Originally Posted by TChawk

Rings does not mean Kobe is a better player...heck he was not even close to the best player on his own team for 3 of those....people are foolish if they think Rings make you the best player...they don't mean jack except that you are on a great team....that is a FACT Kobe has a TON better supporting cast than James has and anybody who over looks that is silly.

Originally Posted by HAWKEYESTATE4ever

Yeah, the original post should have been made in the pro sports section, obviously.

Originally Posted by Cosity82

No suprise there. I think the honeymoon is over. Stevie got his first tourney victory over an absolutely horrible team - and still struggled. Then got smoked in the second game. My prediction is it will be the first and last tourney victory for them under Alford - they'll never get that high of ranking again and so will never face that low of competition again in the tourney. I'll bet a couple years down the road alot of NM fans will be thinking, "You know those Iowa folks might have been on