{"id":148058,"date":"2017-08-04T05:33:13","date_gmt":"2017-08-04T12:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bilcomprd.wpengine.com\/?p=148058"},"modified":"2023-06-12T14:54:47","modified_gmt":"2023-06-12T21:54:47","slug":"kenyon-martin-explains-why-hes-team-kobe-instead-of-lebron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ballislife.com\/kenyon-martin-explains-why-hes-team-kobe-instead-of-lebron\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenyon Martin Explains Why He's Team Kobe Instead of LeBron"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"omc-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width:100%; height: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Zv8fSXE5cGM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen width=\"600\" height=\"420\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The always quotable Kenyon Martin paid a visit to <em>Undisputed<\/em>&nbsp;on Monday and weighed in on Michael Jordan's \"five beats three (Kobe over LeBron)\" statement. As expected, the current Big 3 baller, who played for a Nets team that was swept by Kobe's Lakers in the 2002 NBA Finals, said, \"Taking nothing away from LeBron, but I'm Team Kobe.\"<\/p>\n<p>He also said Kobe was the closest thing to Jordan because of that \"(Mamba) mentality.\"<\/p>\n<div class=\"omc-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width:100%; height: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1OTDuq1C92k\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen width=\"600\" height=\"420\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>This isn't the first time Martin has given high praise to Kobe. Earlier in the year, this is what the former #1 pick had to say about Bryant via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theplayerstribune.com\/kenyon-martin-the-5-players-everyone-hated-playing-against\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Players Tribune<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u201cPeople can say whatever they want about Kobe, but Kobe don\u2019t take no shit from nobody. Kobe would fight you in a minute. He would. That\u2019s something I think a lot of fans didn\u2019t know. People think of Kobe for all that skillful basketball stuff, but not for the fact that, if you stepped up to him, he\u2019d fight back. Or if you clubbed him or hit him, he\u2019d make you pay.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">That\u2019s \u2019cause Mamba would literally take your head off to win the game, man. He\u2019d fuck you up. There\u2019s a lot of trash talking on the court, but nobody ever said shit to Kobe.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>OLD SCHOOL MENTALITY<\/h3>\n<p>My favorite recent quote from Kenyon came this past weekend at the Big 3 stop in Dallas. I asked a bunch of the former NBA players if they thought current players took their 2K ratings too seriously and his response was \"It's weak. 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