Kobe Bryant is the only player with no asterisk in his playoff resume

[Derivative]

2000:
-Best player on defending champs Tim Duncan is injured.

2002:
-Kings Lakers game 6, no explanation needed.

2008:
-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fR4m0ZThDYY

2009:
-BEST PLAYER ON THE DEFENDING CHAMPS Kevin Garnett gets season injury, Kobe doesn't have to face the Boston team that massacred them last season

-Rocket's best player Yao Ming gets injured in second game vs Lakers, backup center Mutumbo also gets injured. Laker's managed to beat the Rockets in a tough 7 game series WITHOUT Rocket's BEST PLAYER and backup center.

2010:
-Boston starting center Kendrick Perkins gets injured, can' play vs Lakers in game 7 of finals, where the Celtics out vastly out rebounded.

-All the questionable calls in the fourth quarter vs Celtics during game 7.


As you can see, Kobe' playoff resume is extremely clean, no asterisks at all.

[livinglegend]

2002:
-Kings Lakers game 6, no explanation needed.

2008:
-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fR4m0ZThDYY

2009:
-BEST PLAYER ON THE DEFENDING CHAMPS Kevin Garnett gets season injury, Kobe doesn't have to face the Boston team that massacred them last season

-Rocket's best player Yao Ming gets injured in second game vs Lakers, Laker's managed to beat the Rockets in a tough 7 game series WITHOUT Rocket's BEST PLAYER.

2010:
-Boston starting center Kendrick Perkins gets injured, can' play vs Lakers in game 7 of finals, where the Celtics out vastly out rebounded.

-All the questionable calls in the fourth quarter vs Celtics during game 7.


As you can see, Kobe' playoff resume is extremely clean, no asterisks at all.

Dont forget, Rockets backup center Mutumbo also got injured in that Lakers series. Chuck Hayes, 6,7, their last hope to contain Lakers big got in foul trouble ( with questionable calls) 3 minutes into game 7.

[bukowski81]

And the best player of the defending champs was injured in the 2000 playoffs

[5 rings fan]

Ban the **** out of op bban fking cubnts never resprct kobe who is a legend oof the game so mad right now i cant breath

[Artillery]

2002:
-Kings Lakers game 6, no explanation needed.

2008:
-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fR4m0ZThDYY

2009:
-BEST PLAYER ON THE DEFENDING CHAMPS Kevin Garnett gets season injury, Kobe doesn't have to face the Boston team that massacred them last season

-Rocket's best player Yao Ming gets injured in second game vs Lakers, Laker's managed to beat the Rockets in a tough 7 game series WITHOUT Rocket's BEST PLAYER.

2010:
-Boston starting center Kendrick Perkins gets injured, can' play vs Lakers in game 7 of finals, where the Celtics out vastly out rebounded.

-All the questionable calls in the fourth quarter vs Celtics during game 7.


As you can see, Kobe' playoff resume is extremely clean, no asterisks at all.


Here's another one:

2000 - Best player on defending champs(Duncan) misses all of playoffs with season-ending injury

[TheMagicMan]

http://i2.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/430/939/f21.jpg

[5 rings fan]

YOU ALL FKEN MAD COZ kobe had 5 rings and your franchise has either 2 or none:roll:

[TheMarkMadsen]

Don't even know why I'm responding to this but I just find it ironic that you'd bring up 2008 & which was a very questionably officiated finals in favor of Boston

[imdaman99]

#earnednotcolluded

[livinglegend]

Here's another one:

2000 - Best player on defending champs(Duncan) misses all of playoffs with season-ending injury

Lakers fans getting owned big time in this thread :applause: :applause:

[T_L_P]

No Derek Anderson in 2001 either.

[raprap]

[QUOTE=TheMarkMadsen]Don't even know why I'm responding to this but I just find it ironic that you'd bring up 2008 & which was a very questionably officiated finals in favor of Boston[/QUOTE

So mad rn huh

[Rocketswin2013]

Here's another one:

2000 - Best player on defending champs(Duncan) misses all of playoffs with season-ending injury
Peak Shaq was gonna rape everything in sight that year. No difference.

