Imagine the Kobe/Pau Lakers with LeBron taking Odom’s role.
We already had a sample of those together in the National Team. Devastating.
Kobe & Lbj your Two wings. Need a basic PG who can spot up and shoot, Stretch 4 & 5 that’s a lob threat. Would be the perfect team
Wouldn’t have worked. Kobe wanted to be the top dog. Everyone knows LeBron by default would have been top dog (see GOAT debate). Could have played together a few years but Kobe would eventually pull a Kyrie/Shaq move
It’s a shame Kobe wasn’t around to see us win the 2020 chip. And extra sad to see that Gigi is not around to see her favorite player Luka playing as a Laker. 😭
Kobe said he wanted to play with him out of anyone and that their games complimented each other, cause LeBron likes to pass and Kobe likes to shoot! Like Kyrie and Bron but better.
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Watch Redeem Team. It was glorious.
It would have been cool for us the fans but reality of it is that during Kobe’s playing days he was too competitive to join someone he waned to beat.
No on this. Kobe haters already want to water down his legacy. If he had Shaq rings and more rings with Bron it would make these fools go nuclear
At their peaks, the defense would have been ridiculous on the wings
Would have been the 2K10’s version of Scottie and Mike but way better imo
LeBron is too soft mentality to play with Kobe. He would have left immediately. He left Miami cause Pat Riley took his cookies
Point guard/slasher/dpoy candidate Bron, with killer, last shot goes in, mamba mentality Kobe… rings and rings rings.
And I don’t think they would’ve clashed because of egos. LeBron has a legendary work ethic, and Kobe would appreciate that and someone to take the burden with him not towards him
That was too much bra lol frfr
I’ve come to understand that at 41 years old you can no longer perform at the top of your game. If you can’t perform then why are you still playing? It’s all ego.
My goat Kobe would never.
I’m not sure it would’ve worked as well as Wade and LeBron purely because Wades willingness to take a backseat and insistence that it was LeBrons team now is what made that duo work, plus I don’t think it’s reasonable to expect Kobe would’ve had better chemistry with LeBron than Wade. The ceiling for these two would 100% be higher but the floor is much lower than what Wade+Lebron showed it could do.
Maybe in hindsight and maybe for the LeBron-only fans who are now Lakers fans.
But at the time we did not want to team up. We wanted to beat Bron.
It was amazing to see them together on team USA, where Kobe was the alpha and Bron played a crucial supporting role behind Kobe and Wade.
I prefer kobe beating him
5 straight chips
Two players that would’ve legit compliment each other in the best way possible
nah Kobe was actually competitive, he would want to beat Lebron not team up with him. even in the all-star game Kobe was trying to compete
A lot of these comments are basically, “Kobe would never allow LeBron on the team! He’d kick him out of LA! Mamba Mentality!” 🤣
If Kobe didn’t get hurt, he likely would have kept playing. He was pretty open about the injury forcing his hand…. otherwise there’s a 100% chance he would have tried to win a 6th ring and break the scoring record.
If he did that… its quite possible that he would have still been playing by 2019 when LeBron was on the Lakers. Big WHAT IF is whether LeBron would have signed with LA if Kobe was still there.
Unpopular opinion I don’t think Kobe would want or enjoy playing with LeBron
You have very different dreams than me.
Jordan simps would have the most painful hate boners
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Imagine the Kobe/Pau Lakers with LeBron taking Odom’s role.
We already had a sample of those together in the National Team. Devastating.
Kobe & Lbj your Two wings. Need a basic PG who can spot up and shoot, Stretch 4 & 5 that’s a lob threat. Would be the perfect team
Wouldn’t have worked. Kobe wanted to be the top dog. Everyone knows LeBron by default would have been top dog (see GOAT debate). Could have played together a few years but Kobe would eventually pull a Kyrie/Shaq move
It’s a shame Kobe wasn’t around to see us win the 2020 chip. And extra sad to see that Gigi is not around to see her favorite player Luka playing as a Laker. 😭
https://preview.redd.it/j5ioi9ugcdfg1.jpeg?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a11dea46371d44dc798e26e19daee6c573dfaeec
Kobe said he wanted to play with him out of anyone and that their games complimented each other, cause LeBron likes to pass and Kobe likes to shoot! Like Kyrie and Bron but better.
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Watch Redeem Team. It was glorious.
It would have been cool for us the fans but reality of it is that during Kobe’s playing days he was too competitive to join someone he waned to beat.
No on this. Kobe haters already want to water down his legacy. If he had Shaq rings and more rings with Bron it would make these fools go nuclear
At their peaks, the defense would have been ridiculous on the wings
Would have been the 2K10’s version of Scottie and Mike but way better imo
LeBron is too soft mentality to play with Kobe. He would have left immediately. He left Miami cause Pat Riley took his cookies
Point guard/slasher/dpoy candidate Bron, with killer, last shot goes in, mamba mentality Kobe… rings and rings rings.
And I don’t think they would’ve clashed because of egos. LeBron has a legendary work ethic, and Kobe would appreciate that and someone to take the burden with him not towards him
That was too much bra lol frfr
I’ve come to understand that at 41 years old you can no longer perform at the top of your game. If you can’t perform then why are you still playing? It’s all ego.
My goat Kobe would never.
I’m not sure it would’ve worked as well as Wade and LeBron purely because Wades willingness to take a backseat and insistence that it was LeBrons team now is what made that duo work, plus I don’t think it’s reasonable to expect Kobe would’ve had better chemistry with LeBron than Wade. The ceiling for these two would 100% be higher but the floor is much lower than what Wade+Lebron showed it could do.
Maybe in hindsight and maybe for the LeBron-only fans who are now Lakers fans.
But at the time we did not want to team up. We wanted to beat Bron.
It was amazing to see them together on team USA, where Kobe was the alpha and Bron played a crucial supporting role behind Kobe and Wade.
I prefer kobe beating him
5 straight chips
Two players that would’ve legit compliment each other in the best way possible
nah Kobe was actually competitive, he would want to beat Lebron not team up with him. even in the all-star game Kobe was trying to compete
A lot of these comments are basically, “Kobe would never allow LeBron on the team! He’d kick him out of LA! Mamba Mentality!” 🤣
Wish my phone camera was better back then. 😔
https://preview.redd.it/w501wl9yfdfg1.jpeg?width=1008&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6751ad24bfe9ba3b35c9e0471372023093816c0d
If Kobe didn’t get hurt, he likely would have kept playing. He was pretty open about the injury forcing his hand…. otherwise there’s a 100% chance he would have tried to win a 6th ring and break the scoring record.
If he did that… its quite possible that he would have still been playing by 2019 when LeBron was on the Lakers. Big WHAT IF is whether LeBron would have signed with LA if Kobe was still there.
Unpopular opinion I don’t think Kobe would want or enjoy playing with LeBron
You have very different dreams than me.
Jordan simps would have the most painful hate boners