Kobe's career is a dissappointment

[Ca$H]

2000-2001 Kobe- 28.5 5.9 5.0(regular season) and 29.4 7.3 6.1 (playoffs).
The Lakers went 16-1 in the playoffs which is a historically dominant run.
Kobe was only 22 years old. I remember hearing that MJ admitted that Kobe was better than him at the same age. The comparisons to MJ were valid and completely reasonable. Many people actually thought that Kobe would surpass MJ. This notion lead to Kobe accumulating many haters and stans. Overall, I say Kobe's career is a disappointment based on those expectations.

[riseagainst]

he's a sh1t player. only 5 championships out of 7 finals. Not enough winning.

[Roundball_Rock]

5 rings, 7 Finals, a MVP, being top 10 all-time and likely finishing 2nd or 3rd all-time in scoring is a disappointment?

[DonDadda59]

Worse than Hitler.

[Prometheus]

2000-2001 Kobe- 28.5 5.9 5.0(regular season) and 29.4 7.3 6.1 (playoffs).
The Lakers went 16-1 in the playoffs which is a historically dominant run.
Kobe was only 22 years old. I remember hearing that MJ admitted that Kobe was better than him at the same age. The comparisons to MJ were valid and completely reasonable. Many people actually thought that Kobe would surpass MJ. This notion lead to Kobe accumulating many haters and stans. Overall, I say Kobe's career is a disappointment based on those expectations.

Word. I remember after the 2002 Finals, I believed in the hype. I thought the Lakers would at least four-peat, and I truly thought Kobe would surpass Jordan and become the greatest player I'd ever seen. It didn't play out that way, obviously, but we shouldn't fault Kobe for that.

It's similar to the situation with 'Bron. If everyone could forget about their expectations and hype, they would recognize both guys as two of the greatest players of all time and enjoy watching them - instead people bitch about how they're not perfect.

You can't call Kobe's career a disappointment though. It just got off to a VERY good start.

[GODbe]

I'm the biggest LeBron fan out there and even I know Kobe is GOAT . That's not dissapointing at all.

[PsychoWorm]

Kobe has a fist full of rings ffs. OP gtfo

[crisoner]

I expected Kobe to solve the crisis in the Middle East and cure world hunger myself.....Thumb Down Kobe!!!!

[SOD 21]

By the OP's definition of being a disappointment, that must mean that every great player in the history of the game other than Jordan is a failure

[IMObjective]

I bet Kobe's a little disappointed about his career. Probably thought he would end up being GOAT.

[kennethgriffin]

the difference between kobe being mj and kobe being kobe is this

- 2001 ( kobe dominated the playoffs, shaq could have let him win finals mvp but took over against a sh*t finals team )

- 2002 ( again. kobe dominated the wests best. shaq hogged against the sh*t nets )

- 2003 ( kobe could have been named mvp the same way jordan was for his 1st award. overlooking bird and magic's lesser numbers and #1 record.. ditto with duncan )

- 2004 ( if karl malone was healthy )

- 2006 ( ditto on the mvp )

- 2007 ( ditto on the mvp )

- 2008 ( if andrew bynum was healthy )

- 2009 ( kobe could have been named mvp... if his name wasnt kobe.. much harder to win 65 in the west than 66 in the east )

- 2010 ( ditto again with mvp )



so in the end. because of his team mates health, shaqs greed, and media bias since kobe is public enemy number 1 and espn didnt have kobe as their agenda... kobe ended up with 5 rings, 2 finals mvps and 1 season mvp

instead of

7 rings ( 00, 01, 02, 04, 08, 09, 10 )
6 finals mvps ( 01, 02, 04, 08, 09, 10 )
6 season mvps ( 03, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10 )



the difference between kobe and this outcome was a game here... a game there. a hogging team mate. and 2 injuries

[GimmeThat]

2FMVP after going 0/3

he actually started his career like sh*t.
I'm just glad I don't have to talk for him because he got his act together.

[Dragic4Life]

Sidekick rings*. Pity MVP*. Joke Defensive 1st-teams.

[kennethgriffin]

Sidekick rings*. Pity MVP*. Joke Defensive 1st-teams.

it only showsa more respect when people say ''pitty mvp''


the only guys who have ''pitty mvps'' are guys who were snubbed a bunch


kobes deserved it atleast 4 times. and could have gotten an mj 80s swing vote here and there

[GODbe]

Sidekick rings*. Pity MVP*. Joke Defensive 1st-teams.