I feel like stat padding is a skill watching some of these guys.

[superduper]

Statpadding is 100% a skill and Le$tats is unmatched in the art of padding empty individual stats in a 5v5 team game at all costs including to the detriment of the overall team

[Mr Feeny]

50 shots, but yea he definitely was gunning it for his last game.


Although to be fair to Kobe, his team was down like 10 points with 3-4 minutes left in the game. He legitimately brought them back and won the game in clutch fashion, easily the best retirement game ever. Only thing that would have topped it would be Jordan's 1998 game, but as we all know that did not end up being his finale.

pretty much every last game by any player ever topped that fiasco by Kobe 50 shots in his last game to show you that even after 20 years of basketball, he still didnt get it. He still didnt understand the concept of a team. In a way, that embarassing game summarized his career.

[elementally morale]

pretty much every last game by any player ever topped that fiasco by Kobe 50 shots in his last game to show you that even after 20 years of basketball, he still didnt get it. He still didnt understand the concept of a team. In a way, that embarassing game summarized his career.

Kobe did have the tendency to take more shots than optimal... but his last game? Come on. Everyone in the building wanted him to take every shot. All his teammates, all the fans, all the media and all the Jazz players.

And it was a prefect Kobe game. Lots of shots, lots of misses... making the most important ones and getting the win. Everyone enjoyed it, too. NBA players included.