Kobe practices his handles....

[9erempiree]

There is a reason why he is this season's best player. Notice so far in the season he hasn't turned the ball over due to dribbling? A lot of the turnovers this season has been caused by the new offense.

These are some of the greatest of all time handles.....enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5jhyK_tjy4

Smooth and fluid motion.

[Real Men Wear Green]

All hail Kobe, the only player in the NBA that practices dribbling.

[RRR3]

I'm sure OP would love practicing his "handles" on Bryant. :facepalm
Stop making threads PLEASE

[dirkdiggler41]

I love it. Its just like the real games. Kobe is dribbling the ball by himself, Dwight is shooting freethrows and Pau is just watching.

[heyhey]

All hail Kobe, the only player in the NBA that practices dribbling.

only a zealous hater can't admit that Kobe is on a different plane when it comes to work ethic and dedication to the game

17 years in the league and still arguably the best player, leading scorer, and we gonna act like there's not something special to the way kobe practices

[Rake2204]

Kobe practices his passes....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cE_sixBV_qM

[KenneBell]

He's not even close to what he used to be after all the hand injuries over the past 4-5 years.

[Real Men Wear Green]

only a zealous hater can't admit that Kobe is on a different plane when it comes to work ethic and dedication to the gameHe works harder than the average. Doesn't mean there aren't other players that work hard, which is what you fanboys eternally fail to realize.


17 years in the league and still arguably the best player, leading scorer, and we gonna act like there's not something special to the way kobe practices
17 years with 1MVP award. You want to argue that he's better than James or Durant? Because that's a short, easy argument.

[ripthekik]

17 years with 1MVP award. You want to argue that he's better than James or Durant? Because that's a short, easy argument.
Are you serious?:facepalm Using MVP's to judge players now??? What a joke. How much MVP's does Shaq have? Steve Nash has 2, what's his ranking on the GOAT list?

Of course at this moment in time Kobe's not better than Lebron or Durant. He's 34 and in his 17th season. What's crazy is that he's still one of the top players in the league.

The things you used to judge him.. seriously :facepalm

[swi7ch]

D12 looking at him like "Dude, WTF are you doing?" :lol

[pauk]

Who is that coach? Now HE had handles

[pauk]

There is a reason why he is this season's best player.

http://winningandmisery.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/kobe-hilariously-confused-reaction-gif.gif

[blablabla]

I love it. Its just like the real games. Kobe is dribbling the ball by himself, Dwight is shooting freethrows and Pau is just watching.
:roll:

[OldSchoolBBall]

Kobe practices his passes....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cE_sixBV_qM

:roll:

Never gets old.

[Mr. I'm So Rad]

:roll:

Never gets old.

Just like this :roll:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5XOnpCBdiA

[Doranku]

Just like this :roll:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5XOnpCBdiA
:roll: Clank, clank, clank.

[Horatio33]

Just like this :roll:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5XOnpCBdiA

Kobe Stan got mad.

[Real Men Wear Green]

Are you serious?:facepalm Using MVP's to judge players now??? What a joke. How much MVP's does Shaq have? Steve Nash has 2, what's his ranking on the GOAT list?
The way things have gone for Shaq and Nash is the exception, not the rule. Look at how many MVPs guys like MJ, Magic, Wilt, etc. have. Look at how many LeBron James has. Acting like the award that comes closest to anointing a best player in the league is irrelevant is stupid.

[STATUTORY]

The way things have gone for Shaq and Nash is the exception, not the rule. Look at how many MVPs guys like MJ, Magic, Wilt, etc. have. Look at how many LeBron James has. Acting like the award that comes closest to anointing a best player in the league is irrelevant is stupid.

exactly. Anointed. Not earned

media and popularity award. Honestly gonna tell us that Nash was the "better" player than kobe those 2 years?

[Heavincent]

The way things have gone for Shaq and Nash is the exception, not the rule. Look at how many MVPs guys like MJ, Magic, Wilt, etc. have. Look at how many LeBron James has. Acting like the award that comes closest to anointing a best player in the league is irrelevant is stupid.

MVP is a subjective award, just like those all defensive teams that people here are always bitching about.

If it was completely legit, Kobe would definitely have more than 1.

