Kobe's brand has been a failure

[JT123]

at least in comparison to other greats.

[I][COLOR="Red"]Even if that scandal had never happened,

[Foster5k]

at least in comparison to other greats.

Even if that scandal had never happened, “Kobe just never had that same moxie that MJ or LeBron have,” according to Doug Shabelman, sports marketing expert with Burns Entertainment. “Whether it was being in L.A., whether it was because people were coming off the Michael Jordan brand, whatever it was, he never resonated to the same extent as those guys. He ended up being a terrific ambassador and endorser, but never a full-fledged brand.”

http://fortune.com/2015/11/30/kobe-bryant-retiring/?xid=yahoo_fortune
These guys beg to differ...

http://img.bleacherreport.net/img/images/photos/002/545/276/ScreenShot2013-10-10at2.48.34PM_crop_north.jpg?w=630&h=420&q=75

[truhooper]

Imagine If MJ or Lebron played in LA :eek:

[Lebronxrings]

pretty sad tbh

[DaOldLion]

well looks like Kobe's brand and your life have a lot in common

[warriorfan]

we will have to take these claims very seriously considering that OP is an expert in failure

[ballinhun8]

How many more threads are the mods going to let the OP make about Kobe??


I've reported for spamming. Hopefully others will too.



Either that or this should be in the Lakers sub-forum

[LikeABosh]

Not everyone can be like Mike and Lebron

[buddha]

it's cause Kobe is an anti-social introvert. he doesn't have the personality type to excel selling stuff like MJ and LeBron did. Idk what this has to do with basketball, this is business.

[GIF REACTION]

common knowledge.. He lacked that... X-factor. The supreme genetic endowment. The "gift"... He artificially made up for it by creating this "Alpha Dog Black Mamba" persona... It in-doctrined the frail of mind, but anyone with a keen eye could see it was but a facade. Kobe was the embodiment of overcoming inferiority.

[FreezingTsmoove]

stfu jameer

[AlphaWolf24]

http://i495.photobucket.com/albums/rr320/BruceBlitz/IMG_2084_zps33x9wwf4.jpg

http://i495.photobucket.com/albums/rr320/BruceBlitz/kobecurrygod_zpscrs3xiia.jpg

[I<3NBA]

https://usatthebiglead.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/kobe-bryant-mugshot-si-cover.jpg
i say this brand is pretty much known worldwide, so idk what OP is saying

[LikeABosh]

http://i495.photobucket.com/albums/rr320/BruceBlitz/IMG_2084_zps33x9wwf4.jpg

http://i495.photobucket.com/albums/rr320/BruceBlitz/kobecurrygod_zpscrs3xiia.jpg
Well Lebron was in highschool for 3 and a half years of the decade so it would be pretty pathetic if he still won it over Kobe. Who's been better since Lebron entered the league?

[beastee]

These guys beg to differ...

http://img.bleacherreport.net/img/images/photos/002/545/276/ScreenShot2013-10-10at2.48.34PM_crop_north.jpg?w=630&h=420&q=75

Seriously. Kobe has owned China. And for all the Lebron dick riders here, they just don't understand Global impact.

But imagine Jordan now in this era of connectivity. It would be unreal and unheralded. Lebron has done well, but not even Jordan well from 20 years ago.

[AlphaWolf24]

https://usatthebiglead.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/kobe-bryant-mugshot-si-cover.jpg
i say this brand is pretty much known worldwide, so idk what OP is saying

http://i992.photobucket.com/albums/af45/thinkpositive/woman_may_sue_over_stolen_michael_jordan_love_lett er.jpg


vs

https://s3.amazonaws.com/rapgenius/lq4vafTVQBefiDtlcVfz_Kobe_and_Brandy.jpg

and yet even still.....


http://cdn.niketalk.com/9/9c/500x1000px-LL-9c6425d8_kobe-white-women.jpeg

http://www.kobehater.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/kobe-bean-bryant-steph-rice.jpg

http://cdn.niketalk.com/9/97/9748a5e7_iTfkveQWfthvv.jpeg


2EZ next

[Mr. Jabbar]

Lebrons brand is pretty weak unless you wanna sell crab cakes

[LikeABosh]

Lebrons brand is pretty weak unless you wanna sell crab cakes
Lame af man, cmon. You've fallen off just as much as Kobe

[SouBeachTalents]

http://i992.photobucket.com/albums/af45/thinkpositive/woman_may_sue_over_stolen_michael_jordan_love_lett er.jpg

God damn, that girl is ugly as ****. How the hell couldn't Jordan do better than that?

