Byron: Kobe Bryant will "probably" play Power Forward at times next season

[CavaliersFTW]

http://www.nba.com/2015/news/features/david_aldridge/07/20/the-morning-tip/

:biggums:

36 years old, 6-4 and 3/4, and 205 pounds.

He's John Havliceks size... and he's going to be playing Power Forward.

This is not good.

[bigkingsfan]

Lets hope so. :yaohappy:

[J Shuttlesworth]

Blake bout to do this to him

http://i.perezhilton.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/blake-griffin-grabs-trainers-head-on-tv.gif

[RRR3]

Byron Scott: "I'm insane and I want to get Kobe injured"

[Big Cheese]

cant wait to see the lou williams, russell, nick young, kobe bryant, roy hibbert line up :rockon:

[kennethgriffin]

lebrons basically a power forward and kobe bodied him up on offense and defense like it wasnt anything out of the norm.


hes matched up with 6-8, 6-9 guys a bunch and they all outweighed him


kobe might not be a great fighter. but the dudes strong and uses leverage well


and its obviously not to match up with other teams traditional PF's.. its only when other teams go small

[Hittin_Shots]

lebrons basically a power forward and kobe bodied him up on offense and defense like it wasnt anything out of the norm.


hes matched up with 6-8, 6-9 guys a bunch and they all outweighed him


kobe might not be a great fighter. but the dudes strong and uses leverage well


and its obviously not to match up with other teams traditional PF's.. its only when other teams go small

Isn't it uncomfortable with Kobe's nuts on your chin all day?

[FireDavidKahn]

:roll:

Byron Scott about to be fired.

[Legends66NBA7]

I'm hoping Kobe retires now.

[Springsteen]

Isn't it uncomfortable with Kobe's nuts on your chin all day?

kobe could play center and hed find some made up narrative to show how the great mamba could be servicable there

[RRR3]

Kobe should say,
"sure Byron. If you play shooting guard I'll do it"

[CavaliersFTW]

Point guard through small forward I totally understand, Kobe really is versatile enough to play those positions extremely proficiently. But PF requires a lot of boxing out and fighting and he's old now so that will be a lot of wear and tear so it just doesn't make sense to me to suddenly tell him to body big players up, like wtf that's going to injure him or destroy his legs for sure.

[DonDadda59]

Jordan played a lot of 3 and some 4 when he was on the Wizards. Figures Bean would bite that too. :facepalm

[Legends66NBA7]

I mean, Kobe is a pretty strong guy and I've seen him box out well along with using his speed to play defense well against better plays. But he's just at point where he'll just wear down faster despite all that old man strength.

[You Cant Ban Me]

PGhttp://s13.postimg.org/k79qtsz43/2528426_png_w_350_h_254.png

SGhttp://s9.postimg.org/yftai0p4b/lou_williams_basketball_headshot_photo.jpg

SFhttp://s27.postimg.org/xv6862hlr/3243_png_w_350_h_254.png

PFhttp://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51izZXLJT%2BL._SX258_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg

Chttp://s15.postimg.org/ze5feupmv/3436_png_w_350_h_254.png

That linup at the end of games aint bad http://img560.imageshack.us/img560/4449/iranmaybe.png

[tpols]

who cares about size.. old man strength.

Less not forget the time kobe bullied prime artest :pimp:

http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.425973!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/article_1200/alg-artest-bryant-jpg.jpg

[JT123]

:roll: Can't wait to watch balbe curl up in the fetal position as Bron dominates him in the post. :banana:

[thefatmiral]

maybe sf

[ekosky]

Hopefully somebody puts the old rapist away.

An elbow to the face by Serge will do. :applause:

[G0ATbe]

Nice:applause: . Godbe locking up the likes of Anthony Davis/Blake Griffin at 36 years old is gonna be an epic spectacle.


Also, when did Kobe shrink to 6'4?:facepalm
http://clesportstalk.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/nba_g_kobe_lebron1_576.jpg

[G-train]

Some people need to think before they type.
Will he play power forward against Blake Griffin? No.
Will he be the 2nd biggest player on the court matched up against another swingman at times? Yes.


Kobe can play one, two and three. There's no doubt in my mind. And there's some games. against some teams, where he'll probably play four.

[JT123]

Hopefully somebody puts the old rapist away.

