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Quote: janis carr: Kobe said he has no plans to stop shooting. Will figure out how to play with his wrist instead.
Quote: Dave McMenamin: KB was defiant about his 6-of-28 game: "If I have shots, I take them. If I shoot the ball 40 times with good looks, that
exactly what me and some others said last night. if u have 40 good looks u take those shots. if bynum has 40 good looks ill be pissed if he passed them up too. kobe wont miss this badly every game lol
Someone doesn't know basketball at all. :lol (OP is dumb)
He does sound like an ass. How about saying while his wrist heals he'll try and get his teammates more involved? I really thought Kobe acting like this was over. This is why Kobe can't be in the same discussion as Jordan.
[QUOTE=ConanRulesNBC]He does sound like an ass. How about saying while his wrist heals he'll try and get his teammates more involved? I really thought Kobe acting like this was over. This is why Kobe can't be in the same discussion as Jordan.[/QUOTE]
his wrist cant heal. he can either learn how to shoot with it or he can learn how to not. since this was his only really bad game this season i think wrist isnt an excuse
The thing is it's frustrating to see Kobe play like he did last night especially after playing so well the first few games of the season. That game he had against the Knicks had my jaw drop at how good he was. I agreed with Reggie Miller's commentary about how Kobe has worked on his game and changed things so he can continue to perform at such a high level at 33. He was playing smart basketball. Then he has a game where he throws up shot after shot when nothing was falling and he's playing as stupid as 20 year old Kobe.
agree with him about taking shots on good looks.
the thing is that not all of his shots yesterday were on good looks.
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"We always start inside-out," Bryant said, when asked about Bynum and Pau Gasol's effectiveness on offense. "If you mean (to ask me) if I'm going to shoot less, the answer is no. It starts with me. I do what I do and we play off of that. That's not going to change."
Why not end the game inside-out when it's working for 3 quarters????
[QUOTE=BGriffin's Dad]agree with him about taking shots on good looks.
the thing is that not all of his shots yesterday were on good looks.[/QUOTE]
This. He's gonna keep shooting, as he should. I'm sure he got frustrated and started forcing some bad shots. But Kobe needs to stay aggressive. I'd like to see Bynum a little more assertive as far as demanding the ball as well.
I see where his stans get it from now. Guy is the ultimate dbag.
[QUOTE=kuniva_dAMiGhTy]I see where his stans get it from now. Guy is the ultimate dbag.[/QUOTE]
It goes hand-in-hand with glorifying the whole Black Mamba assassinment, no-regard for the team, i'm taking the last shot, get the hell out of my way and don't expect to apologize for missing this 30-footer with 5 seconds still on the clock, or not passing the ball....Mentality.
Typical Kochuck bringing up a new random injury every year LOL
i don't see anything wrong with that answer. people overreact so much. it was a really bad shooting performance, maybe even the worst of his entire career. but you can't deny that kobe hits those shots on a regular basis. it was just a bad game, he'll obviously bounce back from it. lakers will be fine and so will kobe.
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[B]"We always start inside-out,"[/B] Bryant said, when asked about Bynum and Pau Gasol's effectiveness on offense. "If you mean (to ask me) if I'm going to shoot less, the answer is no. [B]It starts with me. I do what I do and we play off of that. That's not going to change."[/B]
Why not end the game inside-out when it's working for 3 quarters????[/QUOTE]
LOL the dude doesn't even make sense. It's a blatant contradiction.
Dude is about taking his shots and getting his credit, THEN he wants to win. But doesn't just wanna adapt his game to winning basketball. He expects the Lakers organization to pay whatever it takes to surround him with players that can COMPENSATE AND ALLOW him to play selfish Kobe ball and CARRY him to wins he will then take credit for.
And the funny thing is, 99% of Laker fans are too scared to call him out for it, because if any one of them speaks up they're afraid the rest of them will ostericize them from the group for daring speak ill of Cult Leader Kobe. These Laker fans are a trip. Such followers, desperate to fit in the Cult of Kobe. SMH at these losers.
