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I wish I could have seen it. I believe those who criticize Kobe's performance misunderstand the role of basketball and sports in our lives. Not one them would, if they could, look Kobe in the eye and say, "but you'll never live up to Wilt." He wasn't trying to live up to Wilt. He wasn't trying to score a triple double either. It's his job to a) win basketball games for his team, and b) fill the Staples Center with paying customers. At halftime, his team was down by double digits and all the fans were rolling their eyes. But guess what he did...
He did exactly what he needed to do. You can't fuckin' criticize that. You want to - because you don't want to see his name in lights - because you feel it's an insult to Wilt or MJ if he's mentioned in the same breath - but it's not because he wasn't fuckin' great. Because he was.
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