THEE OFFICIAL 2019-2020 NBA OFFSEASON THREAD: VICTORY LAP

storm2006 · Aug 23, 2019

BIG LEEMELONE said:
That's the whole story..but people don't want to tell it because of Kobe's chocolate complexion and privileged childhood

I was with you until this. You just couldn’t help yourself :smh:

sharpshooter718 · Aug 23, 2019

antidope said:
This influx of Kobe stories this year.... Some of these honestly sound made up.

That last one is real... Melo thought he had it on lock... Lol

sharpshooter718 · Aug 23, 2019

jab step said:
And? What’s that have to do with what I said?

No one remembers it, but in the 3rd quarter of game 7 Golden State was pulling away, up 8, and Jr goes on a 8-0 run himself to tie it up.

I do... He was launching from the parking lot trying to keep LeBron in the game but he quit on the team early ..

mister friendly · Aug 23, 2019

I think it’s a Bleacher Report article but still interesting for those who like analytics.

https://bleacherreport.com/articles...e-bryant-ranks-among-mj-shaq-other-nba-greats

pmatic · Aug 23, 2019

Memories.

P C H · Aug 23, 2019

wavycrocket said:
Same season the Kobe had the Lakers go 42-40, and him selfishly and infamously blow a 3-1 lead by literally quitting on his team to prove a point. ***** was more concerned about winning a scoring title then.

Tell the entire story.

freeze said:
Lol..stop it 5. Team had kwame brown, smush, radmanavic, Chris mihm...

Kobe won all 42 of those wins solo (so to speak)

And was lucky to ever go up 3-1 on that sun's suam to begin with.

Whatever his motive for 'giving up'...worked. got him some able bodies. And he immediately propelled to the finals for 3 yrs straight.

Kobe was about wins. That can't even be debated. On those rosters, only way to win was to black out on your own. Looks great on stat sheets..but it's a pain in the *** to sustain a successful record. Just look at his sons going through the same **** now.

Y’all got y’all seasons mixed up. (I think lol) Without looking iirc in 07 the lakers went 42-40 but there was no 3-1 loss, they simply lost in 5 to Phoenix and he demanded a trade like two months after that

I remember smush Parker in the Times after game 4 despite the loss saying he was “having fun again” :lol:

had pants · Aug 23, 2019

wavycrocket · Aug 23, 2019

P C H said:
Y’all got y’all seasons mixed up. (I think lol) Without looking iirc in 07 the lakers went 42-40 but there was no 3-1 loss, they simply lost in 5 to Phoenix and he demanded a trade like two months after that

I remember smush Parker in the Times after game 4 despite the loss saying he was “having fun again”

You right. Nash and them got them boys out there with the swiftness in 5. Kobe & Prime Lamar Odom were no match.. Barbosa was cooking Kobe. Averaged 21ppg on him :lol

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storm2006 · Aug 23, 2019

wavycrocket said:
You right. Nash and them got them boys out there with the swiftness in 5. Kobe & Prime Lamar Odom were no match.. Barbosa was cooking Kobe. Averaged 21ppg on him .

Man, that PHX team was significantly deeper. They had four players in double figures. The Lakers 3rd leading scorer was Kwame Brown at 8.6 per game. Hell James Jones was putting in 7PPG as their 7th leading scorer off the bench in 19MPG which matches the Lakers fourth leading scorer, starter, Luke Walton.

As mentioned earlier, Kobe did need more help and the next year and he got it and look at the results. But to act like just because he won a scoring title because he’s selfish and didn’t care about winning is a revisionist history.

addict4sneakers · Aug 23, 2019

storm2006 said:
Man, that PHX team was significantly deeper. They had four players in double figures. The Lakers 3rd leading scorer was Kwame Brown at 8.6 per game. Hell James Jones was putting in 7PPG as their 7th leading scorer off the bench in 19MPG which matches the Lakers fourth leading scorer, starter, Luke Walton.

As mentioned earlier, Kobe did need more help and the next year and he got it and look at the results. But to act like just because he won a scoring title because he’s selfish and didn’t care about winning is a revisionist history.

He didn’t care about winning when he took 3 shots in the second half of a close out game

Based Jesus · Aug 23, 2019

BIG LEEMELONE said:
I had to turn the brightness all the way up just to tell that was Draymond

@KHUFU

antidope · Aug 23, 2019

mister friendly said:
I think it’s a Bleacher Report article but still interesting for those who like analytics.

https://bleacherreport.com/articles...e-bryant-ranks-among-mj-shaq-other-nba-greats

But I've been on his hill for ages, statistically speaking Kobes career does not compare to where he's placed on the all time list (2-4) but I'm aware it's not a binary thing.

I do think we've reached the point where the perceived "holes" in Kobes game are never brought up any more and only the positives are mentioned. Only other player that gets this treatment in Jordan.

He's not 14 though.

nick. · Aug 23, 2019

It's Kobe's birthday? ALA where we at

addict4sneakers · Aug 23, 2019

nickmaz96 said:
It's Kobe's birthday? ALA where we at

Elderly abuse

jape · Aug 23, 2019

wavycrocket · Aug 23, 2019

addict4sneakers said:
He didn’t care about winning when he took 3 shots in the second half of a close out game

Man scored 1pt in the 2nd half of a closeout game...and that came from a FT from a tech.

Ultimate act of selfishness. Quitting on your team. #MambMentality

storm2006 · Aug 23, 2019

addict4sneakers said:
He didn’t care about winning when he took 3 shots in the second half of a close out game

That was in 2006 and they were down 17 after 1 and 15 at the half. If Kobe goes full ape****, y’all would be in here calling him a selfish ball hog. He got more help which is what he wanted, and quite frankly needed, a few seasons later and it resulted in three Finals berths, two championships and two FMVPs so to have his performance on a horrid team as an indictment against him seems like taking the hate too far.

addict4sneakers · Aug 23, 2019

storm2006 said:
That was in 2006 and they were down 17 after 1 and 15 at the half. If Kobe goes full ape****, y’all would be in here calling him a selfish ball hog. He got more help which is what he wanted, and quite frankly needed, a few seasons later and it resulted in three Finals berths, two championships and two FMVPs so to have his performance on a horrid team as an indictment against him seems like taking the hate too far.

Imagine ______ blowing a 3-1 lead and shooting only 3 shots in a close out game. And then say the hate is being taken too far for ________.

Interesting

lawdog1 · Aug 23, 2019

It’s Friday, Kirby’s B-day and an article was posted that has him a mere 14th all time, behind such notables as James Harden and CP3. Fun times ahead today, methinks.