[Real Men Wear Green]

exactly. Anointed. Not earned

media and popularity award. Honestly gonna tell us that Nash was the "better" player than kobe those 2 years?
No, but I will tell you that if Bryant was the player so many of you think he is he'd have gotten more than one. You guys harp on Nash's aberration seasons but ignore that MVP awards are part of the legacy of guys like MJ and Magic. The fact remains that James has gotten 3 MVPs, thrice as many as Bryant in half the time.

[CJ Mustard]

Just like this :roll:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5XOnpCBdiA
Why do Kobe stans even still make posts like this? Everyone knows Kobe isn't (and wasn't at any point in his career) in the same stratosphere as Jordan. There's a reason everyone has moved on to comparing Lebron to Jordan and not Kobe, because at this point it's established that Kobe will end his career in the bottom half of the top 10 players ever at best.

[ripthekik]

No, but I will tell you that if Bryant was the player so many of you think he is he'd have gotten more than one. You guys harp on Nash's aberration seasons but ignore that MVP awards are part of the legacy of guys like MJ and Magic. The fact remains that James has gotten 3 MVPs, thrice as many as Bryant in half the time.
Well it's pretty obvious who has been deleting all the pro-Kobe threads, while leaving the anti-kobe and pro-lebron threads up. :cheers:

[Real Men Wear Green]

Well it's pretty obvious who has been deleting all the pro-Kobe threads, while leaving the anti-kobe and pro-lebron threads up. :cheers:
http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showthread.php?t=281717
http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showthread.php?t=281734
:rolleyes:

[eliteballer]

No, but I will tell you that if Bryant was the player so many of you think he is he'd have gotten more than one.

Kobe's a polarizing player, and the media(who votes on MVP) is just as susceptible to bias as anyone else. Shaq also has less MVP's than Nash. Is Nash better?

[Real Men Wear Green]

Kobe's a polarizing player, and the media(who votes on MVP) is just as susceptible to bias as anyone else. Shaq also has less MVP's than Nash. Is Nash better?
We've alread discussed this. Nash is an exception to the norm, and he only won two. There were plenty of other seasons for Bryant to capitalize on. The media holding a vast anti-Kobe conspiracy is a new point, I'll grant you. After we're done figuring out the Benghazi thing McCain and I will look into it.

[eliteballer]

We've alread discussed this. Nash is an exception to the norm, and he only won two. There were plenty of other seasons for Bryant to capitalize on. The media holding a vast anti-Kobe conspiracy is a new point, I'll grant you. After we're done figuring out the Benghazi thing McCain and I will look into it.

You're denying Kobe's a polarizing player, regardless of skill? Almost as silly as when you used to claim Pierce was better "get buckets":rolleyes:

[kuniva_dAMiGhTy]

You're denying Kobe's a polarizing player, regardless of skill? Almost as silly as when you used to claim Pierce was better "get buckets":rolleyes:

The history of the NBA doesn't revolve around Kobe. You do realize that right???

[Real Men Wear Green]

You're denying Kobe's a polarizing player, regardless of skill? Almost as silly as when you used to claim Pierce was better "get buckets":rolleyes:
I told you, we're working on Benghazi. I'll get back to you.

[eliteballer]

The history of the NBA doesn't revolve around Kobe. You do realize that right???


........do you even know what polarizing means. Saying a guy is polarizing doesn't mean everything revolves around him. In this case it just affects his mvp votes. Steve Blake can be polarizing if there are large numbers of people who hate or love him.

[kennethgriffin]

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[HardwoodLegend]

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This thread is still up.
Only your redundant piece of garbage is being deleted.

[Djahjaga]

That was the weakest display of dribbling I've ever seen from Kobe. That video's an insult to his work ethic.

[SAKOTXA]

He works harder than the average. Doesn't mean there aren't other players that work hard, which is what you fanboys eternally fail to realize.


17 years with 1MVP award. You want to argue that he's better than James or Durant? Because that's a short, easy argument.
Didn't know mods could say stupid shit like this.

Well done, sir.

[9erempiree]

Kobe isn't playing well because it's his 17th season and 34 years of age.

Kobe is the best player right now this season regardless of age and season.

How many players in their prime would die to have Kobe's stat line so far.


