why do people still call kobe a ball hog?

Because there's nothing else they have against him.

He took 40 shots in a game this season..cmon man. 40 shots? With only 34 points. While Dwight and Nash only get 8 each and only 11 for Pau.

Edit: Dude he's took the most shots in the league like 6 times. Including the past 3 years. How is that not being a ballhog when you have Pau Gasol! Share the ball Kobe. Pau could easily score 18-20 PPG if given the chance. Howard is having his worst season ever.Why? Because he is playing with Kobe. Open your eyes.

effortless, cuz they're. 2005-2006 Kobe Bryant 2173 FG tried, extra advantageous than 27 a interest, 2d on the Lakers, Odom at 925, approximately 11 a interest. Kobe took extra advantageous than double the photos of the subsequent closest. basically, interior the finished NBA, no person shot extra advantageous than Kobe. LeBron became #2 with 1823 then Iverson at 1822. After the huge 3 ball hogs, Arenas in trouble-free terms took 1668 photos. besides, in feet tries, the perfect 3 are AI, Kobe, and LeBron, and because once you're fouled its no longer a FG attempt, those numbers might surely be skewed much extra in case you surely would desire to choose how many photos they actually took, fouled or no longer. So, to respond to your question, we call Iverson and Kobe ball hogs because of fact they're. no person shoots extra, and passing the ball 5 situations in a interest does not make you a passter, it capacity you handed to the ultimate guy who scored.

uh....... cause he is?

you dont call scoring 40 in a losing effort for the Lakers = ball hogging

edit- Oh there's a major difference between Kobe and Jordan. Kobe is more of a i'll do it myself person and i want the points for me not for my teammates. Great, good for him, he had 6 assists but Kobe has the talent around him to not score 40 every night. Now granted so did Jordan but still.... Jordan had a good attitude towards his teammates, not a crappy one. This year Kobe called out every single oen of his Laker teammates. he told Gasol to "put on his big boy pants" and Dwight to man up and contribute more. Jordan never did that! His attitude wasn't like oh my teammates arent doing anything so im gonna take over. Kobe does exactly that, and that is one of another reason why I dislike him so much.

If Kobe was so good during the 05-06 season his team would've had more than 45 wins and made it past the first round of the playoffs. And Westbrook is averaging 8.6 assists per game btw.

He is a ballhog, then again so am I. In basketball I play on a small school white kid team and I average 32 ppg 11 apg 4 Spg and 5 rpg and I bpg because 1. I'm pretty good 2. Rest of my team sucks. Same situation for Kobe, he is the only player on his team playing good so he has to step up. It is ballhogging but if you were the only person not giving a half-a** effort wouldn't you want to have the ball in your hand too?

Maybe because Kobe takes around 30-40 shots a night now.

Bunch of Kobe haters... Kobe averages more assists than Melo and Durant, yet they're not ball hogs?

It's always "if other players stepped up", isn't it? Kobe is supposed to be this great leader, but somehow his supporting cast fails him night after night. The Lakers lose again, but you can't blame Kobe! Look at his awesome stats!

Because people are stupid. Westbrook is the most ball hog then Kobe & doesnt pass the ball to no one.

Haters gon' hate! cant do nothin bout them! let em be! basketball is all about getting buckets thats what he does:)