The situation: Game on the line, who do you want taking the last shot?

by Blair Rocket on Jan 29, 2011 12:43 PM CST

"Ask pundits. Ask general managers. Ask players. Ask almost anybody.

Who would you like to have take the last shot with the game on the line?

Kobe Bryant wins by a country mile. Every time. (In a general-manager poll this season, he earned 79 percent of the vote, his ninth consecutive blowout.)

There is not really any other serious candidate.

Ask me, though (as Ryen Russillo did last week and Mike Trudell the other day), and I'll tell you I don't know who's the best, but with all due respect to Bryant's amazing abilities scoring the ball, there's zero chance he's the king of crunch time."

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Edit: February 2.

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A lot of words

for a link to truehoop. But anyway, guess who i want to take it? ~~ahahahahaha~~

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by DOH on Jan 29, 2011 1:16 PM CST reply actions

AND NOW

read the other side, from silver screen & roll! it’s a good piece.

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by LJRotter on Jan 29, 2011 1:42 PM CST reply actions 2 recs

rec'd

thanks for the love, from everyone over at SS&R :)

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by bluexfalcon on Jan 29, 2011 3:01 PM CST up reply actions

gotta do my part

to share the wealth (of knowledge… lord knows I’m broke.)

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by LJRotter on Jan 30, 2011 4:02 PM CST up reply actions

It's a shame some of those commenters

still completely miss the point and say stuff like “Kobe is a clutch player because he wants the ball at the end of the game” and “Rings are the only things that matter”.

But excellent article.

Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.

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by jonthefon on Jan 29, 2011 5:33 PM CST up reply actions