The Official NBA Season Thread: NBA Cup Begins | Embiid Debut | Klay Return

[ballinsam23]

Kobe’s are just sentimental at this point.

Lebron 20’s were better performers

I actually bought the Lebron 20s, they were good, but no where near as good as Kobe 4s 5s or 6s

Too heavy and bulky.

 

[JMB10215]

Kobe 5's are one of the best performance hoop shoe i ever had. Its up there with the Jordan XX9 and the OG Zoom bb shoe. Kobe 4's are close but the lunarlon bottom out hella fast. I had the lower marion kobe 4 my freshman year. Got so many buckets in those joints.

 

[JMB10215]

 

[rolaholic]

 

[lawdog1]

Danny is not trading Lauri for less than 15 draft picks. He’s not going anywhere yet.

 

[DripNick]

You gotta fill your roster with high level role players who don’t need the ball all the time to be effective, also you gotta work with the amount of cap space you have available.

You see Bobbi and Hawk Tua girl as mid, and I see the 7th-8th man in the rotation who doesn’t need a lot of minutes to be effective who will do the dirty work.

You can’t have 7 max players and keep them all happy.

I'm absolutely not disagreeing, some undrafted and G-leaguers can work wonders, if used correctly. You had some high and undeserved epithets for bobbi tho, that's where I was disappointed, if I gotta be HONEST.

 

[WASHED KING]

Stockholm Syndrome putting up HOF numbers in the Big Apple

 

[datznasty]

City full of Sex and the City cosplayers, trash, overrated pizza, and then terrible weather to top it off?

And you gotta pay 5k a month in rent to split a one bedroom closet with a rat

the hoops we played up there was pretty mid too. they be calling some weak fouls

 

[WASHED KING]

the hoops we played up there was pretty mid too. they be calling some weak fouls

Doesn’t shock me the least bit.

 

[broncos19dm]

 

[HIM]

Uh oh.


I blame lawdog1 for asking us to change the subject. Kobe athleticism talk doesn’t sound too bad now does it?

 

[WASHED KING]

Uh oh.


I blame lawdog1 for asking us to change the subject. Kobe athleticism talk doesn’t sound too bad now does it?

What about Kobe’s athleticism? Kobe was an elite athlete in his prime. That’s not really debatable.

 

[pmatic]

 

[wavycrocket]

Young Kobe was one of the best athletes in the league outside of the freakish athletes like Vince Carter.

The highlights are on YouTube, he used to do some freakish **** sometimes.

If people sample of watching Kobe is his later years, then I get why they might not think that.

When the Kobe v. Bron rivalry was at its peak, Bron was near his athletic peak and Kobe had already lost a bit of his.

Kobe was never as athletic as Lebron James. No year no season. Kobe was never the most athletic in the league. Ant Man is more athletic than number 8 kobe. Ant doesn't have the body control or dexterity Kobe had, but he's more raw athletic. Im just talking pure athleticism. Yes Kobe was one of the best athletes in the league at one point. All these things can be true. When we think Kobe we think footwork and tough shot making. Not Air Kobe.

Kobe & Tmac were the same level of athlete. Which means a freak athlete. They used to call this ***** the slam dunk giant .

My ***** JMB10215 , NOBODY is an athlete on the level of LeBron James . He’s 1 of 1 in that regard. Like .01%. Mike too, to an extent.

But Kobe in him prime, was considered the prototype, realistic high flying wing SG (after MJ). I wasn’t even a Kobe fan, and I remember vividly how much of a freak athlete dude was. Kobe was the same type of athlete as Ant. I’d argue even better, because he’s more fluid.

Young Ray Allen is an example of a “good athlete” at the SG position. Kobe & Tmac were considered freak athletes, and a cut above.

Kobe truly was a slightly worse MJ at everything (including athleticism). And that’s better than like all but 5-10 players to play the game.

 

[WASHED KING]

Kobe & Tmac were the same level of athlete. Which means a freak athlete. They used to call this ***** the slam dunk giant .

My ***** JMB10215 , NOBODY is an athlete on the level of LeBron James . He’s 1 of 1 in that regard. Like .01%. Mike too, to an extent.

But Kobe in him prime, was considered the prototype, realistic high flying wing SG (after MJ). I wasn’t even a Kobe fan, and I remember vividly how much of a freak athlete dude was. Kobe was the same type of athlete as Ant. I’d argue even better, because he’s more fluid.

Young Ray Allen is an example of a “good athlete” at the SG position. Kobe & Tmac were considered freak athletes, and a cut above.

Kobe truly was a slightly worse MJ at everything (including athleticism). And that’s better than like all but 5-10 players to play the game.

AI was a better athlete than Kobe.

 

[niketock88]

He played 72 this past season.

oh great. one of the last five years he played over 55 games

 

[rolaholic]

 

[niketock88]

He played 72 this past season.

Last year was the first time Anthony Davis played over 56 games since the bubble. Dude needed a 5 year rest.

 

[wavycrocket]

instead we have an all star team of non all stars.

Gah damn. That line is crazy accurate

 

[DCAllAfrican]

I thought LA area dudes stuck together.

 

[tay1]

I thought LA area dudes stuck together.

Which LA dudes are you speaking of? PG from Palmdale.

 

[DCAllAfrican]

Which LA dudes are you speaking of? PG from Palmdale.

That wouldn't be considered an LA Area place? I come in ignorance.

 

[youngwolf]

I might go Cain crazy and kill my **** like it's called Abel, no Tesfaye.

 

[moonman818]

That wouldn't be considered an LA Area place? I come in ignorance.

It's in Northern LA County, but no one would ever say Palmdale is part of LA.

It's like 75 miles north of the most northern part of the city of LA

 

[JMB10215]

Kobe & Tmac were the same level of athlete. Which means a freak athlete. They used to call this ***** the slam dunk giant .

My ***** JMB10215 , NOBODY is an athlete on the level of LeBron James . He’s 1 of 1 in that regard. Like .01%. Mike too, to an extent.

But Kobe in him prime, was considered the prototype, realistic high flying wing SG (after MJ). I wasn’t even a Kobe fan, and I remember vividly how much of a freak athlete dude was. Kobe was the same type of athlete as Ant. I’d argue even better, because he’s more fluid.

Young Ray Allen is an example of a “good athlete” at the SG position. Kobe & Tmac were considered freak athletes, and a cut above.

Kobe truly was a slightly worse MJ at everything (including athleticism). And that’s better than like all but 5-10 players to play the game.

I respect the take. Im just saying what Keon said is something that has been said about Kobe a lot. Its not like I made this up. Even Kobe himself said he wanted to be known as a overachiever because he didnt have hops like Nique or huge hands like Jordan, or built like Bron. He used up what he had though. I think Wade was more athletic than Kobe. But Kobe is not even my goat or close to it so im not even trippin no more fam