[QUOTE=The Macho Man]This. He's gonna keep shooting, as he should. I'm sure he got frustrated and started forcing some bad shots. But Kobe needs to stay aggressive. I'd like to see Bynum a little more assertive as far as demanding the ball as well.[/QUOTE]
I'd like to see Bynum a little more assertive as far socking Kobe in the grill and knocking him out cold to start the new chapter of the Lakers. When Kobe wakes up, Kupchak will be standing there with a smile on his face, holding out a pink amnesty slip. Good riddance to the most Ko-ber rated player in NBA history.
[QUOTE=FourthTenor]I'd like to see Bynum a little more assertive as far socking Kobe in the grill and knocking him out cold to start the new chapter of the Lakers. When Kobe wakes up, Kupchak will be standing there with a smile on his face, holding out a pink amnesty slip. Good riddance to the most Ko-ber rated player in NBA history.[/QUOTE]
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A slight improvement over your last trolling effort. Still not good though.
[QUOTE=Quizno]i don't see anything wrong with that answer. people overreact so much. it was a really bad shooting performance, maybe even the worst of his entire career. but you can't deny that kobe hits those shots on a regular basis. it was just a bad game, he'll obviously bounce back from it. lakers will be fine and so will kobe.[/QUOTE]
Totally this. Kobe is a big-time shooter. He has bad shooting days like New Year's Day. He has many more good shooting days though. It happens. Thank goodness that Kobe doesn't have a weak mentality where he will shrink into his shell after a bad performance. He's strong enough to shrug off a bad night and keep on doing his thing.
Though, he really should play more games like New Year's Eve where he was more of a playmaker, what with his injured hand and everything. Still, there is nobody else in the NBA that I'd rather have taking most of my team's shots than Kobe Bryant.
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kobe gonna be kobe, this should be no surprise.
[QUOTE=kuniva_dAMiGhTy]I see where his stans get it from now. Guy is the ultimate dbag.[/QUOTE]
Those comments by Kobe are infuriating, and if I was a teammate I would seriously tell him to shut the hell up. He seems more concerned about being viewed as the number one option than actually winning games. The guy is just a selfish asshole, albeit one of the best ever. I don't see Kobe aging well, and since Jim Buss has officially taken over the Lakers I wouldn't be surprised if Kobe's amnestied in a couple years (seriously).
[QUOTE=The Macho Man]This. He's gonna keep shooting, as he should. I'm sure he got frustrated and started forcing some bad shots. But Kobe needs to stay aggressive. I'd like to see Bynum a little more assertive as far as demanding the ball as well.[/QUOTE]
If Shaq couldn't get Kobe to pass the ball more do you really think Bynum has a chance?
[QUOTE=FourthTenor]LOL the dude doesn't even make sense. It's a blatant contradiction.
Dude is about taking his shots and getting his credit, THEN he wants to win. But doesn't just wanna adapt his game to winning basketball. He expects the Lakers organization to pay whatever it takes to surround him with players that can COMPENSATE AND ALLOW him to play selfish Kobe ball and CARRY him to wins he will then take credit for.
And the funny thing is, 99% of Laker fans are too scared to call him out for it, because if any one of them speaks up they're afraid the rest of them will ostericize them from the group for daring speak ill of Cult Leader Kobe. These Laker fans are a trip. Such followers, desperate to fit in the Cult of Kobe. SMH at these losers.[/QUOTE]
Too scared to be ostericized from the laker family? Kobe fans? sure, laker fans? no. Just no.
There was a question polled during the game something of which was what's the most important thing for the lakers to win. Kobe being healthy, defence or bench play. I honestly thought (unfortunately) choice A was going to win. It seemed to be tied during the game, but the more Kobe jacked up shots, the more option B or defense seemed to win.
Kobe was the reason I started watching basketball again back in 2000 and I can't begin to describe how painful it is watching him play now a days.
You can see how much the team enjoys playing ball without him in the game. They share, they pass, they know they're going to get the ball back... with Kobe in the game playing kobe ball? Us laker fans feel the pain. Is Worthy not a fan? Did he not question wtf was he doing enough times for you?
Unfortunately, the first half of your post I completely agree with...Pass the f.u.c.k.i.n.g ball Kobe, damn.
[QUOTE=ConanRulesNBC]If Shaq couldn't get Kobe to pass the ball more do you really think Bynum has a chance?[/QUOTE]
Shaq got his touches.