An elbow to the face by Serge will do. :applause:
Serge is kinda over kill doe. Any midget can put Kobe down
http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwvmunNzox1qjkukyo1_500.gif

:lol

[TheMarkMadsen]

:roll: :roll:

[CavaliersFTW]

Nice:applause: . Godbe locking up the likes of Anthony Davis/Blake Griffin at 36 years old is gonna be an epic spectacle.


Also, when did Kobe shrink to 6'4?:facepalm
http://clesportstalk.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/nba_g_kobe_lebron1_576.jpg
He never shrank to 6' 4"... he's admitted he measured 6-4 and 3/4 without shoes.

That's his height. No matter what foreshortened pics you try to use, it won't change that. And that's not really the important bit here, as Charles Barkley and Gus Johnson are two all-time great PF's who played at that same height. The issue is his age, and his weight. He's 36 years old, and 205 lbs.

[senelcoolidge]

Julius Randle is that bad that Kobe has to start over him at PF. Great future for the lakerz.

[WeGetRing2012]

Basically saying we will play some small ball. Didn't Andre just win FMVP playing at the 4. We definitely have size with Hibbert, Bass, Black, Randle, and Nance so Im not concerned about this.

[Ramza]

Byron:
http://i1.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/facebook/000/867/911/382.jpg

[HylianNightmare]

Blake bout to do this to him

http://i.perezhilton.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/blake-griffin-grabs-trainers-head-on-tv.gif



That's ****ed

[JZ600]

Blake bout to do this to him

http://i.perezhilton.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/blake-griffin-grabs-trainers-head-on-tv.gif
Jason collins is jealous

[Heavincent]

Jordan played a lot of 3 and some 4 when he was on the Wizards. Figures Bean would bite that too. :facepalm

This wasn't Kobe's idea, but okay.

[Angel Face]

I doubt his current body can still handle physicality..., Oh wait we're in a soft era of bigs, I'm sure Kobe will be fine.

[3ball]

http://www.nba.com/2015/news/features/david_aldridge/07/20/the-morning-tip/

:biggums:

36 years old, 6-4 and 3/4, and 205 pounds.

He's John Havliceks size... and he's going to be playing Power Forward.

This is not good.
His post game is already equal to many PFs - he has all-time level post skill/repertoire and mid-range shooting touch.. And he can spread the floor.

OMG... It just occurred to me... MJ's goat post game playing PF in today's small ball league!!

Holy crap... Elgin Baylor as PF in today's game.... Yikes.. Oscar, Magic, Dominique, Bernard King, Adrian Dantley!!!.. Today's game soft af

[kennethgriffin]

kobe and pierce matched up a hundred times before... the past year pierce was the small lineup PF sometimes



this is how the new nba offenses are... positions arent relative to height/weight anymore


kobe might be matching up with another guy whos almost the same size on the other end




:facepalm ISH


lebrons played center in small lineups before. kobe f*cked him up in 1 on 1 plays a ton of times...

[Real14]

Blake bout to do this to him

http://i.perezhilton.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/blake-griffin-grabs-trainers-head-on-tv.gif
look at trish fall's gay ass laughing:lol

[longtime lurker]

I'm hoping Kobe retires now.

Retire? I just hope Kobe doesn't die out there on the court. Bass, Black, Randle, Kelly and Nance can all get minutes at PF yet this moron of a coach wants to play Kobe there.

[imnew09]

Alpha. Should play him at the C too to show these soft charming how its done

[DonDadda59]

This wasn't Kobe's idea, but okay.

It never ends. Bout to be 40, 20 years in the league, still on some Jordan stan shit :facepalm

http://i.dongtw.com/2014/12/kobe-12-jordan-shirt.jpg

https://kicksaddict.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/kobe-jordan-forma-si.jpg

http://theshoegame.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Kobe-Wearing-Jordan-Jersey.jpg

[ClipperRevival]

Blake bout to do this to him

http://i.perezhilton.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/blake-griffin-grabs-trainers-head-on-tv.gif
:roll: Never saw this and I've been watching 90% of Clip games the last few years. Can't believe people didn't make a bigger deal about this.

[Kobe_6/8]

Alpha.

[ClipperRevival]

People overrating. Kobe might see very limited time at the 4 against small lineups. Big deal. Not like he's going to bang against Blake.

[GimmeThat]

well, the NBA team averages about 12.5 to 16 turnovers per game.

even if you were to go for points off of turnover, we are raising the same argument of 'could a pull up 3 off of transition ever be a better basket than the unguarded 2'


in the scenario that iso plays were to be eliminated at the PF position

surely, that is saying there are better man to man defenders at the 2.

