Kobe Bryant Ball Hogging To Pass Michael Jordan

Los Angeles Lakers’ Kobe Bryant could be ball hogging in order to pass Michael Jordan on the NBA’s all-time scoring list.

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The Los Angeles Lakers have gotten off to an abysmal 1-9 start this season, and Kobe Bryant has drawn a lot of criticism for taking too many shots and being a ball hog. There have been differing opinions on why he has been taking more shots this year, and Dave McMenamin has been told that Bryant’s ball hogging has been due to the fact that he wants to pass Michael Jordan on the all-time scoring list while he’s still healthy.

McMenamin also said that once Bryant does pass Jordan, he is expected to settle back into team basketball. If this does end up being the case, it will cause many to lose respect for Bryant. Obviously passing Jordan on the scoring list is a major accomplishment, but those type of records should not be pursued at the detriment of the whole team.

Bryant is scoring at a very high pace, but has been taking way too many shots to put those numbers up. The Lakers need him to get back to playing team basketball if they want any chance of competing this season.

League source suggested to me Kobe is making sure he passes MJ in career points while he's healthy & once he does will settle into team ball
— Dave McMenamin (@mcten) November 17, 2014

All of that being said, it will be interesting to see what happens once Bryant does pass Jordan on the scoring list. There is no question that he can still score at a high level, but this type of news is not what a player wants coming out about him.

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