Are we gonna sit here and act like Kobe wasn't the worst player in 2008 Olympics???

[SexSymbol]

Kobe was easily the best defender on that team and won USA the gold medal with the clutchest quarter in basketball history.
Just sit down, and let the truth sink in.

[AirFederer]

Lol let's not let the Kobe hate get completely out of hand. He was not the best by all means but worst? GTFO

[AirFederer]

[Doranku]

Yeah there there is no need for that.
Then again might it be downplaying Wade's contribution in that game to say that Kobe was the clear MVP?

I haven't revisited that game or even thought of it since back then and I don't remember any specifics but based on posted recollections and stats in this thread it seems like he also has a good and possibly even stronger case for that games MVP title.

Wade was the best player overall during the Olympics, and he certainly has an argument for MVP of the gold medal game too.

That doesn't change the fact that Kobe took over the game when the momentum had swung in Spain's favor and willed team USA to the promise land. I don't think anyone else on that team could have replicated what Kobe did when crunch time rolled around.

I mean, look at Melo/Bron/Wade in 06 without Kobe. They lost to f*cking Greece, who got ROASTED by 25 points in the finals by... guess who? Spain.... Without Pau Gasol.

Again, Wade was phenomenal overall during the Olympics, and in the gold medal game as well. Just have to give the MVP nod to Kobe for stepping up big time when team USA needed it the most.

[Gus Hemmingway]

No he was their best defender. And he didn't merely gamble for steals. You have no clue what you're talking about. In 2007 and 2008 Kobe played ridiculously sound, frustrating defense. He changed our culture back to what it used to be on that end of the floor the way it was from 1992 to 1996. And no surprise the blow outs returned.

He wasn't the best defender, his "hype" pre-olympics was to be the defensive anchor.. That's it, it was hype. And it was the only thing that Kobe fans settled for after his poor performances. There was three games where Kobes defender dropped the team high

To add, he didn't even defend the best player on any team, Calderon? Ginobli?

Yao
Dirk
Gasol(s)
Masol
Spanolous
Scola

Didn't gaurd any of them

Here's actual facts of EVERY game

China
Lbj 18pts 66%fg
Wade 19pts 100%fg
Kobe 13pts 43%fg

Angolia
Lbj 12pts 71%fg
Wade 19pts 75%fg
Kobe 8pts 30%fg

Greece
Lbj 13pts 50%fg
Wade 17pts 60%fg
Kobe 10pts 50%

Spain
Lbj 18pts 50%fg
Wade 16pts 67%fg
Kobe 11pts 40%fg

Germany
Lbj 18pts 70%fg
Wade 10pts 67%fg
Kobe 13pts 50%fg

Australia
Lbj 16pts 60%fg
Wade 8pts 30%fg
Kobe 25pts 62%fg (Patty Mills scored 20 on Kobe this game)

Argentina
Lbj 15pts 55%fg
Wade 12pts 58%fg
Kobe 12pts 35%fg (Delfino scored 20 on Kobe)

GOLD vs Spain
Lbj 14pts 66%fg
Wade 27pts 75%fg
Kobe 20pts 50%fg (Fernandez scored 22 on Kobe)

http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/08/...y_teaSear.html

2008 Beijing
Wade >> Lebron >>> USA >> Kobe

[knicksman]

remember when 2004 failed because of the 2 ballhogs(iverson and marbury). Guess who plays the same as them-bran. So not a surprise he asked kobe to win gold for him just like he needed superstacked teams to win rings

[plowking]

Kobe was the best player in the Gold medal game bro. Wade was the better player over the course of the tourney.

Are you seriously this delusional and biased? Fucc, give this ni99a his props for once in your life.

Biased? No, I'm the one that isn't influenced by the media bullshit that Kobe got.

Wade was the top scorer. Wade was the one who picked up the scoring while the other "stars" were on the bench in foul trouble. Wade was the best player over the entire game, and Wade was clutch in the 4th too.

Wade was the best player overall in the game. He was the finals MVP.

[Gus Hemmingway]

Biased? No, I'm the one that isn't influenced by the media bullshit that Kobe got.

Wade was the top scorer. Wade was the one who picked up the scoring while the other "stars" were on the bench in foul trouble. Wade was the best player over the entire game, and Wade was clutch in the 4th too.

Wade was the best player overall in the game. He was the finals MVP.

YEP

He was the gold MVP and the OLYMPICS MVP

[Doranku]

Biased? No, I'm the one that isn't influenced by the media bullshit that Kobe got.

Wade was the top scorer. Wade was the one who picked up the scoring while the other "stars" were on the bench in foul trouble. Wade was the best player over the entire game, and Wade was clutch in the 4th too.

Wade was the best player overall in the game. He was the finals MVP.

Kobe scoring 13 points in the 4th = Media bullshit
Wade scoring 3 points in the 4th = Clutch

Yeah, you aren't biased at all.

[plowking]

Kobe scoring 13 points in the 4th = Media bullshit
Wade scoring 3 points in the 4th = Clutch

Yeah, you aren't biased at all.

Hitting a 3 with the game within 4 isn't clutch?

Carrying the team for the half while the two other best players are out with foul trouble isn't clutch?

Is there something fundamentally in built in every Kobe fan that makes them this spastic?

I never said Kobe wasn't clutch, just that he wasn't the best player in the game which the media implied. It was Wade. Kobe was second.

[lakers_forever]

[QUOTE=Bill Simmons, not Kobe biggest fan]Third, for most of the Games, Team USA had an alpha dog issue. Was this Kobe's team or LeBron's? Fast-forward to 8:13 left: Fern

[iznogood]

He wasn't the best defender, his "hype" pre-olympics was to be the defensive anchor.. That's it, it was hype. And it was the only thing that Kobe fans settled for after his poor performances. There was three games where Kobes defender dropped the team high

To add, he didn't even defend the best player on any team, Calderon? Ginobli?

Yao
Dirk
Gasol(s)
Masol
Spanolous
Scola

Didn't gaurd any of them

Here's actual facts of EVERY game

China
Lbj 18pts 66%fg
Wade 19pts 100%fg
Kobe 13pts 43%fg

Angolia
Lbj 12pts 71%fg
Wade 19pts 75%fg
Kobe 8pts 30%fg

Greece
Lbj 13pts 50%fg
Wade 17pts 60%fg
Kobe 10pts 50%

Spain
Lbj 18pts 50%fg
Wade 16pts 67%fg
Kobe 11pts 40%fg

Germany
Lbj 18pts 70%fg
Wade 10pts 67%fg
Kobe 13pts 50%fg

Australia
Lbj 16pts 60%fg
Wade 8pts 30%fg
Kobe 25pts 62%fg (Patty Mills scored 20 on Kobe this game)

Argentina
Lbj 15pts 55%fg
Wade 12pts 58%fg
Kobe 12pts 35%fg (Delfino scored 20 on Kobe)

GOLD vs Spain
Lbj 14pts 66%fg
Wade 27pts 75%fg
Kobe 20pts 50%fg (Fernandez scored 22 on Kobe)

http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/08/...y_teaSear.html

2008 Beijing
Wade >> Lebron >>> USA >> Kobe

To be fair, Spain's best player in 2008 was not Calderon. It was Navarro who was guarded by Kobe. Still, Navarro scored 18 points on 50% FG and had a very good game as well.

[Gus Hemmingway]

To be fair, Spain's best player in 2008 was not Calderon. It was Navarro who was guarded by Kobe. Still, Navarro scored 18 points on 50% FG and had a very good game as well.

^^ yeah, I gotcha, I was just being sarcastic using the "?"'s when I named em