[AirFederer]

I give him ten to fifteen games until he breaks down :(

[ImKobe]

Warriors won a title with 6-6 Draymond Green playing at Center in the Finals..

It's not like Kobe will play PF 10-20 minutes a game...only when teams are running small ball line-ups and he's matched up against guys closer to his size/weight.

[clipps]

Isn't it uncomfortable with Kobe's nuts on your chin all day?

Give him a break. I'm sure Kobe's nuts is also in his face as well.

[SexSymbol]

http://www.nba.com/2015/news/features/david_aldridge/07/20/the-morning-tip/

:biggums:

36 years old, 6-4 and 3/4, and 205 pounds.

He's John Havliceks size... and he's going to be playing Power Forward.

This is not good.
he's 6-6

[nzahir]

lebrons basically a power forward and kobe bodied him up on offense and defense like it wasnt anything out of the norm.


hes matched up with 6-8, 6-9 guys a bunch and they all outweighed him


kobe might not be a great fighter. but the dudes strong and uses leverage well


and its obviously not to match up with other teams traditional PF's.. its only when other teams go small
Like this, too bad this dont fly in regular games? http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/cc500/pauk666/Kobe-Lebron_zpsc8257fed.png
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFfrFmBRgCw
https://youtu.be/bhSLiOFRJe4?t=3m

[Lebron23]

He's gonna get posterize.

[DavisWarriorsFan]

http://www.nba.com/2015/news/features/david_aldridge/07/20/the-morning-tip/

:biggums:

36 years old, 6-4 and 3/4, and 205 pounds.

He's John Havliceks size... and he's going to be playing Power Forward.

This is not good.
212 pounds.

[SugarHill]

look at trish fall's gay ass laughing:lol
and he got all mad when pau patted him on the head...fvck cp3

[aj1987]

lebrons basically a power forward and kobe bodied him up on offense and defense like it wasnt anything out of the norm.


hes matched up with 6-8, 6-9 guys a bunch and they all outweighed him


kobe might not be a great fighter. but the dudes strong and uses leverage well


and its obviously not to match up with other teams traditional PF's.. its only when other teams go small
http://i.imgur.com/bgpDrZi.png

[Bosnian Sajo]

and he got all mad when pau patted him on the head...fvck cp3

CP the type of dude that will say the most ****ed up shit to you but when you comment anything negative about him, dude gets mad defensive. Hate those ****boys.

[Magic 32]

"The one thing that we wanted to do and accomplish through this draft and through free agency was to try and be a little more versatile, have some versatility. So I think (Clarkson, Russell, Williams) can definitely do that. Kobe can play one, two and three. There's no doubt in my mind. And there's some games. against some teams, where he'll probably play four. With his tenaciousness, the way he guards people and when his mind is set, if I say 'Kobe, you've got him,' he takes that as a challenge. You know how he is. He'll compete."

Another non-story when you read the full quote.

[Levity]

ITT, dumb kids post dumb shit.

It'll obviously be for certain match ups and even then, probably no more than a handful of minutes. All playoffs long you guys are talking about how small ball is the future. Well gentlemen, this constitutes as small ball. and lets not forget, a 6'4" kobe is still nasty strong.

[4 Inches]

http://fat.gfycat.com/FineCharmingAlaskankleekai.gif

[PP34Deuce]

I hope Byron Scott realizes he's the stop gap coach.... As soon as the lakers get a sense of talent and are ready to be playoff driven, they will get rid of Scott and get another coach.

He to me is the definition of great assistant coach to have but not complete enough to be a head coach.

He's not an X and O's guy like a Rick Carlisle
He's not as good at building relationships like Doc Rivers
He doesn't have the ability to lead great assistants his way like a Popavich or Kerr.

What does Scott offer to make you think a team can content with him? J. Kidd ran those Nets teams...

[JT123]

http://i.imgur.com/bgpDrZi.png
Kobe is 6-14 against Lebron for his career? :biggums: :oldlol: :lol :roll:
How embarrassing :banana:

[Dr Seuss]

Kobe is 6-14 against Lebron for his career? :biggums: :oldlol: :lol :roll:
How embarrassing :banana:


Kobe has more than double the rings than lebron with only 1 more finals appearance? how embarrassing :banana:

[JT123]

Kobe has more than double the rings than lebron with only 1 more finals appearance? how embarrassing :banana:
Finals MVP's by age 30
Lebron 2
Kobe 0

:yaohappy: