Might as well go full tank mode and let Kobe pile on the stats

[triangleoffense]

Least Lakers can do for Bryant since they threw away his few good years on shitty contracts

[SpecialQue]

Hasn't that been what they've been doing? No one thought this team was going to contend, except losers on ISH.

[triangleoffense]

yea this is for those losers on ISH though that are sitll delusional, team is going nowhere might as well get the best lottery pick we can

[guy]

Least they can do? He's gotten to play on a contending team for pretty much all of his career other then 5 seasons. They don't owe him shit. Most great players, if not all, have had it worst then he did for their overall careers when it comes to talent around them.

[triangleoffense]

Least they can do? He's gotten to play on a contending team for pretty much all of his career other then 5 seasons. They don't owe him shit. Most great players, if not all, have had it worst then he did for their overall careers when it comes to talent around them.

I don't really like this point because this just isn't true, all of the top10 players that people regularly list have played with at least 2 other hall of famers at some point in their career especially during their prime.

MJ: Pippen/Rodman
Magic/Kareem/Worthy
Bird/Mchale/Parish
Russell played with at least 3-4 and so did Wilt

more recently wade/lebron and shaq/kobe

also not sure if gasol will be in hall of fame but if he isn't then bryant will be the first to win 2 back to back championships with 0 other hall of famers

[Batzman]

What? We knew this team sucked, most Laker fans didn't think we'd get a win till like 12-15 games into the season. Some of us consider our current record pretty impressive.

The team is bad. With or without Bryant. Get over yourselves.

[guy]

I don't really like this point because this just isn't true, all of the top10 players that people regularly list have played with at least 2 other hall of famers at some point in their career especially during their prime.

MJ: Pippen/Rodman
Magic/Kareem/Worthy
Bird/Mchale/Parish
Russell played with at least 3-4 and so did Wilt

more recently wade/lebron and shaq/kobe

also not sure if gasol will be in hall of fame but if he isn't then bryant will be the first to win 2 back to back championships with 0 other hall of famers

Kobe played with Shaq/Malone/Payton in 04 and Howard/Gasol/Nash in 2012. And if you don't think that fits your criteria, so what? First off, its a bullshit arbitrary criteria anyway. Neither Jordan, Bird, Wilt, or Lebron have ever played with another top 10-11 player of all-time while they were in their primes that was winning MVPs and FMVPs during that same time. Second, a big reason those teams those Kobe teams didn't stick together is cause of Kobe's attitude/style of play. Bottom line is Kobe has had about 14 seasons out of 19 seasons where he played on a contending team, or at least a team that should've contended, 1997-2004 and 2008-2013. Its ridiculous to act like the Laker organization has "failed" him. Even Kobe seems to acknowledge that with what he has said about his management this year.

[pauk]

For how long will they "tank"? This excuse has been going for some years now.... Lakers need to stop sucking Kobe's dick and care more about the franchise....