[raprap]

Op breaking hearts right now :oldlol: :applause:

[T_L_P]

Don't even know why I'm responding to this but I just find it ironic that you'd bring up 2008 & which was a very questionably officiated finals in favor of Boston

No assumptions please.

The best basketball player in 1999 missed the 2000 Playoffs.

[plowking]

I've actually taken all these * into consideration, and I've come to the conclusion that Kobe actually has -2 titles, and 0 FMVP's.

Crazy. I thought he was a good player.

[livinglegend]

2001:
Rigged game 7 WCF

[livinglegend]

Peak Shaq was gonna rape everything in sight that year. No difference.

hypothetical...

[TheMagicMan]

No assumptions please.

The best basketball player in 1999 missed the 2000 Playoffs.

Nothing like that big fat asterisk the Spurs have from their bullshit '99 title :roll: :roll: :roll:

[T_L_P]

Nothing like that big fat asterisk the Spurs have from their bullshit '99 title :roll: :roll: :roll:

Absolutely agree. Then again, what does it say about Kobe if he can't win during an easier season?

An asterisk is an asterisk though.

[tpols]

2001:
Rigged game 7 WCF
Lakers closed every game out in 5 or less in 2001:facepalm

[livinglegend]

Lakers closed every game out in 5 or less in 2001:facepalm

i meant 2000

[tpols]

i meant 2000

Sure you did:rolleyes:

Admit it.. You never saw any of this shit happen bruh

[Hoopz2332]

Op breaking hearts right now :oldlol: :applause:

:oldlol: :cheers:

[TheMarkMadsen]

No assumptions please.

The best basketball player in 1999 missed the 2000 Playoffs.

Yeah and the 3peat champions broke up & lost their coach in 99 because of te lock out.

99 will forever have an * by it in the history books unlike all this Lebron* stuff, 99 is universally accepted as an astrik season

Lakers lost in 99 b/c Shaq wasn't able to get past Duncan without an elite Kobe, and once Kobe became elite Kobe absolutely murdered the spurs 2 years in a row

And that guy who missed the playoffs in 2000..

Got his ass swept the very next year in 2001 & bounced in 5 in 2002

[Derivative]

Laker's avoiding the 2009 playoffs like the plague.

[T_L_P]

Yeah and the 3peat champions broke up & lost their coach in 99 because of te lock out.

99 will forever have an * by it in the history books unlike all this Lebron* stuff, 99 is universally accepted as an astrik season

Lakers lost in 99 b/c Shaq wasn't able to get past Duncan without an elite Kobe, and once Kobe became elite Kobe absolutely murdered the spurs 2 years in a row

And that guy who missed the playoffs in 2000..

Got his ass swept the very next year in 2001 & bounced in 5 in 2002

No Derek Anderson (Duncan's second option) in 2001, Robinson missed some games in 2002 as well. Of course Duncan got bounced those years.

[Combat Wombat]

I've actually taken all these * into consideration, and I've come to the conclusion that Kobe actually has -2 titles, and 0 FMVP's.

Crazy. I thought he was a good player.

Then what does D wade have on his resume after that disgrace they called the 2006 NBA Finals.

1 sidekick ring in 2013. *ring in 2012.

[Deuce Bigalow]

How'd those Spurs do vs the Lakers the next year? Lakers swept them. Swept them so badly in fact that it was the largest series average margin of victory in conference finals history.

Kings shot more FTA for the series and game 6 wasn't even the largest FTA difference in the series, the Kings shot 20 more FTA than LA in game 3.

Barry put the ball on the floor, not in the act of shooting so no 3 FTA there. Should have been a non shooting foul and I don't know if they were in the bonus or not, but regardless if he hits two FTs Kobe gets a chance to win the game in regulation and if not then in OT.

Lakers would have beaten the Celtics in the finals no doubt in my mind. They were hungry and would have the revenge factor on their side like they did in 2010. Plus they did beat them in 2010, they weren't the same team but it was still a rematch and LA won. Lakers weren't going to lose to the Rockets c'mon now. Not as tough of a game 7 series since they demolished Houston in game 7.

[Deuce Bigalow]

i meant 2000
How was that rigged? And don't have that one play where Steve Smith went to the rim on Shaq during ONE play as your proof.

