When asked how Kobe-LA pairing would work, Kobe wanted to still be the first option

[Dro]

Got this from realgm


Ramona Shelburne ✔ @ramonashelburne
Told that Aldridge asked @kobebryant how he thought they would play together and Kobe compared it to his dynamic w/ Pau.

Kobe could only be implying that he still wants to be the first option. Yes Pau was huge but Kobe was still the first option, everyone knows that. Kobe can no longer be the first option on a contending team, even the craziest Kobe stan has to admit this...

If true, I don't understand Kobe...You should be trying to get people to play with you if you want to win, not saying things to make them not want to play with you.

[fiddy]

Kobe= the definition of Alpha

[Velocirap31]

Kobe is all about himself first. Always been that way.

[GIF REACTION]

Kobe= the definition of Alpha
Incorrect-o sir,

Being a life-long Laker Nation fan, I can speak for the fanbase. Majority of fans believe that Kobe Mamba has become an anchor dragging this team down! We want to be in the playoffs again!

[fiddy]

Incorrect-o sir,

Being a life-long Laker Nation fan, I can speak for the fanbase. Majority of fans believe that Kobe Mamba has become an anchor dragging this team down! We want to be in the playoffs again!
You ran out of diсks available for sucking?

[Asiantastic]

Kobe pls :(

At this point of his career, he should accept being more of a vocal leader. He even admitted last season that he's physically incapable of doing the things he was once able to. He needs to accept a lesser role and allow more team ball, now that he has a decent core around him.

[Genaro]

Press want to make it about Kobe because it brings more clickers and feed the Kobe hate around but the fact is Kobe barely spoke in the meeting, LMA is 30 years old and don't have a ring yet, with or without Kobe the Lakers aren't contenders anytime soon. Besides, people who conducted the meeting chose to talk about business instead of basketball.
Kobe is irrelevant for LMA choosing another team.

[GIF REACTION]

Kobe pls :(

At this point of his career, he should accept being more of a vocal leader. He even admitted last season that he's physically incapable of doing the things he was once able to. He needs to accept a lesser role and allow more team ball, now that he has a decent core around him.
Agreed. He is no longer The Black Mamba that he once was... Master shot-jacker... Now he struggles to hoist them up that which he did with ease in the past...

It's time to adapt Mr. Bryant! Adapt to perish!

[imdaman99]

Aldridge as a #1 option is not gonna win more than a round in the West. That being said, Kobe is hardly a 1st option as well. But he is still an alpha. Much respects to Mamba for not ring chasing at the end of his career.

[Paul George 24]

Kobe Is Done..................

[kshutts1]

Got this from realgm

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Kobe could only be implying that he still wants to be the first option. Yes Pau was huge but Kobe was still the first option, everyone knows that. Kobe can no longer be the first option on a contending team, even the craziest Kobe stan has to admit this...

If true, I don't understand Kobe...You should be trying to get people to play with you if you want to win, not saying things to make them not want to play with you.
While I agree that Kobe shouldn't be the first option on a team with LMA, consider that last year he was a 22/5.5/5.5 player.. at age 36. His FG% was horrendous, but how much of that can be attributed to the fact that he had arguably the third worst team in all of basketball? Give him another star to take some of the pressure off, and I can see Kobe doing a 23/4/6 campaign with 43-47% shooting (but still no D).

First option? Again, no. But I'm not even a stan, much less a crazy one :lol

[G0ATbe]

He was leading the league in scoring before he went down this season. Why can't he be the first option??:lol

[GIF REACTION]

He was leading the league in scoring before he went down this season. Why can't he be the first option??:lol
Real Lakers fans like myself KNOW Kobe can't be a 1st option. He needs to either retire, or take a back seat!

[Hey Yo]

Aldridge as a #1 option is not gonna win more than a round in the West. That being said, Kobe is hardly a 1st option as well. But he is still an alpha. Much respects to Mamba for not ring chasing at the end of his career.
Yeah......instead he chose to ring chase at the beginning of his career.

[Dro]

Aldridge as a #1 option is not gonna win more than a round in the West. That being said, Kobe is hardly a 1st option as well. But he is still an alpha. Much respects to Mamba for not ring chasing at the end of his career.
Its not so much about LMA being the 1st option as it is about Kobe still wanting to be the 1st option instead of playing a more team oriented game. I don't really think LMA is all that either and I don't think he'll carry you to a championship but I just don't understand why wouldn't try to get the best players you can get in your last year. Unless Kobe just doesn't really care about winning anymore and is playing for personal accolades......

