The Kobe Rules

Yes, I was one of the many that called Kobe the next Jordan, and I want to clarify that calling to be our Jordan. Kobe is going to go down as the dominant guard of our era. The Celtics are a collective that looked amazing on paper and then played amazing in reality. The PGA Tour/Three Amigos/Big Three are this era's equivalent to Parish/Bird/McHale, with an obviously more guard-oriented approach compared to the '80's trio. Each has quite a bit of time left in the NBA, besides having time left as teammates before contracts run out (the first to do so will be Ray Allen in 2010). As well, the Celtics are the defensive juggernaut that the Bad Boy Pistons were, and were the first team to demonstrate how to shut down Kobe this year. The analogy remains, as Kobe may one day conquer them (that possibility being next year, when he will probably have a healthy Andrew Bynum to go along with Gasol...will Phil platoon the two of them at center? We shall see...).