[T_L_P]

How'd those Spurs do vs the Lakers the next year? Lakers swept them. Swept them so badly in fact that it was the largest series average margin of victory in conference finals history.

Kings shot more FTA for the series and game 6 wasn't even the largest FTA difference in the series, the Kings shot 20 more FTA than LA in game 3.

Barry put the ball on the floor, not in the act of shooting so no 3 FTA there. Should have been a non shooting foul and I don't know if they were in the bonus or not, but regardless if he hits two FTs Kobe gets a chance to win the game in regulation and if not then in OT.

Lakers would have beaten the Celtics in the finals no doubt in my mind. They were hungry and would have the revenge factor on their side like they did in 2010. Plus they did beat them in 2010, they weren't the same team but it was still a rematch and LA won. Lakers weren't going to lose to the Rockets c'mon now. Not as tough of a game 7 series since they demolished Houston in game 7.

No Derek Anderson aka Duncan's second option.

[tpols]

How'd those Spurs do vs the Lakers the next year? Lakers swept them. Swept them so badly in fact that it was the largest series average margin of victory in conference finals history.

Kings shot more FTA for the series and game 6 wasn't even the largest FTA difference in the series, the Kings shot 20 more
FTA than LA in game 3.

Barry put the ball on the floor, not in the act of shooting so no 3 FTA there. Should have been a non shooting foul and I don't know if they were in the bonus or not, but regardless if he hits two FTs Kobe gets a chance to win the game in regulation and if not then in OT.

Lakers would have beaten the Celtics in the finals no doubt in my mind. They were hungry and would have the revenge factor on their side like they did in 2010. Plus they did beat them in 2010, they weren't the same team but it was still a rematch and LA won. Lakers weren't going to lose to the Rockets c'mon now. Not as tough of a game 7 series since they demolished Houston in game 7.

Rockets-lakers remind me a lot of Pacers-heat..

[Deuce Bigalow]

No Derek Anderson aka Duncan's second option.
I'm sure Derek Anderson would have made such a difference that the Spurs would have won the series...

Lakers 15-1, 11-0 vs own conference, 0 road losses, +12.75 margin of victory. No asterisks. Most dominant playoff run ever.

[LakersFan626]

No Derek Anderson (Duncan's second option) in 2001, Robinson missed some games in 2002 as well. Of course Duncan got bounced those years.

Kobe>>>>>>>>Derek Anderson. Do you REALLY think he would have made a difference considering how the Lakers were steamrolling everyone then?

2000 WCF- Portland CHOKED. Duncan wouldn't have made a difference against prime Shaq either.
2002 WCF- Kings got nearly all the calls in game 5.
2008- Lakers got the short end of the calls against Boston.
2009- Lakers still would have won. They were on a mission that season (sweeping the Celtics and LeBron, nuff said).
2010- Lakers actually had less calls than Phoenix most of the series (Sasha's flagrant, the uncalled foul that led to the Artest putback in game 5, the suspicious series of long twos from the three point line at the beginning of game 4)

Lakers have gotten more than their fair share of the whistle benefitting their opponent more than them.

[Deuce Bigalow]

About 2010...If Perkins injury in one game is an asterisk then what about Andrew Bynum for the entire finals (and playoffs) in 08? Also Ariza was injured for the playoffs as well.

[Derivative]

About 2010...If Perkins injury in one game is an asterisk then what about Andrew Bynum for the entire finals (and playoffs) in 08? Also Ariza was injured for the playoffs as well.


The thing is Kobe has alot more asterisks than Lebron

[hahaitme]

KD > Kobe

[sportjames23]

Ban the **** out of op bban fking cubnts never resprct kobe who is a legend oof the game so mad right now i cant breath


This nikka is so mad. :oldlol:

[Derivative]

Ban the **** out of op bban fking cubnts never resprct kobe who is a legend oof the game so mad right now i cant breath


lol you so mad

[T_L_P]

Kobe>>>>>>>>Derek Anderson. Do you REALLY think he would have made a difference considering how the Lakers were steamrolling everyone then?

