Incidentally, Blott bragged about how he gets a lot of hits from self-promoting here.

Blott refused to post this on his site:

Go back and read your last comment with a critical eye; it is clearly slanted, as is the piece itself.

Your biggest problems are:
slanting the facts to fit the narrative based on your emotional needs
bias by omission
lack of in-depth research
misunderstanding of sample size
an inability to deal with the usage/efficiency conundrum
I could pick about 20 examples, but one of the funniest is your amusing description of the 2007 team:
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Lamar Odom remained great in all facets of the game, Luke Walton’s cerebral play did enough to earn him a huge contract, Smush Parker was about the same as the year before (plus he now averaged more steals than Bryant even though he played 10 less minutes per), Kwame Brown was now shooting a phenomenal 59% from the field, and youngster Andrew Bynum played in every game and recorded 10 double-doubles. Again, not the best supporting cast, but we see plenty of teams with much much worse every year. The Lakers went 39-38 (.506) with Kobe in the lineup and 3-2 (.600) without. Again taking a look at Odom’s numbers, the team was 30-26 (.536) with him and 12-14 (.462) without, including losing 5 straight in March during the only 5 games he missed after January.
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Odom is a very good player, among the best 30-40 in the game, but he is not a franchise anchor–never has been. He lacks a central skill but is pretty good at everything–hence his success as a third option. Given who was backing him up on that team, it is not surprising that the team suffered without him. Actual Laker fans saw Walton’s contract as a mistake at the time, and now, of course, it is the biggest joke in the NBA.
Kwame Brown did indeed have his best year that year, posting a TS% of .573. Here are his TS numbers before and after the time he played with Bryant:
.450
.496
.547
.497
.503 with LA in 2008
.482 with MEM in 2008
.546
.470
.550
Seems clear Bryant’s selfishness was holding him back.

WRT Parker, you cherry-pick a stat you like, steals, and ignore this:
PER/GAMES PLAYED, SMUSH PARKER
06 13.4/82
07 11.6/82
08 7.0/28
09 OUT OF NBA
Clearly, a superstar waiting to happen, undermined by Kobe Bryant.
You left out Brian Cook:
PER, BRIAN COOK:
06 15.6
07 14.1
08 (WITH ORL) 9.5
09 7.6
10 2.4
11 11.6

Like I said, I could go on, easily. It would take too long, though. Bryant’s value to a team is the diversity of his offense, which makes it easier for other guys to score.

As to what the numbers show–hard to say. Would need a closer look. Simply concluding that Brynat hurts the team is foolishness, though.

I am a Laker fan, and I know that Kobe is not as good as James, and not nearly as good as Jordan. Shaq was clearly the best player on the 2000-2002 3peat teams. But you, like Henry Abbott, are clearly a guy with an agenda.

As to the NBC thing, it is frowned upon to self-link–you should know that if you don’t. Your post doing so got 31 dislikes and 5 likes, so you may be getting hits out of it (this will be the last one you get from me) but it is bad form.

http://www.behindthebasket.com/btb/2011/9/1/its-all-about-the-ws-kobe-bryant.html