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Originally Posted by Hammock Parties
The "year 21" shit doesn't slide either.
He's been choking in the 4th of the Finals since Dirk showed him his big white mamba.
It's why he's 4-6 in the Finals and will never be the goat, no matter how many extra pointless stat-pad seasons he racks up due to genetics.
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An under-appreciated element of Kobe's resume is that he swallowed his pride in 2005 and welcomed Jackson back.
He's the reason Jackson left and deserves some heat for that (though I'm not sure how many more runs that team had left in it; the 2004 Finals showed a team on fumes). But after trying it 'his' way, he reached out to Jackson and they mended fences.
Those 2 titles he won after Jackson came back are a testament to his willingness to grow as a person and player.
James, OTOH, "in year 21" is still out there pulling levers and sabotaging his chances behind the scenes. He was still out there pushing for Westbrook and leveraging Vogel out the door.
He's cost himself rings by simply trying to impose his will on organizations.