Just announced he's retiring after this season.

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/14254 ... ire-season

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Sherman remarked, "Well, Grant, we've had the devil's own day, haven't we?" Grant looked up. "Yes," he replied, followed by a puff. "Yes. Lick 'em tomorrow, though."

Hell of a career. Second best of his era.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

In their primes, I would choose Kobe over LeBron.

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Sherman remarked, "Well, Grant, we've had the devil's own day, haven't we?" Grant looked up. "Yes," he replied, followed by a puff. "Yes. Lick 'em tomorrow, though."

Closest to MJ, might ever be.

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

In terms of killer instinct and scoring, yes.

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Sherman remarked, "Well, Grant, we've had the devil's own day, haven't we?" Grant looked up. "Yes," he replied, followed by a puff. "Yes. Lick 'em tomorrow, though."

Certainly one of the best ever.

One bad post after another. He was done two years ago..he's not a top 10 all timer.. He chased Shaq out of town and couldn't get out of the first round until Gasol got there( the real MVP) in their last championship..he's a chucker and never made his teammates better like Lebron.. I wouldn't even compare him to MJ ..its a slap in the face to MJ to do so.

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Games FGA FG% 3PT% FTA FT% AST
Player #1 1,292 25,287 45 33.1 9,785 83.7 6,163
Player #2 1,072 24,537 49.7 32.7 8,772 83.5 5,633

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Sherman remarked, "Well, Grant, we've had the devil's own day, haven't we?" Grant looked up. "Yes," he replied, followed by a puff. "Yes. Lick 'em tomorrow, though."

Now toss up playoff stats.. Not to mention MJ took 2 years off in his prime.. Its not even comparable.

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Games FGA FG% AST
Jordan 179 4497 48.7 1022
Bryant 200 4499 44.8 1040


Not saying Kobe is better, but he is the closest thing to Jordan that I have seen.

I compare LeBron to Magic Johnson.

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Sherman remarked, "Well, Grant, we've had the devil's own day, haven't we?" Grant looked up. "Yes," he replied, followed by a puff. "Yes. Lick 'em tomorrow, though."

Best player of his era. D'Antoni should be shot.

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GO BEARS!!!

It is not dantonis fault..blame Buss junior. Complete moron, Never should have hired D'antoni or Brown.

Duncan is the best player of that era, Lebron is. Second..Kobe is behind Shaqfor 4th.

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dude, do you remember back in the day when pappy NORT had that bit where he'd randomly mix up tapes of michael and kobe talking to the press/media and you had to guess if a clip was either MJ or Kobe? they were eerily identical..... kobe seriously put in work to effectively be a jordan clone after MJ retired, cuz i think they DID overlap in the 1998 season when kobe was a rookie and MJ was finishing off #6 with the bulls..... wizards MJ = effectively-retired-MJ just like 2010s terry boers = effectively-retired-uncle-teary.

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Kobe was 20 in 1998

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GO BEARS!!!

Absolutely

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Elections have consequences.

It is true, lebron made his teams instant contenders and kobe didnt.

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the world will always the world. your entire existence is defined by your response.

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

Talk, Walk, Play, Shoot, etc....

Kobe perfected what every kid in America tried to do...

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

He's admitted he has styled his game like Jordan's, even his interviews as a young man were conducted in an Jordanesque manner.

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Sherman remarked, "Well, Grant, we've had the devil's own day, haven't we?" Grant looked up. "Yes," he replied, followed by a puff. "Yes. Lick 'em tomorrow, though."

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Be well

GO BEARS!!!

Poor man's MJ - agreed


You think MJ is losing in the finals? Or sueing his Mother? Gtfo here.

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Not sure what that has to do with anything.

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GO BEARS!!!

Kobe= poor mans Jordan .

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That is amazing. Haven't seen much basketball this year...has LeBron improved his postup game?

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Sherman remarked, "Well, Grant, we've had the devil's own day, haven't we?" Grant looked up. "Yes," he replied, followed by a puff. "Yes. Lick 'em tomorrow, though."

I wish the Bulls had one the past 17 years

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Be well

GO BEARS!!!

Pax could have had Kobe if he didn't covet Deng so much.

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Wasn't the story Kobe wouldn't come here if Deng wasn't on the team?

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Sherman remarked, "Well, Grant, we've had the devil's own day, haven't we?" Grant looked up. "Yes," he replied, followed by a puff. "Yes. Lick 'em tomorrow, though."

Yes

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Be well

GO BEARS!!!

Not sure, but one thing is certain... Kobe wanted out and Paxson fucked it up.

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Can't fuck it up if the one player Kobe wanted to stay for him to accept a trade was not going to be here.

You might be thinking of a potential Gasol trade, but the Grizzlies owner might have nixed that one too.

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Sherman remarked, "Well, Grant, we've had the devil's own day, haven't we?" Grant looked up. "Yes," he replied, followed by a puff. "Yes. Lick 'em tomorrow, though."