Kobe GUARANTEED that the Lakers would make the Playoffs in 2013

[ImKobe]

...as they were 3 games below .500 with 27 games left

https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2013/02/21/kobe-bryant-guarantees-lakers-will-make-playoffs/

Lakers were 26 - 29 at the time and went 19 - 8 the rest of the way, Kobe DELIVERED ON HIS PROMISE. Does Lebron do the same?


Heading into the ASB this year, Lakers are sitting at 28 - 29 and I've yet to hear Lebron guarantee a Playoff appearance, he looked defeated after the game.

[kennethgriffen]

"but kobe missed the playoffs in 2013" - simon

[Dray n Klay]

But he didn

[kennethgriffen]

[QUOTE=Dray n Klay]But he didn

[34-24 Footwork]

No. But he'll lower expectations instead :rockon:

[ImKobe]

[QUOTE=Dray n Klay]But he didn

[kennethgriffen]

No. But he'll lower expectations instead :rockon:


he said in the post game he worries about the playoffs after the seasons over

:roll:


does lebron know there are no playoffs if you don't get at least the 8th seed

[Uncle Drew]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5MhmGyZ7KF0

[ImKobe]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5MhmGyZ7KF0

Bad calls happen every game

you can't "rig" stuff like this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQd2h4X0O2E

or this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8gdrILm47o

or this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csbM8u8qvFs

Kobe literally had to play 40-48 minutes every other night and have one clutch 4th quarter after another to eek out wins, you can miss some calls and maybe have some favorable reffing at home (happens to most teams), but you can't rig 20+ games.

Part of the reason why we got so many FTs was Dwight Howard. Teams hacked him a lot because he would miss a bunch of FTs and that cost us a ton of games early in the season, Dwight's poor FT shooting allowed teams to get back into games. We were 1st in FTA all season, but also last in FT% because Dwight was garbage at them.

[Manny98]

He had a superteam of course he wasn't going to miss the playoffs

In 05 however....

[Gus Hemmingway]

dunno what's worse


having identical record with Dwight, Nash, Odom, Artest


or


having an identical record after Lebron missed a whopping 18 games


plot twist: both


:yaohappy:

[BigKobeFan]

Kobe blowing an Achilles still gave the Lakers enough of a cushion to make the playoffs

[kennethgriffen]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5MhmGyZ7KF0


you could literally do this with every lebron victory of his career


theres at least 10 bad calls in his teams favor EVERY night



he probably has 5000 free throws that could be considered a lane violation


another 5000 drives to the basket that could be considered a charge or a travel


how do you think lebron won game 7 vs indiana and boston last year


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nki9C70-e7M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KycmnZUMcfM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7v9zS2SWXn4

[kennethgriffen]

dunno what's worse


having identical record with Dwight, Nash, Odom, Artest


or


having an identical record after Lebron missed a whopping 18 games


plot twist: both


:yaohappy:


the lakers suck with or without leNarrative

[LAmbruh]

"I guarantee we won't drop any lower than 8th seed"

- '13 Bryant



https://i.postimg.cc/KjBkt2cb/maxresdefault.jpg (https://postimages.org/)


https://i.postimg.cc/c1n8pQRz/0004087-now-this-is-going-to-be-fun-the-la-lakers.png (https://postimages.org/)

[ImKobe]

"I guarantee we won't drop any lower than 8th seed"



That team was injured, the line-up played maybe 12 games together, we had more D-leaguers in the starting line-up than the worst teams in the league.

[TheBranStan]

Clickbait.

[LAmbruh]

That team was injured, the line-up played maybe 12 games together, we had more D-leaguers in the starting line-up than the worst teams in the league.

Crying about Lakers injures in 2013?


You've been throwing tantrums about Lakers injuries the entire time Lebron was out this year too kiddo


Eating the brick, having it too


https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/017/046/BptVE1JIEAAA3dT.jpg

[Uncle Drew]

Bad calls happen every game

you can't "rig" stuff like this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQd2h4X0O2E

or this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8gdrILm47o

or this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csbM8u8qvFs

Kobe literally had to play 40-48 minutes every other night and have one clutch 4th quarter after another to eek out wins, you can miss some calls and maybe have some favorable reffing at home (happens to most teams), but you can't rig 20+ games.

Part of the reason why we got so many FTs was Dwight Howard. Teams hacked him a lot because he would miss a bunch of FTs and that cost us a ton of games early in the season, Dwight's poor FT shooting allowed teams to get back into games. We were 1st in FTA all season, but also last in FT% because Dwight was garbage at them.
You probably think the Kings series was fairly officiated too. No credibility whatsoever.