2000 WCF- Portland CHOKED. Duncan wouldn't have made a difference against prime Shaq either.
2002 WCF- Kings got nearly all the calls in game 5.
2008- Lakers got the short end of the calls against Boston.
2009- Lakers still would have won. They were on a mission that season (sweeping the Celtics and LeBron, nuff said).
2010- Lakers actually had less calls than Phoenix most of the series (Sasha's flagrant, the uncalled foul that led to the Artest putback in game 5, the suspicious series of long twos from the three point line at the beginning of game 4)

Lakers have gotten more than their fair share of the whistle benefitting their opponent more than them.

No assumptions. Spurs were missing their second best player (:oldlol:) in 2001. Also, Kobe did work against a prime Shaq in 1999. What would have been different in 2000?

[Straight_Ballin]

It's not Kobe's fault those top players were injured, but that's what happens when you play in a era with no pu$$ies.

But yes, there are plenty of asterisks in Kobe's playoff runs.

[Derivative]

After you take out all the asterisk rings, Kobe has 1 champion ship and 0 FMVP:lol :lol :lol

[Marlo_Stanfield]

Kobe is the master of asterisks
it could be argued he invented that shit

[J Shuttlesworth]

Derivative, you've been one of the better posters lately. Nothing like a Jordan fan ethering Kobe stans :rockon:

[Eye Test]

you know its bad for haters when no perkins = * :roll:

[livinglegend]

you know its bad for haters when no perkins = * :roll:
He was good in Boston and an important part of their great D.

[livinglegend]

Kobe>>>>>>>>Derek Anderson. Do you REALLY think he would have made a difference considering how the Lakers were steamrolling everyone then?

2000 WCF- Portland CHOKED. Duncan wouldn't have made a difference against prime Shaq either.
2002 WCF- Kings got nearly all the calls in game 5.
2008- Lakers got the short end of the calls against Boston.
2009- Lakers still would have won. They were on a mission that season (sweeping the Celtics and LeBron, nuff said).
2010- Lakers actually had less calls than Phoenix most of the series (Sasha's flagrant, the uncalled foul that led to the Artest putback in game 5, the suspicious series of long twos from the three point line at the beginning of game 4)

Lakers have gotten more than their fair share of the whistle benefitting their opponent more than them.

2000- Sabonis foul trouble on phantom calls happened
2002- Rigged
2008- They lost anyway
2009- Hypothetical. You cant prove that they would have won. Celtics were the defending champ and in this forum, defending champ are almost always favorite, no matter what happens during the regular season.
2010- Rigged 4th quarter game 7 finals.

[SpaceJammeR]

ahahaha thank you. all this asterisk talk should shut all those mfkn kobe stans.

[TheMagicMan]

ahahaha thank you. all this asterisk talk should shut all those mfkn kobe stans.

Deuce and Madsen already ethered this thread :facepalm

Meanwhile Heat stans avoiding the 'Bran asterisk comments like the plague :roll: :roll: :roll:

[davehos]

http://swishgeneration.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/kobe-crying-at-rape-press-conference1.jpg

[SpaceJammeR]

Deuce and Madsen already ethered this thread :facepalm

Meanwhile Heat stans avoiding the 'Bran asterisk comments like the plague :roll: :roll: :roll:

how did they ether this thread???

[Magic 32]

No Derek Anderson in 2001 either.

You could have given the Spurs a healthy Anderson, then placed him on Barry Bonds

[Deuce Bigalow]

Deuce and Madsen already ethered this thread :facepalm

Meanwhile Heat stans avoiding the 'Bran asterisk comments like the plague :roll: :roll: :roll:
I shut the thread down. Bran on the other hand...

2012 - Lockout no explanation needed. Also Stern vetoed CP3 trade to Lakers.
2013 - Injuries galore Christ!

But I forgot to mention the biggest asterisk of them all - colluding in your prime. Leaving your own franchise with one 50-win opponent playoff victory under your belt to join champion D-Wade. 0 rings if it wasn't for collusion creating a ripped off version of a legacy, another Elgin Baylor or Charles Barkley in the record books.

