The decline of Kobe Bryant

[QUOTE=lakerHater]Heres another example, he needs rest even when he hasnt played since Sunday!!:lol[/QUOTE]
Lebron is taking his 3rd day off this season. I guess he's declining too :rolleyes:

[QUOTE=tontoz]Kobe has never been a good 3 point shooter. This year he is shooting only 1.5% worse than his career average. I don't see the significance to this given his injury problems.

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edit: though i think it's kind of ridiculous how everyone feels the need to post to express a desire for the thread not existing. That just seems strange to me. Nobody does that to my threads, theyre usually just ignored. And some of them are pretty stupid. What gives..

[QUOTE=lakerHater]Heres another example, he needs rest even when he hasnt played since Sunday!!:lol[/QUOTE]

He's played injured, he's in his 13th season, it's close to the playoffs and the games aren't that important right now. Resting Kobe is a great move regardless.

Kobe's finger injury really acted up in January, plus he made a back injury that month as well and in February he injured his ankle. Where were all of these people talking about this decline through December? You know, when he was averaging 30.4 ppg, 5.8 rpg, 4.5 apg and 2.1 spg on 48.5% shooting and his team was 25-6?

Do you think it's a coincidence that all of the injuries pop up and he then averages just 23.8 ppg, 4.8 rpg and 1.3 spg on 42.2% shooting for the next 2 months? Then after getting rest, averages a very solid 26.1 ppg, 5.3 rpg and 5.9 apg on 48.4% shooting in March.

[QUOTE=ShaqAttack3234]He's played injured, he's in his 1[B]4[/B]th season, it's close to the playoffs and the games aren't that important right now. Resting Kobe is a great move regardless.

Kobe's finger injury really acted up in January, plus he made a back injury that month as well and in February he injured his ankle. Where were all of these people talking about this decline through December? You know, when he was averaging 30.4 ppg, 5.8 rpg, 4.5 apg and 2.1 spg on 48.5% shooting and his team was 25-6?

Do you think it's a coincidence that all of the injuries pop up and he then averages just 23.8 ppg, 4.8 rpg and 1.3 spg on 42.2% shooting for the next 2 months? Then after getting rest, averages a very solid 26.1 ppg, 5.3 rpg and 5.9 apg on 48.4% shooting in March.[/QUOTE]minor fix.

thats a myth the decline of kobe

I don`t know why people act like they are surprised.... Anybody who has followed Kobe

[QUOTE=beermonsteroo]I think Kobe will decline rather quickly the next two years. He has some many games right now in his legs that this is not a shame though. I think in two years Kobe will a 20ppg 5 assists 5 rebounds at roughly 43 percent from the field.
In fact Jordan is the only shooting guard above 32 years who was still very effective and the best man at his position. I don't think Kobe can have the same level as Jordan from 32-35. Kobe has played a lot more games then Jordan had in his age, and Kobe was never on the athletic level of Jordan in the first place. Kobe at age 34 will be at best look like Jordan did at 38. Right now Kobe isn't even as good anymore as Jordan was at age 35.
This has nothing to do with Kobe bashing, its simply a fact.[/QUOTE]

dam....

gawdbe.

:bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:

How stupid do you think op felt throughout the playoffs :lol

these sort of threads are interesting to read through, because its always a fun to guess what current alts go along with these past, now defunct, posters.

4 seasons later and he's sill putting up 27/6//6 on excellent efficeiny.

Proving the haters wrong again.

:roll:

He's declined defensively, still as scary as anyone in the league on offense though.

People been saying this since like 09. And he keeps proving them wrong. :oldlol: :applause:

3 years later & Kobe's still averaging 27/6/6.


Decline THAT!

The only thing that has declined is his sperm count.

Kobe declining? :oldlol:

the only thing declining is lebron's hair line.

His prediction was correct, it's just quite a few years early that's all.