[kennethgriffen]

You probably think the Kings series was fairly officiated too. No credibility whatsoever.


i'm on record saying it was rigged



but not for LA to win the series... it was rigged to go 7 games to make more money because they knew the finals would flop


each team benefited. the kings had some controversial wins too



but guess who shot more free throws for the series... sacramento


guess who shot 2 for 20 on threes in game 7... sacramento


guess who shot 16 for 30 on free throws in game 7... sacramento


guess who only lost by 6 and should have easly won game 7... sacramento

[ImKobe]

You probably think the Kings series was fairly officiated too. No credibility whatsoever.

Sorry for introducing you to some logic.

Oh yes, the Kings series was so rigged that Webber left Horry wide open from 3 at the top of the key, or when Peja airballed a wide open corner 3 at home in a Game 7 to win it, or when they called a phantom foul on Kobe that helped send the game to OT. I guess the refs also made the Kings miss all those FTs in Game 6 that would have put the game away.

I mean, can the refs force Shaq to go 13/17 from the line? Shaq shot better from the line than the Kings in that game :lol who missed 7 FTs in a 4 pt loss.

Of course the refs helped us in Game 6, but Donaghy didn't ref every game in that series.

[Uncle Drew]

I’m just going to assume you spit out your water from laughter writing that post.

[kennethgriffen]

[QUOTE=Uncle Drew]I

[bigkingsfan]

“And we will compete."... Nah he didn't follow through.

[Ghost1]

...as they were 3 games below .500 with 27 games left

https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2013/02/21/kobe-bryant-guarantees-lakers-will-make-playoffs/

Lakers were 26 - 29 at the time and went 19 - 8 the rest of the way, Kobe DELIVERED ON HIS PROMISE. Does Lebron do the same?


Heading into the ASB this year, Lakers are sitting at 28 - 29 and I've yet to hear Lebron guarantee a Playoff appearance, he looked defeated after the game.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=250&v=5MhmGyZ7KF0



:durantunimpressed: :durantunimpressed: :yaohappy:

[PickernRoller]

All these tards might enjoy exercising in the pointless back and forth making excuses left and right. But y'all know what's coming. And you won't escape it....

No amount of warped interpretations is gonna change the parallels. Bran misses the playoffs.... he'll be eaten alive in LA. Everyone's exercising caution, they have given that to Lebron, that benefit.... cause they're nice.

But this isn't Cleveland or Miami. No one's wowed by Lebron's "greatness". We have 16 rings, Kareem, Magic, Shaq and soon Kobe statues park outside Staples. You either win and put up or eat sh1t.

[Wally450]

Kobe made the playoffs then bailed on his team.

[superduper]

The question that every Brannie is avoiding like the plague:

Why did Pau get swept in the first round in 2013 as the first option with Nash/Dwight as 2nd/3rd options?

[Uncle Drew]

Kobe made the playoffs then bailed on his team.
He ducked Duncan like Jordan ducked Hakeem. Pathetic ain't it?

[NBASTATMAN]

"I guarantee we won't drop any lower than 8th seed"

- '13 Bryant



https://i.postimg.cc/KjBkt2cb/maxresdefault.jpg (https://postimages.org/)


https://i.postimg.cc/c1n8pQRz/0004087-now-this-is-going-to-be-fun-the-la-lakers.png (https://postimages.org/)


Funny thing is that Kobe didnt get them to the PLAYOFFS.. They were in 9th until they came back and beat GSW and won that last two games.. MEANWHILE Harden got to the playoffs with CHANDLER PARSONS as his second option AND JEREMY LIN AS HIS THIRD..


THE WEST SURE WAS TOUGH.. :roll:

[PickernRoller]

He ducked Duncan like Jordan ducked Hakeem. Pathetic ain't it?

Spurs killer Kobe Bryant, the only player to deserve such a title, is scared of old man Duncan? :oldlol: :oldlol:

The sort of diarrhea coming out of these low caste trolls these days.

What have I done to ISH.

[Rico2016]

Spurs killer Kobe Bryant, the only player to deserve such a title, is scared of old man Duncan? :oldlol: :oldlol:

The sort of diarrhea coming out of these low caste trolls these days.

What have I done to ISH.

Spurs killer? :roll: :roll:

I remember when LBJ was waiting for Kobe in the 2007 Finals but he never showed up :confusedshrug: Somehow the Spurs did instead. :lol

[FKAri]

He also guaranteed that he'd be faithful to his wife. Kobe's word means diddly squat.

[Rico2016]

He also guaranteed that he'd be faithful to his wife. Kobe's word means diddly squat.

https://media.giphy.com/media/26xBGekbXJHY8KpUY/giphy.gif