What if we got to see a duo of Chris Paul and Kobe Bryant?

[Ca$H]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZE22s0uh2c

Kobe would have never gotten injured since CP3 would have take over ball handling and playmaking responsibilities. Kobe would have won 1-2 more championships. He might have still been playing in January 2020 and could have avoided the helicopter crash. The trade veto diminished his legacy and worst of all might have facilitated a fatal domino effect.

[Orange_Cassidy]

i dunno let this current finals series play out and then lets get back to this. still not sure if paul chokes another one away tbh



1 things for sure. kobes still alive since he never tears his achilles covering for nash. then he ends up all time leading scorer and probly only retires last year. his daughter never becomes that good at ball since kobe isn't mentoring since age 9. and then he never takes that helicopter ride to hurry to a game in the fog

stern paid for this with his life along with kobe in 2020. so in the end justice was served

[coastalmarker99]

i dunno let this current finals series play out and then lets get back to this. still not sure if paul chokes another one away tbh



1 things for sure. kobes still alive since he never tears his achilles covering for nash. then he ends up all time leading scorer and probly only retires last year. his daughter never becomes that good at ball since kobe isn't mentoring since age 9. and then he never takes that helicopter ride to hurry to a game in the fog

stern paid for this with his life along with kobe in 2020. so in the end justice was served


Kobe's death most likely still happens even in this what-if unless he is still playing in the NBA in 2020 at age 41.

[Orange_Cassidy]

Kobe's death most likely still happens even in this what-if unless he is still playing in the NBA in 2020 at age 41.

not even close. just you bumping into someone and it stalling you for like 20 minutes can change your entire future

changing kobes entire life from 2011 onward would completely change his timeline and the entire nba. are you saying kobe makes that mamba academy and sets up the exact same schedules if its all delayed like 3 or 4 years or his time is half with the lakers still? i mean the guy retired at 36 in 2016... without that achilles injury he plays to age 40 minimum. especially if he has chris paul and they're continuously in the playoffs. kobe probly ups the germany treatments as well to hang on

no way he becomes that girl dad he became without retiring early

[Ca$H]

not even close. just you bumping into someone and it stalling you for like 20 minutes can change your entire future

changing kobes entire life from 2011 onward would completely change his timeline and the entire nba. are you saying kobe makes that mamba academy and sets up the exact same schedules if its all delayed like 3 or 4 years or his time is half with the lakers still? i mean the guy retired at 36 in 2016... without that achilles injury he plays to age 40 minimum. especially if he has chris paul and they're continuously in the playoffs. kobe probly ups the germany treatments as well to hang on

no way he becomes that girl dad he became without retiring early

Agreed. Even if Kobe was no longer playing it would have changed the trajectory of his life. Odds are he would still be alive if it wasn't for the veto.

[iamgine]

Who knows.

Kobe - Gasol - Nash - Howard didn't work out that well.

Garnett - Pierce - Allen only got 1 chip.

Bron - Wade - Bosh only got 2 chips.

Suns and Bucks are in the finals.

Lots of things don't work out the way we think it would.

[coastalmarker99]

Agreed. Even if Kobe was no longer playing it would have changed the trajectory of his life. Odds are he would still be alive if it wasn't for the veto.


That's a great point.

[2much_knowledge]

That would have caused lebron around 3 extra team jumps by 2016 lol

[ScottieQuitting]

2011 Finals would’ve been awesome. Kobe, CP3 and Gasol would’ve beat the Super Friend Heatles for sure. Given how LeBron quit or had his mental meltdown malfunction to end the season.

[coastalmarker99]

2011 Finals would’ve been awesome. Kobe, CP3 and Gasol would’ve beat the Super Friend Heatles for sure. Given how LeBron quit or had his mental meltdown malfunction to end the season.


CP3 was traded to start the 2011-2012 season so Kobe and CP3 going up against the Heatles in the 2011 finals was not going to happen it may have happened in the 2012 finals you never know but is wasn't going to happen in the 2010-2011 season.

[ScottieQuitting]

Who knows.

Kobe - Gasol - Nash - Howard didn't work out that well.
All of them were injured besides Kobe, who had to put up a monumental performance to end the season then blew out his Achilles dragging them into the playoffs.

Dwight was also malcontent. Nash broke his leg and was basically almost done. You’re comparing apples and oranges.

Also, Miami only won two just like Kobe and Gasol Lakers :oldlol:

But they should’ve won three or four. They definitely should’ve won in 2011 as favorites. Probably even should’ve won in 2014 as well.

They just massively underachieved. You know? Not six? Not seven?
lol

Went two for four and then dipped on his good friend like a thief in the night. Like a coward he is

[ImKobe]

Who knows.

Kobe - Gasol - Nash - Howard didn't work out that well.

Garnett - Pierce - Allen only got 1 chip.

Bron - Wade - Bosh only got 2 chips.

Suns and Bucks are in the finals.

Lots of things don't work out the way we think it would.

Yeah, though it's usually the fault of injuries/luck. Heatles should have won 3 out of 4 but could have just as easily won just 1 title if not for that Spurs' choke.

Lakers lost in 5 to OKC in '12 but that series was closer than most people remember, if two shots go the other way the Lakers would have been the team with the 3 - 1 lead. Replace Gasol with CP3 and I think they have a better chance at a deep Playoff run. Bynum was arguably the best big man in the league that year. 2013 would have been even better with the Dwight trade. Kobe-CP3-Howard is just disgusting to think about.

[coastalmarker99]

Yeah, though it's usually the fault of injuries/luck. Heatles should have won 3 out of 4 but could have just as easily won just 1 title if not for that Spurs' choke.

Lakers lost in 5 to OKC in '12 but that series was closer than most people remember, if two shots go the other way the Lakers would have been the team with the 3 - 1 lead. Replace Gasol with CP3 and I think they have a better chance at a deep Playoff run. Bynum was arguably the best big man in the league that year. 2013 would have been even been with the Dwight trade. Kobe-CP3-Howard is just disgusting to think about.


I don't want to even think about how bad the duo of Kobe and CP3 would have bullied Dwight in 2013 especially if he still demands his post touches and refuses to play the pick and roll.


If Nash was losing his cool at Dwight and getting really pissed off at him then I think CP3 with the attitude he has would have murdered him.




That big three wouldn't have won a ring as Dwight was such a team cancer during that time period that I don't think not even CP3 and Kobe could have kept him in check.

[coastalmarker99]

The CP3 and Kobe duo future success all would have depended on if Dwight was going to buy into his role as a glorified Tyson Chandler if he does then the Lakers would have been right in business from 2013 to 2017.

[ImKobe]

I don't want to even think about how bad Kobe and CP3 would have bullied Dwight especially if he still demands his post touches.

As much of a cancer & a crybaby Dwight was his 1 year in LA, he still played his ass off in that 2nd half of that season and looked like his prime self as he recovered from his back & shoulder injuries. Kobe was a dominant 30 ppg scorer in the SG role his first 30 games until injuries forced him to become a PG and go away from what made him the best scorer in the league that year.

Kobe in the first 32 games of that season averaged 31/5/5/2 on 48.3%FG/59.3%TS. After he got his knee fixed and lost about 20 pounds, he looked the best he had since his peak years in the mid-2000s. It's a shame the team got massacred by injuries & he wasn't able to just be a scorer because he was so ****ing dominant as a SG but hack-a-Dwight lost them so many close games and it sucked because Howard was the only one besides Kobe to consistently score and they needed him in crunch time.

[AirBonner]

I don’t see Kobe winning with cp3. Booker just dropped 40 and still lost. Too much weight to carry

[WhiteKyrie]

I don’t see Kobe winning with cp3. Booker just dropped 40 and still lost. Too much weight to carry

You’re right, LeBron couldn’t even beat that Suns team while they were missing their best player. Too much weight to carry with the Lakers best player, Anthony Davis being injured