[J Shuttlesworth]

lol @ considering a lockout season an asterisk :roll: I guess teams don't compete when the season is short :facepalm The excuses Kobrick fans come up with to try to prop up their top 25 player

[T_L_P]

[QUOTE=Magic 32]You could have given the Spurs a healthy Anderson, then placed him on Barry Bonds

[Deuce Bigalow]

how did they ether this thread???
-Lakers swept Spurs the next year
-Kings shot more FTs for the series and had the biggest FTA advantage of 20 in game 3
-Barry put the ball on the floor and dribbled so the foul wasn't in the act of shooting if it would have been called
-Lakers would of had HCA over Boston in 09 and won the season series
-Bynum and Ariza were injured for the entire series in the 08 Finals instead of one game like Perkins in 2010.

Next

[KingBeasley08]

Damn, Kobe stans are like Kirby pls!!!

ur boi has maybe 1 title without an asterisk









next

[Deuce Bigalow]

Boiled down, the Spurs were without their second best player.

Asterisk.
4-0

+14
+7
+39
+29

[T_L_P]

4-0

+14
+7
+39
+29

That's not boiled down, Duece. It's funny how when it comes to matters like this you want to point out the facts but in others, which don't favour Kobe, it's '5>4'.

Derek Anderson could have changed that series if he dropped 35 PPG.

[Deuce Bigalow]

Damn, Kobe stans are like Kirby pls!!!

ur boi has maybe 1 title without an asterisk









next
If so that's 1 more than Bran "4-6 vs 50-win teams" James :oldlol:

[KingBeasley08]

If so that's 1 more than Bran "4-6 vs 50-win teams" James :oldlol:
Fine with me :lol

nikkas catching feelings in this thread, too good lol

[Magic 32]

That's not boiled down, Duece. It's funny how when it comes to matters like this you want to point out the facts but in others, which don't favour Kobe, it's '5>4'.

Derek Anderson could have changed that series if he dropped 35 PPG.


:roll: :roll: :roll:

http://s29.postimg.org/5lda6exxz/234.png

[T_L_P]

:roll: :roll: :roll:

http://s29.postimg.org/5lda6exxz/234.png

I'm not sure what the point is? The second best player of an opposing team went down. We can't make assumptions about what would have happened, we just need to face the fact it was an asterisk, especially if, say, '99 is.

[Magic 32]

I'm not sure what the point is? The second best player of an opposing team went down. We can't make assumptions about what would have happened, we just need to face the fact it was an asterisk, especially if, say, '99 is.

Second best player got shut down by Michael Finley. :roll: :roll:

[215Philly]

Asterisks in the NBA wasn't possible until Lebran won a ring

[Artillery]

2000 Lakers were a very flawed team. It was basically prime Shaq carrying a group of role players - he was the best offensive and defensive player on that team. Kobe was pretty awful that year. RAPM had him as one of worst defenders for his position. Wasn't all that impressive on offense either(.517 TS in the playoffs) Rice wasn't a good fit for the triangle too. Went the distance against the Jason Williams Kings in the first round. Struggled against a Blazers team that the Spurs swept the year before. Shaq was great but that Lakers team was very beatable.

[Smoke117]

This is trolling but its not entirely untrue. The Celtics in 09 for instance were better team than the 08 one for sure. Ray was coming off of double ankle surgeries and was recommended to rest for a few weeks before going back, but he went against doctor recommendation. He was much better and more mobile in 09, Pierce was pierce, Garnett was Garnett, Rondo was getting better...before Garnett their defensive anchor and basically best player got injured they were destroying everyone. Everyone likes to whine and cry about injuries and asterisk, but about The Celtics in 09 then? No team was going to beat that 09 Celtics team if KG didn't go down. That lakers team in 09 had nothing for a healthy Celtics team.

[Deuce Bigalow]

This is trolling but its not entirely untrue. The Celtics in 09 for instance were better team than the 08 one for sure. Ray was coming off of double ankle surgeries and was recommended to rest for a few weeks before going back, but he went against doctor recommendation. He was much better and more mobile in 09, Pierce was pierce, Garnett was Garnett, Rondo was getting better...before Garnett their defensive anchor and basically best player got injured they were destroying everyone. Everyone likes to whine and cry about injuries and asterisk, but about The Celtics in 09 then? No team was going to beat that 09 Celtics team if KG didn't go down. That lakers team in 09 had nothing for a healthy Celtics team.
Not sure about that. Lakers would of had Bynum and Ariza healthy and HCA. Plus Gasol was in his peak, he would have played like he did in the 2010 finals.

