Re: Phil & Kobe - regular season vs. playoffs



Rob Davis wrote:

The "deal", as stated by Kobe, was that both he and Phil knew that Kobe
would have to carry more of the scoring load to start with for this
team. Once they started to execute the triangle better and other players
showed they could score, then Kobe would let that happen (want that to
happen?). That's been happening the last few weeks of the season

I might agree if not for the evidence to the contrary - Kobe shot and
scored more in April than he did in March and especially February. But
January was the month he was uber-agressive.

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