What else is new when you are the best player this season? Kobe's been compared to everyone and those he was compared to, have all declined. First it was Wade, then it was Lebron and now he's being compared to Melo.

Best players this season:

1. Kobe
2. Melo
3. Lebron

4. Durant

[elementally morale]

He also handles his practices.

[raptorfan_dr07]

Under .500 record despite having the most stacked team in the league. :applause: Lebron, Melo, and Durant have all been playing equally as good if not better and their teams all have better records despite having less talent.(with Wade's injury otherwise Miami is on par w/talent)


Didn't know mods could say stupid shit like this.

Well done, sir.

What is he saying that's not true? Kobe does have a great work ethic but to insinuate that there are other guys in the league who don't have a similar one is stupid and false.

He does only have 1 MVP award.

Lebron James and Kevin Durant are both better players RIGHT NOW. Only a moron thinks otherwise.

[plowking]

........do you even know what polarizing means. Saying a guy is polarizing doesn't mean everything revolves around him. In this case it just affects his mvp votes. Steve Blake can be polarizing if there are large numbers of people who hate or love him.

Of course. And Lebron James isn't polarizing? :roll:

Yet he is able to win. You know why? Because hes actually as good as hyped up.

You can go through Kobe's whole career, and you realize, the MVP he got, is the only one he actually deserves. So I don't know why there is all this complaining and new excuses coming up. One guy used "MVP is subjective"... :roll:
Really? That's what they're coming up with these days? Any award given in the NBA is subjective, doesn't take away the fact that the regular season MVP, just like in 99% of sports is the most prestigious award you can receive.

[ripthekik]

Well, Hakeem, Kobe, and Shaq are all sitting comfortably in the top ten with just one MVP each, meanwhile some guys with 2 or 3 are still on the outside looking in, so that tells you about the credibility of the MVP award.:rolleyes:

[KG215]

DAMMIT Kobe!!! Why did you have to be so polarizing?

Just think guys, if Kobe wasn't so polarizing he'd have....ALL the MVP awards since 2005ish. Instead, he's left with a single and disputable MVP award.

And since there's so many of you Kobe fanboys...

Do you guys get together like once or twice a week to discuss the stupid shit you're going to come up with in order to prop your boy up?

[Heavincent]

the regular season MVP, just like in 99% of sports is the most prestigious award you can receive.

:roll: Good one.

People on ISH are always bitching about Kobe's all defensive team awards, but how are those awards any less credible than the MVP? It's voted on by the media, isn't it?

MVP just doesn't mean that much to me. It doesn't determine who the best player in the league is. If it did, Kobe and Shaq would have more than 1 each. Sure, they get it right sometimes, but they've also gotten wrong more than a few times.

[TheeBeast]

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http://static.fjcdn.com/pictures/Ultimate+Troll_3c4624_3153348.jpg

[plowking]

:roll: Good one.

People on ISH are always bitching about Kobe's all defensive team awards, but how are those awards any less credible than the MVP? It's voted on by the media, isn't it?

MVP just doesn't mean that much to me. It doesn't determine who the best player in the league is. If it did, Kobe and Shaq would have more than 1 each. Sure, they get it right sometimes, but they've also gotten wrong more than a few times.

Its debatable at times, but in Kobe's case, he doesn't have a debatable case outside of the one he actually won.

The criteria has always stayed the same for MVP. You not valuing MVP's much? Sure. Its because you're a Kobe fan. MVP tells you a guy was dominating in his era. You're lying anyway. Like any fan, everyone comes in with champion and MVP predictions. You know why? Its what the fans care about. People don't come in with DPOY predictions, or Finals MVP, its the MVP everyone cares about. It places you above your peers. You were the most impactful and valuable piece in the NBA over a whole season.

[eliteballer]

Actually, all defensive teams are voted on by coaches. MVP's are voted on by guys like Bill Simmons.....

[KG215]

Actually, all defensive teams are voted on by coaches. MVP's are voted on by guys like Bill Simmons.....
Yep, and Kobe being so polarizing has essentially turned into a big media conspiracy, and it's the only explanation as to why he only has one MVP.

If people can't see that, then they're f***ing stupid.

[Legends66NBA7]

Well, can't be surprised how this thread turned out.

Same shit, different day.