[mikek85]

*Carried by Shaq
*Carried by Shaq
*Carried by Shaq

[quartwarier]

Shaq is a ****ing cvnt

[Dbrog]

Kobe has at least 2 asterisks right off the top of my head. Wtf r u talking about? Kings series was admittedly rigged and then the dfish shot which shouldn't have counted against the spurs (review would have revealed this). Besides this not really asterisks but he had 3 chips as 2nd best player (despite whatever stats u bring up).

[TheMagicMan]

Not sure about that. Lakers would of had Bynum and Ariza healthy and HCA. Plus Gasol was in his peak, he would have played like he did in the 2010 finals.

This. Fakkits forget Bynum didn't play in the '08 Finals. So asterisk for the Celtics title :roll: :roll: :roll:

[Rodmantheman]

Hopefully this shuts up the dumb asterisk talk on this site probably not.

[Artillery]

*Carried by Shaq
*Carried by Shaq
*Carried by Shaq

:oldlol: won the majority of his championships as a sidekick

[red1]

the chuckbe fanboys are definitely amongst the dumbest on This board. Never seen So many backfires in my life

[Anaximandro1]

Nothing like that big fat asterisk the Spurs have from their bullshit '99 title :roll: :roll: :roll:


Las Vegas - Favorites to win 1999 NBA title (Feb 6, 1999)
(http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1999-02-06/sports/9902060234_1_scott-magic-outlaw)
The favorites are the Utah Jazz and Indiana Pacers at 7-2. The Lakers are at 3-1, followed by the New York Knicks and San Antonio Spurs at 5-1, and the Houston Rockets at 6-1.



In 1999 the Jazz and the Lakers were heavily favored to win the NBA championship.

The Lakers won their regular-season series with the Spurs 2-1 ... Lakers had beaten San Antonio in five of the last six meetings.

The Spurs swept the Lakers in the 1998-99 season playoffs (4-0) ...


Kobe had a stacked team his whole career ... he should have won 8 rings.


Kobe is the biggest underachiever in NBA history.

[J Shuttlesworth]

Kobe fans taking so many L's ITT :roll:

[aj1987]

Then what does D wade have on his resume after that disgrace they called the 2006 NBA Finals.

1 sidekick ring in 2013. *ring in 2012.
Lol, this bitch is insecure as ****. Kobetards on suicide alert.

Worst fan base EVER! LeBron tards look like geniuses, compared to you guys.

[MiseryCityTexas]

lmao @ Derek Anderson dropping 35 PPG :oldlol:

[Marlo_Stanfield]

the chuckbe fanboys are definitely amongst the dumbest on This board. Never seen So many backfires in my life
:roll: :roll: :roll:

[Sharmer]

He's lucky.

[robert_shaww]

No assumptions please.

The best basketball player in 1999 missed the 2000 Playoffs.

did the best basketaball player played vs lakers in 2001 ?

[T_L_P]

did the best basketaball player played vs lakers in 2001 ?

Yep, but he was without his Kobe/Wade.

[HoopsFanNumero1]

It's especially funny because it's mainly Kobe fans that are always whining about asterisks. I've always said Kobe doesn't have any legit championships as the man.

2000, 2001, 2002 - all won as sidekicks with multiple rigged series
2009 - Yao, Garnett injured
2010 - Perkins injured, Celtics game 7 rigged

[SexSymbol]

2000:
-Best player on defending champs Tim Duncan is injured.

2002:
-Kings Lakers game 6, no explanation needed.

2008:
-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fR4m0ZThDYY

2009:
-BEST PLAYER ON THE DEFENDING CHAMPS Kevin Garnett gets season injury, Kobe doesn't have to face the Boston team that massacred them last season

-Rocket's best player Yao Ming gets injured in second game vs Lakers, backup center Mutumbo also gets injured. Laker's managed to beat the Rockets in a tough 7 game series WITHOUT Rocket's BEST PLAYER and backup center.

