phoenix, previously average players (Bell, Diaw, etc) have been having career years under Nash's guidance.
Thought on this?
Kobe and Lebron are on the floor to be the superstars first, team players second. Kobe has been trying to become a better team player in the past couple of years. So far without any success. He has definitely not made the players around him better. Lack of talent on the Lakers team? Perhaps. But, meanwhile in Phoenix, previously average players (Bell, Diaw, etc) have been having career years under Nash's guidance.
Thought on this?
He was a much better all around player then, lets say, Kobe, KG and the rest of the high school boys. They were skinny little kids that needed major improvement.
