Is height a problem for Owen? Can't compare to league legend Kobe Bryant

2022-08-08 17:23

Is height a problem for Owen? Can't compare to league legend Kobe Bryant


Phil, the current Lakers assistant coach who has worked with Irving with the Cleveland Cavaliers today and has a deep relationship, follows the Los Angeles Lakers and the Brooklyn Nets after they failed to reach a consensus in trade talks to bring general Kyrie Irving. Handy mentioned Irving in an interview and blamed his 1.88m height for his inability to match the legendary Kobe Bryant.


Irving and the Lakers have been linked in trade rumors recently, mainly because the Lakers giant LeBron James once played with him in the Cleveland Cavaliers and won a championship, and the Lakers recently renewed assistant coach Handy. Also has a good relationship with Owen. Recently, Irving also volunteered to go during the offseason, and Handy assisted in basketball training and other work at the basketball training camp held by the Southern California Sports Institute. These signs are all reasons why Irving tends to join the Lakers in the future.


And Handy also trusts and attaches great importance to Owen, and gave him a high evaluation during the interview. He said that Irving's ability can be compared to Kobe's, but unfortunately due to his height, he can't reach Kobe's height. If Irving can be taller than 10 cm, then his achievements in the league will be the same as Kobe. As we all know, players in the league are tall enough to show an absolute physique advantage on the court, so height plays an important role in the offensive end of players, and Irving is the top few generals in the league with lower heights, but Irving is The disadvantage of being able to break the height gap has a place in the lineup, which is really a ruthless role in the active league.


Although Irving is comparable to Kobe in terms of skills and abilities, he is definitely not comparable to Kobe in terms of mentality. Kobe has a strong containment force in rallying teammates and maintaining relationships. Compared with Irving, Irving's character is more self-contained and does not consider his teammates, which caused the Nets to take on too much scoring responsibility for James Harden, one of the Big Three, when Irving was suspended for refusing to get a vaccine, and was ultimately disappointed. leave the team. At the same time, there is also news that the relationship between the two is at odds. Now Irving's only remaining giant partner in the Nets, Kevin Durant, has also requested a trade. It can be seen that Irving is far worse than Kobe in terms of cohesion and team awareness.