2010:
-Boston starting center Kendrick Perkins gets injured, can' play vs Lakers in game 7 of finals, where the Celtics out vastly out rebounded.

-All the questionable calls in the fourth quarter vs Celtics during game 7.


As you can see, Kobe' playoff resume is extremely clean, no asterisks at all.
:roll: :roll: :roll:
Wallace was having a better game that night than Perkins ever had in his career

[Knoe Itawl]

It's especially funny because it's mainly Kobe fans that are always whining about asterisks.

This. Kobe fans = worst fans in sports. They've driven Jeff to saying they may make him want to put a bullet in his head. Now that's bad.

[Derivative]

:lol

[InsanityKills]

OP is a genius!

:bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:

[TomBrady]

Asterisks in sports exist only in the minds of delusional fans.

[Kvnzhangyay]

Asterisks in sports exist only in the minds of delusional fans.

This. Luck is literally inherent in basketball

[Sakkreth]

Lol 2000 and 2002 WCFs rigged as **** and carried by Shaq anyways. One ring with prime Shaq carrying you for many years...

[ImKobe]

Lakers beat Spurs easily in 2001 and 2002, who's to say they wouldn't have done the same in 2000? Lakers faced enough adversity in the POs and both Kobe & Shaq showed up every time when they had to

You can say the refs were biased for the Lakers in Game 6 with some unfair calls but the Kings had so many chances to win that series, I guess the refs also made Horry hit that shot or Peja airball that wide open 3 at the end of 4th in Game 7..

Lakers beat Boston in 2010 anyways..and 2009 Lakers were even better as they won 65 games and Ariza played a lot better that Playoffs than Artest in 2010, 09 was also the last year before Kobe's knee got ****ed up

wow you're really gonna use Kendrick Perkins as an excuse :kobe:, who's to say he wouldn't have done a poor job in Game 7? he averaged 6 ppg 6 rpg in 25 mins for that Playoff run...2008 Bynum and Ariza were both injured...maybe LA 3-Peats if everyone's healthy..

[Magic 32]

Tim Duncan

1999 Lockout

2003 Dirk injured

2005 Joe Johnson breaking his face against the Mavs

2007 Cheap shot bob

2014 Lebron craps


This is so easy.

[kamil]

Sacramento Kings should have one title.. So yeah, Kobe's definitely got an asterisk next to his name.

[DMV2]

*be

[sportjames23]

*be


:lol

[choppermagic]

LOL, OP is hilarious.

So in order for ANYONE to win the championship, every other single star (or role player) on every other team needs to be fully healthy? LOL

Lakers lost in 2008 with an injured Bynum and Ariza. They lost in 2004 with a gimpy Karl Malone. The Bad Boy pistons won with Magic and Scott injured. Every champion faced teams with injuries. It's part of the sport, sadly.

And how about the crazy officiating AGAINST the lakers in the 2008 Finals or game 5 of the series against Sacramento? People just ignore of course.

Or maybe all the champions since 2013 should get an asterisk because the NBA vetoed the CP3 trade to the Lakers? What a joke

[SsKSpurs21]

asterisks are stupid.

Every team runs into some type of luck... be it an injury, last second shot, bad shooting nights by opponent, calls going their way etc.

A championship is a championship no matter how its attained.

[ralph_i_el]

LOL, OP is hilarious.

So in order for ANYONE to win the championship, every other single star (or role player) on every other team needs to be fully healthy? LOL

Lakers lost in 2008 with an injured Bynum and Ariza. They lost in 2004 with a gimpy Karl Malone. The Bad Boy pistons won with Magic and Scott injured. Every champion faced teams with injuries. It's part of the sport, sadly.

And how about the crazy officiating AGAINST the lakers in the 2008 Finals or game 5 of the series against Sacramento? People just ignore of course.

Or maybe all the champions since 2013 should get an asterisk because the NBA vetoed the CP3 trade to the Lakers? What a joke

I'm pretty sure OP was making a point about how stupid it is to give LeBron an * for his rings like some folks around here do. It's a rhetorical strategy where you use your opponents same logic in a situation which forces them to disagree with themselves.

[InsanityKills]

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[HurricaneKid]

And how about the crazy officiating AGAINST the lakers

Does not compute.