[I<3NBA]

He was leading the league in scoring before he went down this season. Why can't he be the first option??:lol
because he will go down again?

are you stupid or what? his body can't take being a first option anymore.

[IncarceratedBob]

Yeah......instead he chose to ring chase at the beginning of his career.
by joining the powerhouse 95 lakers :lol

shaq signed after kobe demanded to play for this favorite franchise growing up, so if anyone ring chased it's shaq (:

[TheMarkMadsen]

wait i thought Gasol carried Kobe, was FMVP and so on..

so if Kobe wants the dynamic between him and LMA to be the same as it was with Pau.. then what's the problem..??



you idiots only choose to push this agenda when it suits you.. anything to hate on Kobe.. :oldlol: :oldlol:

[heavensdevil]

should have said Shaq and Kobe Dynamic.

[Bankaii]

wait i thought Gasol carried Kobe, was FMVP and so on..

so if Kobe wants the dynamic between him and LMA to be the same as it was with Pau.. then what's the problem..??



you idiots only choose to push this agenda when it suits you.. anything to hate on Kobe.. :oldlol: :oldlol:
Real Lakers fans on the forum must hate you. Kobe is destroying the Lakers' future and all you care about is haters' opinions of him.

[Vancouver-Grizz]

Press want to make it about Kobe because it brings more clickers and feed the Kobe hate around but the fact is Kobe barely spoke in the meeting, LMA is 30 years old and don't have a ring yet, with or without Kobe the Lakers aren't contenders anytime soon. Besides, people who conducted the meeting chose to talk about business instead of basketball.
Kobe is irrelevant for LMA choosing another team.


Ding Ding Ding!!!! Finally somebody can see what happened here. Media always look for the juicy headlines which generally is all false.

[TheMarkMadsen]

Real Lakers fans on the forum must hate you. Kobe is destroying the Lakers' future and all you care about is haters' opinions of him.

pointing out the ridiculous double standard held against Kobe her after every thread made the past few days have been negative towards Kobe/the lakers = "not a real laker fan"

ok dumbass

[Heavincent]

It's funny, the quote in the OP doesn't seem to match the thread title.

Kobe had great chemistry with Pau. LMA has some similarities to Pau (skilled big man, good scorer, good midrange jumper, etc), so they could perhaps have a similar dynamic in terms of running the pick n roll and such. That's all he meant. Only retard Kobe detractors think he was trying to insult LMA.

Kobe was likely speaking in X's and O's, not ESPN first take bullshit like you idiots here.

Maybe guys should look at from a basketball perspective instead of regurgitating what Skip Bayless says.

[Bankaii]

pointing out the ridiculous double standard held against Kobe her after every thread made the past few days have been negative towards Kobe/the lakers = "not a real laker fan"

ok dumbass
You care wayy to much of what retards think. Nobody really thinks Pau carried Kobe idiot. He's running off all their major free agents. And you're not a Lakers fan lol, just stop.

[TheMarkMadsen]

You care wayy to much of what retards think. Nobody really thinks Pau carried Kobe idiot. He's running off all their major free agents. And you're not a Lakers fan lol, just stop.


you don't know shit, jabroni

[Heavincent]

He's running off all their major free agents.

LMA didn't like that the Lakers presentation didn't have enough emphasis on basketball, and Kobe seemed to be the only one talking hoops, so you're wrong. It's been reported that LMA was not bothered by Kobe at all.

This is from a neutral perspective btw. Not a Lakers fan, but the media smear campaign against Kobe is a little ridiculous if you ask me.

[alanLA92]

Yeah......instead he chose to ring chase at the beginning of his career.

Bad troll post is bad. :oldlol:

[TheCorporation]

While I agree that Kobe shouldn't be the first option on a team with LMA, consider that last year he was a 22/5.5/5.5 player.. at age 36. His FG% was horrendous, but how much of that can be attributed to the fact that he had arguably the third worst team in all of basketball? Give him another star to take some of the pressure off, and I can see Kobe doing a 23/4/6 campaign with 43-47% shooting (but still no D).

First option? Again, no. But I'm not even a stan, much less a crazy one :lol

Can we stop with the 47% while scoring 23 ppg?

Kobe has NEVER, read it again, NEVER shot 47% in his career...Not once.

So, no one in hell he shoots 47% on 23 ppg ever, in his life. Sorry bruh, not ever gonna happen.

