Originally Posted by
Chefboiali
When I was a kid growing up playing basketball, we all called out our favorite player's name when we made a certain move. I think Lebron called out "Kobe" and bombed on fools on the playground growing up. Kobe's 6 years older than Lebron. That's certainly enough of an age gap for him to pretend he was Kobe on the playground.
You ask any player in the NBA who they copied growing up, and they'll tell you who and what move. I think Lebron looked up to Kobe when he was a kid, and you can see it in his game.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LeBron_James
What's a guy 6'8 250 saying that he's following in the footsteps of two 6'6" guys that are 35 and 45 pounds lighter? Lebron is a big-ass graceful fusion between Jordan and Kobe.
All that is meaningless. They have very different playing styles. Just because I grew up imitating Jordan doesn't mean I have Jordan's game.
And Lebron's comment about the dunk contest was just to follow other greats that have participated. Doesn't mean he's imitating Kobe.