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01-23-2006, 04:57 PM | #16 |
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Re: Kobe Scores 81 Points
hes a chucker....lol
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01-23-2006, 06:29 PM | #17 |
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Re: Kobe Scores 81 Points
haha lets hand it to Kobe
2 assists this time LOL can u say BALLHOG!!! im gettin tired of Kobe one day he sucks and the next hes scoring 81 |
01-23-2006, 06:33 PM | #18 |
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Re: Kobe Scores 81 Points
and if anyone starts saying, "well maybe kobe is as good/better than mj", i will flip. he may score but mj could do it all, including averaging 30+ points, 8 assists, 8 boards 2 steals per game. i can just see it coming from somehwere that some1 will start to think kobe is better
quoting Big C i agree...MJ shared the ball and made the players around him no matter who they were better, Kobe is just makin them rusty and worse, it looked like 1 against 5 out there SHARE THE ROCK!!!!!!! |
01-23-2006, 09:50 PM | #19 | |
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01-23-2006, 11:29 PM | #20 |
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even scottie pippen says he doesn't think MJ could have done what kobe did last night and could at this pace eclipse MJ and to me that's saying something that a former teammate of MJ of that caliber who has never been a big fan of kobe said that. And plus the comparisions just can't be made until kobe has the same level of talent around him again like MJ did during the bulls run. and another point not too many people make about kobe is the fact that even though he shoots and scores a lot, u never here about whomever he's guarding even coming close to doing the same. So many people make him out to be just a scorer, but he should also get more credit for his defensive abilities. It is rather sad that he has to shoot as much as he does, but once again who does he have around him that can regularly step up and provide around 20 pts a game? There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that if Lebron or Wade were doing what Kobe is, they'd be getting nothing but praise from fans and the media. Kobe's accomplishments will forever be tainted by what took place in Colorado and he has no one to blame but himself for that.
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01-23-2006, 11:33 PM | #21 | |
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Growing up I was a huge fan of Larry Bird and the Celtics. Kevin McHale (loved his moves in the paint), #00 Robert Parish in the middle, Dennis Johnson, Danny Ainge, Walton at the end, etc., they just had some great teams. The rivalries were so big then too, the Celtics-Lakers, Celtics-Pistons, etc. I'm not sure if it was a race thing, but I guess as a kid it was cool to see a bunch of white guys ballin', and with Bird he was one of the best players in the league period. I miss the days of Isiah Thomas and the Bad Boys in Detroit, Dominique Wilkins in Atlanta, Magic, Worthy and Kareem in LA... fun times. I kinda hopped on the Bulls bandwagon in the 90's, loved the duo of Jordan and Pippen, but since then I barely even watch the playoffs or Finals. I get my basketball fix in March, NCAA is where it's at for hoops. |
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01-24-2006, 02:09 AM | #22 | |
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Smush Parker? Devean George? Chris Mihm? Sasha Vujacic? You mean he is supposed to share with these people? At least with Derek Fisher he was consistent but none of these guys are. He shot 60.8% and the team shot 33.3%, please tell me you can see that he was a) shooting the lights out b) going for history c) the team was sucking. They were down by 18 points when he started his historic night. Jordan did the same 1 on 5 thing until he got his championship cast and his highest output was 69. Jordan didn't share until Scottie, Paxson, Grant, etc. joined up. Is Kobe better than Jordan? Hell no. Is Kobe a prick? Probably. Is Kobe an idiot (see: colorado)? Yes. Is Kobe a great player, who is only 27 by the way, and just scored the second most points in our lifetime? Yes. One last thing: how can "one day he sucks and the next hes scoring 81?" Check his stats before saying something so asinine. http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/players/3118 |
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01-24-2006, 05:21 AM | #23 |
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Kobe is the most feared scorer in the league right now... possibly the past five years.
But Kobe is not a legend like many laker fans are already proclaiming after his single greatest performance of the past decade. MJ, Magic, and Bird made their teammates better. Kobe's teammates stand around and watch him more than 40 percent of the game. He can score 45 a game, but as long as his team hovers around .500 he'll never get the same kind of respect as the real legends. You have to elevate the players around you- even though MJ had pippen, i still remember the names of hodges, paxson, and cartright. Odom can be as effective as Pippen offensively (defensively, Pippen was the man) as his Miami days proved. Yet his game has regressed next to Kobe. Don't tell me Lamar sucks and that's not Kobe's fault... Lamar was at the top of his game next to Wade. I'd go so far as to say Lebron and Wade are players I'd rather have on my team than Kobe. Those two elevate the play of their teammates, they don't elicit star-watching from their other 4 guys on the court. Oh yeah, Miami's in second without shaq, so no mention of the big fella when talkin' bout Wade. Even before shaq, miami came within a game of making it to the Eastern finals the year before. Odom and Butler are good, but the team never went anywhere until Wade's rookie season. The players go to the team with the guy they know they can 1) win with and 2) increase their marketabililty with. Not one significant FA went to LA before this season to play with Kobe. 3 significant FAs went to Cleveland to play with Lebron- Hughes, Marshall, and Jones (albeit Hughes' contract was a big factor). We're talking about Cleveland here! Not many people would normally pick the city of cleveland over LA, much less professional ball players. Well, it's because Lebron will make you look better. In doing so, you will increase your visibility and endorsement potential. You're not getting any of that watching Kobe get off for 50 a night. Maybe there is a reason why kobe is "forced" to shoot 41 times a game- no one wants to play with him! Kobe better find a way to get his sidekicks involved or else they ain't getting out of the first round in the west. Or else, he's gotta lure some FAs to LA to play with him... but like i said, no one is coming to LA if he keeps playing like he's playing. Last edited by itvnetop; 01-24-2006 at 05:33 AM. |
01-24-2006, 12:28 PM | #24 | |
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01-24-2006, 09:14 PM | #25 | |
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01-24-2006, 10:08 PM | #26 |
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who gives a ****.............they want win anything.....The Championship still goes through San Antonio.......
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01-24-2006, 10:28 PM | #27 | |
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01-25-2006, 08:31 AM | #28 |
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kobe can never be the MJ poster child... after colorado and the shaq thing (where shaq blamed kobe for 100% of the problems and his coach did too (and in a book form to boot)), there's just a lot of continuing bitterness (a lot of the local press dislike him and blame him for blowing up a yearly contender). When the locals don't like the star, its kind of hard.
oh yeah, his team still sucks. It'd be hard for anyone to help make kwame look good. |
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