People are taking this the wrong way, he's saying he's going to continue to be aggressive. Maybe he said it like an asshole, he probably is a bit of an asshole, plus I'm sure he was pissed after playing miserable the past 2 games.
[QUOTE=The Macho Man]Shaq got his touches.
People are taking this the wrong way, he's saying he's going to continue to be aggressive. Maybe he said it like an asshole, he probably is a bit of an asshole, plus I'm sure he was pissed after playing miserable the past 2 games.[/QUOTE]
Kobe's attitude is just the attitude you want to see from THE MAN on your team. He's a competitor. He's also a jerk and extremely confident in himself. He has to be...it comes with the territory of being the alpha dog on a high profile team. Guess what...Jordan was the same way!
Unfortunately, Kobe seems like the last of a dying breed of NBA player who just wants to win every game he plays and destroy the competition. It'll be a sad day when Kobe Bryant retires from the NBA, because we're gonna be left with nothing but a bunch of SuperFriends hugging it out. :(
[QUOTE=LA_Showtime]Those comments by Kobe are infuriating, and if I was a teammate I would seriously tell him to shut the hell up. He seems more concerned about being viewed as the number one option than actually winning games. The guy is just a selfish asshole, albeit one of the best ever. I don't see Kobe aging well, and since Jim Buss has officially taken over the Lakers I wouldn't be surprised if Kobe's amnestied in a couple years (seriously).[/QUOTE]
Absolutely. It has nothing to do with him knowing he's great or even making it clear he is Kobe Bryant. It's him dodging accountability and rooting his nose up at his teammates. Like his post-game interview after the first loss against Dallas in the playoffs...for the most part, he was honest and it was what it was. When he said it had nothing to do with his shots and he's gonna keep getting his shots, it was still cool, because he was right and it was that Kobe arrogance I always appreciated. But then he kept repeating it...over, and over, and over, and over, and over again. Everyone heard him. He just had to make it clear as many times as his petulant ego decides. It gets old.
And Jordan's attitude has always been overblown. He was the most competitive player ever and he could bother his teammates with it, but pretty much all of his teammates loved playing with him. That's not Kobe's attitude at all.
Why should he stop shooting good looks? Nice try, OP. Kobe had a truly horrendous game. But that just means he'll go apesh*t in the near future on some pitiful team. Dude looked superb the first few games. LA fans should rather beware of Kobe in the coming seasons, cause he won't like to give up his spot as the go-to-guy easily, declining athleticism notwithstanding.
[QUOTE=Whoah10115]Absolutely. It has nothing to do with him knowing he's great or even making it clear he is Kobe Bryant. It's him dodging accountability and rooting his nose up at his teammates. Like his post-game interview after the first loss against Dallas in the playoffs...for the most part, he was honest and it was what it was. When he said it had nothing to do with his shots and he's gonna keep getting his shots, it was still cool, because he was right and it was that Kobe arrogance I always appreciated. But then he kept repeating it...over, and over, and over, and over, and over again. Everyone heard him. He just had to make it clear as many times as his petulant ego decides. It gets old.
And Jordan's attitude has always been overblown. He was the most competitive player ever and he could bother his teammates with it, but pretty much all of his teammates loved playing with him. That's not Kobe's attitude at all.[/QUOTE]
Typical Kobe hater tripe. None of Kobe's teammates, other than Shaq, have commented publicly about disliking being on the same team as Kobe. And we all know Shaq also has an ego the size of Louisiana (not that that's a bad thing necessarily). Oh wait, I'm sorry...Smush Parker doesn't like Kobe either. :roll: :facepalm
And your lack of knowledge on MJ is astounding. Let me guess...LeBron fan? Under 20 years of age? MJ was notorious for being aloof, a jerk, and getting in his teammates faces, because he was fiercely competitive and just wanted to win and could back up his talk. Guess what...Kobe is the exact same way!
Somebody has been watching too many "Be Like Mike!" commercials and Space Jam on repeat.
Edit: Ahh...I see. Just created the account within the last month. Troll account? Seems like it.
[QUOTE=The Macho Man]Shaq got his touches.
People are taking this the wrong way, he's saying he's going to continue to be aggressive. Maybe he said it like an asshole, he probably is a bit of an asshole, plus I'm sure he was pissed after playing miserable the past 2 games.[/QUOTE]
Kobe Flies A Helicopter to Work
[QUOTE=Optimus Prime]Kobe's attitude is just the attitude you want to see from THE MAN on your team. He's a competitor. He's also a jerk and extremely confident in himself. He has to be...it comes with the territory of being the alpha dog on a high profile team. [/QUOTE]
This is what leads to 8 seed knockouts and 2nd round sweeps. If it weren't for Shaq and the trio of Odom/Bynum/Gasol, Kobe would be nothin but Tmac.
Nothing but Tmac.
FACT.
[QUOTE=FourthTenor]Kobe Flies A Helicopter to Work[/QUOTE]
And you drive a used 1992 Ford Tempo to your acting auditions.. I mean, clinical trials and human experimentations.
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[QUOTE=FourthTenor]Kobe Flies A Helicopter to Work[/QUOTE]
If I had a helicopter or a job I would do that.
[QUOTE=JohnnyWall]And you drive a used 1992 Ford Tempo to your acting auditions.. I mean, [B]clinical trials and human experimentations[/B].
:oldlol:[/QUOTE]
clearly...
Never should of hired Mike Brown. Should of went with Shaw... MB doesn't understand how Kobe thinks and what he likes to do. MB wants to make Kobe into a Lebron and that ain't happening... Bean is an assassin not a 3 quarter threat.
[QUOTE=Optimus Prime]Typical Kobe hater tripe. None of Kobe's teammates, other than Shaq, have commented publicly about disliking being on the same team as Kobe. And we all know Shaq also has an ego the size of Louisiana (not that that's a bad thing necessarily). Oh wait, I'm sorry...Smush Parker doesn't like Kobe either. :roll: :facepalm
And your lack of knowledge on MJ is astounding. Let me guess...LeBron fan? Under 20 years of age? MJ was notorious for being aloof, a jerk, and getting in his teammates faces, because he was fiercely competitive and just wanted to win and could back up his talk. Guess what...Kobe is the exact same way!
Somebody has been watching too many "Be Like Mike!" commercials and Space Jam on repeat.
Edit: Ahh...I see. Just created the account within the last month. Troll account? Seems like it.[/QUOTE]
OOOOOOOOOH. If you pay attention you'll see if I'm a Lebron lover and Kobe hater...I'm clueing you.
Hater tripe? Seriously? I'm old enough to have watched Jordan. That's a separate conversation, but Kobe is not simply "the exact same way!". Even your fellow Laker fan, who got back into basketball because of Kobe, is saying the same things.
Last month my friend accused me of not having a childhood, due to never having seen Space Jam. So no, not on repeat for me.
[QUOTE=The_Yearning] Bean is an assassin not a 3 quarter threat.[/QUOTE]
:roll:
Yeah, he assassinates his team's chances of winning by being selfish.
Seriously dude, you gotta stop letting Mike Wilbon and Stephen A. Smith's cliches do your thinking for you.
[QUOTE=FourthTenor]:roll:
Yeah, he assassinates his team's chances of winning by being selfish.
Seriously dude, you gotta stop letting Mike Wilbon and Stephen A. Smith's cliches do your thinking for you.[/QUOTE]
Aren't you the gay wannabe actor? :lol
[QUOTE=FourthTenor]:roll:
Yeah, he assassinates his team's chances of winning by being selfish.
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I guess that's why he has 5 rings.
In before "ZOMGZ GASOL GOAT!!!111!1 KOCHUCK NOT GOOD JUST CHUCK LOL ONLY REASON 5 RINGS BCAUSE HE HAD TEH BEST BIG MEN EVAR LOL STUPID YOU DERP DERP DERP"
[QUOTE=FourthTenor]This is what leads to 8 seed knockouts and 2nd round sweeps. If it weren't for Shaq and the trio of Odom/Bynum/Gasol, Kobe would be nothin but Tmac.
Nothing but Tmac.
FACT.[/QUOTE]
He won a championship and made another Finals without Bynum playing at all.. and Odom was a small factor too[12/9 player.. Pau was 18/10.. LOL at being carried].
He does need tolose this attitude and realize whats best for the team now though.
