
#148: Top 40 careers | Magic Johnson, Larry Bird (and Kobe & Dirk)
Thinking Basketball
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Kobe's Gambles Aren't Paying Off at All
Kobe's biggest weaknesses as a man defender was he'd get blown by a lot whether it was heavy feet conserving energy that's the one I would bet on. The Lakers did what's called peel switching a ton and Kobe does it instantly so he's essentially funneling that person into the next defenderwhether it's Shaq or Robert Ori or whatever whoever's on the team at the time pougosol or Andrew Bynum is immediately moving toward the open man. Justin Jacobs basketball researcher has tracked plus minus for hundreds of 1980s games and his goal is to just do this until the end of time He tries to get his hands on old games and then and track the
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