Can't believe 3 years of Kobe's prime were wasted

[RRR3]

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Poor Kobe, didn't have a stacked team for 3 years of his 17
Tell that to guys like Allen Iverson, T-Mac, Vince Carter, Minnesota KG, Cleveland LBJ, pre-big 3 Paul Pierce, etc.

[BrickingStar]

LeBrons wasted some time too bitchmade thread

[Nash]

Lol, only 3 years? I think any guy in the history of the NBA would take 3 years of wasted years if he gets a contender the rest of the years.

[ihoopallday]

Lol, only 3 years? I think any guy in the history of the NBA would take 3 years of wasted years if he gets a contender the rest of the years.

This.

[OldSchoolBBall]

It is just unfortunate bc that is when it all came together. Kobe was drastically physically declining by 08 and he was slower in 07. 06 was he year he had it all and I'm curious what he would have done with a descent team.

The point is that you can say this about any number of players. What if '90-'93 Hakeem had a great cast around him? What if Barkley had a good cast from '88-'92? What if the Tmac and Hill dream had actually been realized in Orlando and Tmac wasn't surrounded by garbage? What if MJ had his '91-'93 cast around him back in '87-'90?

Why should we care about this unfortunate situation more for Kobe than for other players, many of whom had worse casts and/or poor casts for longer periods of time?

[rmt]

playing with Lamar Odom as his second best player

Between 05-07 Kobe was in his prime skill and athletics wise and putting up streaks of 60 point games and even got 81 points and almost carried Luke Walton and Kwame Brown past the Phoenix suns in the playoffs. Prime Kobe was a once in a life time event that will never be witnessed again


Kobe was the greatest in the league but his roster let him down.

Now Kobe finally has teammates befitting of his talent, but it is in his old age when he is worn down athletically. Too bad we will never get to see prime Kobe playing with teammates like this, unlike for example Duncan who had elite teammates for his entire career (and only has 4 rings to show for it )

Cry me a river. Can't believe that fans like you have the nerve to be whining/complaining about Kobe's team mates. Here's the list: MDE Shaq in his prime, Gasol in his prime, Dwight Howard in his prime, Karl Malone, Steve Nash, Ron Artest, Gary Payton - sounds like a stroll down basketball HOF. I'm sure that Duncan would trade in a heartbeat Parker and Ginobili for Kobe's team mates.

Kobe has benefitted greatly from being able to attain and retain (because Howard's going to cost a bundle to resign) team mates because of the Laker name/tradition, Buss's willingness to spend, big (Hollywood) city to attract players. Compare that to backwaters like Oklahoma City or San Antonio where no player wants to go, ticket prices are probably half what they are in LA and they trade away talent like Scola (to get rid of a bad contract) because the owner is so cheap he doesn't want to pay luxury tax.

Unlike Kobe, Duncan never won on the back of a top 10 GOAT. He won all his 4 rings without an all-NBA team mate.

[BlueandGold]

Lol, only 3 years? I think any guy in the history of the NBA would take 3 years of wasted years if he gets a contender the rest of the years.

Your peak prime is only about 3-5 years.. most of Kobe's absolute peak was wasted with terrible Laker teams.. 75% of his 2006 team isn't even in the league anymore.

But yea at this thread.. could be a lot worse.. but still would be nice how 05-08 Kobe, especially 06, would have done in the playoffs with anybody remotely good.

[tmacattack33]

playing with Lamar Odom as his second best player

Between 05-07 Kobe was in his prime skill and athletics wise and putting up streaks of 60 point games and even got 81 points and almost carried Luke Walton and Kwame Brown past the Phoenix suns in the playoffs. Prime Kobe was a once in a life time event that will never be witnessed again


Kobe was the greatest in the league but his roster let him down.

Now Kobe finally has teammates befitting of his talent, but it is in his old age when he is worn down athletically. Too bad we will never get to see prime Kobe playing with teammates like this, unlike for example Duncan who had elite teammates for his entire career (and only has 4 rings to show for it )

That's the second dumbest thing i've read here all week. Congratulations.

Kobe is the luckiest player in the league right now in terms of teammates he has had the luxury of playing besides, except for maybe Derek Fisher (in the 2 yrs he was apart from LA around 2007, he was playing with Deron, Boozer, and Kirilenko and them which was a pretty good team).

[Legends66NBA7]

While Kobe's "stacked" teams can be that of an exaggeration at times, for one being who he is and who he plays for, the OP is an idiot.

They've been far less fortunate players and while Kobe would still be great, how many players are getting this type of help around the later stages of their careers ?

Come on man, get real.