[QUOTE]EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- Hours after a disappointing 99-90 road loss to the Denver Nuggets on Sunday in a game in which Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant shot just 6-for-28 from the field, new Lakers coach Mike Brown and Bryant huddled together on the team plane and reviewed the game tape during the flight back to Los Angeles.
"I normally (watch tape on the plane), but watching it with the head coach is different," Bryant said. "I really enjoyed it because you get a chance to digest things, process things, go over things, talk about adjustments in terms or personnel and who to put on what spot on the floor and all that kind of stuff."
[B]What they saw on the screen left Bryant defiant as ever about his decision making and the coach defending his star's shot selection following Monday's practice.
"I do what I do. If guys are open, I kick it to them, if they're not, I shoot it," Bryant said. "I play my game."
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Bryant, playing with a torn lunotriquetral ligament in his right (shooting) wrist that he suffered during the preseason, started off the season averaging 27.8 points on 48.1 percent shooting through the Lakers' first four games but had difficulty with his accuracy over the weekend. He averaged just 16.5 points on 12-for-26 shooting (26.1 percent) in a back-to-back against the Nuggets that the Lakers split 1-1.
Through the first four games of the season, when Andrew Bynum was sidelined with a suspension, Bryant averaged 20.3 shot attempts per game. In the two games since Bynum came back, Bryant's shot attempts actually increased to an average of 23.0 per contest. Meanwhile, Bynum has averaged 23.5 points per game on only 15 attempts per game and is shooting 66.7 percent from the field.
"We always start inside-out," Bryant said, when asked about Bynum and Pau Gasol's effectiveness on offense. "If you mean (to ask me) if I'm going to shoot less, the answer is no. It starts with me. I do what I do and we play off of that. That's not going to change."
Brown backed up Bryant's stance after their impromptu film session. Brown said he had watched cut-ups of a game tape with LeBron James when he coached the Cleveland Cavaliers, but never watched a full game tape all the way through with his prized pupil.
[B]"When you look at (6-for-28 in the box score), you think 'Oh my gosh, there's got to be a ton of bad shots,'" Brown said. "But if you go back and watch the game you see some of the shots he took, there were a lot of shots he took -- (I know) because I coached against him -- he normally makes."
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Brown said that Bryant's wrist, which still causes Bryant's right hand to swell up significantly two weeks after he sustained the injury, could be hurting Bryant more than he is letting on.
"He's got to continue to figure out how to stay in rhythm or how to get in rhythm with that wrist. He might not say it, but try to hold a microphone with a torn ligament, let alone shoot it and make sure you get a follow through," Brown told a group of microphone-toting reporters. "That's a bear. That's a bear."
When asked if he will tell Bryant to shoot less while he makes the adjustment to his wrist injury, Brown vehemently opposed the consideration.
[B]"No, no, no, no, no. Kobe can make shots. That's what he's done his whole career," Brown said. "He's got a (right index) finger that he kind of went through the same thing with and he made shots against us (when Brown was coaching Cleveland) with that finger and he's going to make shots for us. The one thing I don't want to do is to tell him to stop shooting because he's going to work his way through it, just like he did with his finger."
Bryant initially deflected questions about his wrist by saying, "I don't make excuses," but eventually conceded, "It's a pain in the ass. It is."[/B]
Still, the man who became just the sixth player in NBA history to reach 28,000 points for his career during the loss in Denver, made it clear that his confidence was not shaken after a couple of poor performances.
[B]"I had shots. If I have shots, I take them," Bryant said. "If I shoot the ball 40 times with good looks, that's what it is. (If I shoot it) 15 or 20 times, that's what it is."
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Bryant added that he didn't realize that he had passed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to set the record as the youngest player ever to amass 28,000 points because his thoughts were focused elsewhere.
"What I realized is I got to make some adjustments with this jumper," Bryant said.[/QUOTE]
[url]http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/story/_/id/7416780/los-angeles-lakers-kobe-bryant-vows-keep-shooting-mike-brown-backs-him[/url]
video footage of the quotes is available at the link
[QUOTE=ConanRulesNBC]If Shaq couldn't get Kobe to pass the ball more do you really think Bynum has a chance?[/QUOTE]
kobe had more assists to shaq out of any other lakers....