[BigNBAfan]

God damn, that girl is ugly as ****. How the hell couldn't Jordan do better than that?

bc he got cut from varsity bball

[AlphaWolf24]

Well Lebron was in highschool for 3 and a half years of the decade so it would be pretty pathetic if he still won it over Kobe. Who's been better since Lebron entered the league?


True...and now Curry taking over ...got the 10's on Lock....

Lebron kinda like Grant Hill....Grant Hill came in between while MJ was still Dominate....and when Kobe was taking off

Kinda Like Lebron in between Kobe and Curry.

[AlphaWolf24]

bc he got cut from varsity bball
his freshman year....

he was a HS all American his Junior and Senior year.......hence why the full scholarship to UNC.

no excuse MJ......also wifed up a monster too!

[JT123]

How many more threads are the mods going to let the OP make about Kobe??


I've reported for spamming. Hopefully others will too.



Either that or this should be in the Lakers sub-forum
Is Kobe paying you to go onto random internet forums and defend his honor? If not you need to seriously reevaluate your life choices.
You claim to be a bulls fan, yet I have NEVER seen you make a single post about the team you supposedly root for. Instead you are furiously running into every Kobe thread on this forum with your superman cape on. :rolleyes:

[LikeABosh]

True...and now Curry taking over ...got the 10's on Lock....

Lebron kinda like Grant Hill....Grant Hill came in between while MJ was still Dominate....and when Kobe was taking off

Kinda Like Lebron in between Kobe and Curry.
You tried.

[Mr. Jabbar]

Is Kobe paying you to go onto random internet forums and defend his honor? If not you need to seriously reevaluate your life choices. you are furiously running into every Kobe thread on this forum

you gotta be shitting me, this guy has NO SHAME, NONE :lol :lol

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0nxA1JS41ZU/VkI0IrCGqiI/AAAAAAAAbNA/GQ9kS6_dfPA/s1600/we%2527re%2Bdone.gif

[jstern]

you gotta be shitting me, this guy has NO SHAME, NONE :lol :lol

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0nxA1JS41ZU/VkI0IrCGqiI/AAAAAAAAbNA/GQ9kS6_dfPA/s1600/we%2527re%2Bdone.gif
It's funny af though. He should do come backs like that more often.

[Mr. Jabbar]

It's funny af though. He should do come backs like that more often.

Yup, pretty funny, I'm barely contained right now tbh..

[Magic 32]

http://www.jigsawllc.com/2011/06/14/lebron-james-the-damaged-brand/

http://www.personalbrandingblog.com/lebron-james-the-brand-that-went-too-far/

https://www.qualitylogoproducts.com/blog/learn-from-lebron-james-avoid-branding-disaster/

[SouBeachTalents]

http://www.jigsawllc.com/2011/06/14/lebron-james-the-damaged-brand/

http://www.personalbrandingblog.com/lebron-james-the-brand-that-went-too-far/

https://www.qualitylogoproducts.com/blog/learn-from-lebron-james-avoid-branding-disaster/

Lol, those are all from his first year on the Heat, when anyone would admit he completely butchered his brand/reputation on and off the court

[ballinhun8]

Is Kobe paying you to go onto random internet forums and defend his honor? If not you need to seriously reevaluate your life choices.
You claim to be a bulls fan, yet I have NEVER seen you make a single post about the team you supposedly root for. Instead you are furiously running into every Kobe thread on this forum with your superman cape on. :rolleyes:



Actually I'm going into every Kobe thread YOU make to get to get the mods to ban you for spamming this once intellectual board.


When are you ever in a Bulls thread that doesn't involve the Cavs tho? I mean I'm telling my Bears every week so the Bulls take a backseat until January. If you really wanted to know.

[RRR3]

Idiotic thread. Kobe, along with MJ and LeBron, is one of the 3 players that everyone in the world has heard of. This board literally runs on those 3 players for pete's sake.

[GIF REACTION]

If anything, 2011 made Lebron's brand bigger than ever in the long run

The most impactful, showstopping, controversial, show time, must see player since Jordan. Anything he does, it's BIG news. On and off the court.

[jstern]

Yup, pretty funny, I'm barely contained right now tbh..

Oh come one. It's like when Donald Trump says things like, "I'm one of the most compassionate people in the world." Obviously he's not, and he knows it, and that makes it funny.