Nah, Lebron is nothing like Kobe.  The best way to explain him is like he has Michael Jordan on one shoulder and Magic Johnson on the other... constantly argueing if he should pass first or shoot first.

Some games he just hardly ever shoots at all because he thinks he's better as a facilitator... and sometimes he falls too in love with jump shots. 

Lebron should go somewhere else. His supporting cast sucks. Shaq should just retire. Don't you think 15+ yrs in the NBA is more than enough.

Shaq's resume alone shows that he can retire when he wants. Honestly though if he's still able to contribute 20+ pts a game then I don't think he's ready to retire. When players retire it's usually because they can't contribute anything more to the game or they just can't keep up with the new generation of players.

Fact of the matter is Shaq is still a top 10 center in the league and is seen as one of the only people who can effectively limit and guard Dwight Howard just because of his sheer size. Everyone seems to forget that Kareem stayed in this league until he was 42. Unlike guards, centers actually tend to have a longer career mostly due to their size. Shaq may not be as dominant as he used to be, but he's still one of the best centers in the NBA today.

Go on, name 10 centers in this league who are better than Shaq today. You're going to have a hard time doing that. Shaq's ability to also be considered a top 10 center just goes to show how the center position has gotten softer over the years, with Dwight Howard and Andrew Bynum being the only true and successful successors to the Back to the basket philosphy that old school centers lived and died by.

This may be an old tired and drawn out argument. But Kobe is showing me why he's the better player then LeBron. In my eyes Cleveland has the most talented and deepest team in the league. They also have the privilege of being in the weaker conference, yet their leader insists on jacking up 3s and Js instead of driving to the basket? Play within yourself and within your element, and you'll find success. Simple as that LeBron.

Yeah, Kobe got a lot of criticism during the Thunder series, with people asking the question of whether or not age was starting to get to him (not to mention the bad index finger, shoulder, and knee ). Well, he answered back with 5 straight 30+ point games. I think he proved his point pretty darn well.

Now the ball is in Lebron's court (Basketball pun!), and "age" has nothing to do with it (ElbowGate returns... again!). What will his response be? Find out in Game 6! *Dun dun dun*

Smeags said: Yeah, Kobe got a lot of criticism during the Thunder series, with people asking the question of whether or not age was starting to get to him (not to mention the bad index finger, shoulder, and knee ). Well, he answered back with 5 straight 30+ point games. I think he proved his point pretty darn well. Now the ball is in Lebron's court (Basketball pun!), and "age" has nothing to do with it (ElbowGate returns... again!). What will his response be? Find out in Game 6! *Dun dun dun*

I have a feeling Kobe would take a bumb elbow over broken fingers, dmaged shoulder and knee problems. Not to mention a loss in his vertical game

ShadowSoldier said: Smeags said: Yeah, Kobe got a lot of criticism during the Thunder series, with people asking the question of whether or not age was starting to get to him (not to mention the bad index finger, shoulder, and knee ). Well, he answered back with 5 straight 30+ point games. I think he proved his point pretty darn well. Now the ball is in Lebron's court (Basketball pun!), and "age" has nothing to do with it (ElbowGate returns... again!). What will his response be? Find out in Game 6! *Dun dun dun* I have a feeling Kobe would take a bumb elbow over broken fingers, dmaged shoulder and knee problems. Not to mention a loss in his vertical game

Haha, most definitely. He said that the seven day break before playing the Suns would be "heavenly".

Though the Suns are pretty banged up too (looking at you Mr. Nash). So I think that this resting period will be good for both teams (It did wonders for the Magic).

I can't believe that the Cavs might be out of the playoffs already. If the Cavs lose and LeBron decides to leave this summer, it's not Cleveland's fault. Cleveland did what they could do to keep LeBron there.

I couldn't disagree more.  Mo Williams is better then Fisher... Lebron is better then Kobe... outside of that though.

Artest is better then Parker.  Gasol is better then Shaq now a days, as much as I love shaq.  Bynum is at least as good as Jamison and Bynum is better then Varejao.

Cleveland has more depth... and all that really accomplishes during the playoffs is they have more talented people riding the bench since there are no minutes for guys like Hickson.

Damn what happen , Lebron looked like he just gave up . That was just a nasty beat down. Give the Celtics credit, all their starters step up. Sad part was that could be Lebron last game as a Cavalier at home. The Bulls look more likely now.....