I could, however, see a Kobe campaign of 22-4-5 with 45%

[TheCorporation]

It's funny, the quote in the OP doesn't seem to match the thread title.

Kobe had great chemistry with Pau. LMA has some similarities to Pau (skilled big man, good scorer, good midrange jumper, etc), so they could perhaps have a similar dynamic in terms of running the pick n roll and such. That's all he meant. Only retard Kobe detractors think he was trying to insult LMA.

Kobe was likely speaking in X's and O's, not ESPN first take bullshit like you idiots here.

Maybe guys should look at from a basketball perspective instead of regurgitating what Skip Bayless says.

I'm pretty sure they're talking about the fact that Kobe wants to remain the #1 option alongside LMA...Get it, now? lol

Kobe in 2010 (6 years ago) made sense to be #1 option
Kobe in 2016 WITH LMA does NOT make sense to be #1 option

Last 2 seasons LMA put up:

23 ppg on 47%
23 ppg on 46%

And he is 29. Not 36. And he didn't shoot 37% FG like Kobe last year, too :lol

[sammichoffate]

I'm pretty sure they're talking about the fact that Kobe wants to remain the #1 option alongside LMA...Get it, now? lol

Kobe in 2010 (6 years ago) made sense to be #1 option
Kobe in 2016 WITH LMA does NOT make sense to be #1 option

Last 2 seasons LMA put up:

23 ppg on 47%
23 ppg on 46%

And he is 29. Not 36. And he didn't shoot 37% FG like Kobe last year, too :lolHe did get bodied by Memphis in the playoffs though, what were his percentages again? :rolleyes:

[GimmeThat]

the odd part, is that if this was an agenda to prop up John Stocktons ranking.
it totally works

and LA would have no rebuttal as to why not to sign with the Lakers

[chazzy]

I'm pretty sure they're talking about the fact that Kobe wants to remain the #1 option alongside LMA...Get it, now? lol
:lol
Why the hell would Kobe care/talk about being a #1 option in his last season? He's openly talked about passing on the torch to a good player on his way out and clearly references Pau to show how their on court chemistry led to success. LMA shares some similarities to Pau in their offensive skillset so its no surprise. Of course ISH interprets that as IM STILL THE #1 OPTION :oldlol:

You guys are the same people who think Pau carried Kobe, so now it's insulting to compare someone to Pau huh? :lol

Ramona Shelburne ‏
There was no talk of black swans or white swans;) Kobe just said he thought they'd be great together & compared it to the game he & Pau ran

[Mr. I'm So Rad]

Maybe guys should look at from a basketball perspective instead of regurgitating what Skip Bayless says.

Quit advocating the impossible.

[Ne 1]

Can we stop with the 47% while scoring 23 ppg?

Kobe has NEVER, read it again, NEVER shot 47% in his career...Not once.

So, no one in hell he shoots 47% on 23 ppg ever, in his life. Sorry bruh, not ever gonna happen.

I could, however, see a Kobe campaign of 22-4-5 with 45%

Is this Heat007/PurpleChuck/Hank?

[bluechox2]

aldridge ultimately wanted kobe to suck his dick in the 2nd meeting

[dazzer87]

So, the "you could be my bynum" didnt work?????? :banghead: :banghead:

[TheMarkMadsen]

[QUOTE=TheCorporation]Can we stop with the 47% while scoring 23 ppg?

Kobe has NEVER, read it again, NEVER shot 47% in his career...Not once.
/QUOTE]

not that this arbitrary stat matters.. but you're always bringing this up and you're wrong..

Kobe had an entire run to the finals where he shot 48%

[Bankaii]

LMA didn't like that the Lakers presentation didn't have enough emphasis on basketball, and Kobe seemed to be the only one talking hoops, so you're wrong. It's been reported that LMA was not bothered by Kobe at all.

This is from a neutral perspective btw. Not a Lakers fan, but the media smear campaign against Kobe is a little ridiculous if you ask me.
He shipped Shaq out, he made Dwight leave, and whether you want to believe or not a player out the door telling an upcoming allstar he would be his sidekick affected his decision.

And if you really want to believe that free agents aren't going to LA because the don't want to play with Kobe you're oblivious. I love his attitude but he takes it too far and he's not the player he thinks he is anymore.

On top of that his salary is ridiculous. I don't know much about contracts and salaries in the NBA but wouldn't his contract have effected the massive one Melo got in NY?

[Ne 1]

He shipped Shaq out

This is a myth. The fact is that Shaq left L.A. on his own free will after Kobe had already opted-out.