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Originally Posted by Table 5
Michael Jordan transformed the game of basketball...he was the biggest face of the sport, and became a cultural icon. I used to watch basketball when Jordan was playing....now I can't stand the sport. Make guys like me watch your sport Kobe, and then we'll talk.
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That's an excellent point. I watched ball when MJ played, and then I slowly drifted away after he left... then I came back when Nash went back to Phx.
That garbage about "who's Kobe going to pass to?" is a joke. Kobe's had some great teams playing around him, and he didn't pass then either.
Kobe and Nash are both similar in that they both expect the ball in their hands when the game matters. The difference is that one will try to do it all by himself, and the other one doesn't give a rat's ass about himself and just wants to win - no matter who gets the shot.
By the way... don't look now, but there are PGs coming up through the ranks that are modeling themselves after Nash's game. Just like MJ ushered in the "me" era, Nash is on the verge of putting the "team" back in basketball.
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