Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011 at 10:30 am  |  73 responses

Kobe Bryant: ‘You Can’t Beat Me in June’

Despite their stumbles heading into the All-Star break, Kobe, Phil and the rest of the Lakers say they’re ready for the remainder of the season. They’re certainly not lacking for confidence. From ESPN: “I’m concerned but it’s no different than last season or the season before that,’ Bryant said. ‘There’s always concern, look at San Antonio, they have the same level of concern we do. Just like things are rolling, things can fall apart. Everybody is concerned at this point.’ With 25 games left in the season, the Lakers (38-19) currently have the third best record in the West and the sixth best record in the league. While they might not be able to catch the 46-10 Spurs for the top spot in the league, the Lakers are within four games of claiming the second best record in the league, which would at least give them home court in the Finals if they are able to get past the Spurs … [Phil] Jackson said the Lakers’ place in the standings and the amount of games left in the season should raise the urgency of a team which has looked bored at times this season waiting for the playoff to come around … When Bryant was asked how he feels about being an elder statesman he simply laughed. ‘It doesn’t matter to me,’ he said. ‘You can’t beat me in June. All the other stuff doesn’t matter.’”

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  • http://www.slamonline.com Nick Tha Quick

    When all these Laker haters talk, all I hear is music coming from the world’s smallest violin…

  • http://brimartin13@gmail.com Brion

    Jordon always tried to get his team going before taking it over in the 4th.

  • Jesse

    Check MY stats

  • http://dude Chukaz

    Kobe didn’t say he’s never been beaten in june. He just said that he’s not worried because come june, nobody’s gonna be able to beat him. you ppl are taking the quote out of context

  • the nerve

    Kobe, win games now my man. Right now, you know, the present. Lakeshow can’t buy a win over the top tier in the league. You may have the ring but this is THIS season. And as u can see, not even the Cavs fear the lakers.

  • LakeShow

    Nobody likes a winner anymore. some mad idiocracy going on in here. no one likes to win games more than Kobe Bryant. thats a fact. thats why i like him more than anyone else.

  • the nerve

    I am such a lil b!tch

  • the nerve

    a lil c0ck sukin b!tch

  • the nerve

    im lookin to hook up wit a dude who has enough nerve to penetrate my bum? anyone?

  • the nerve

    no takers? i’m just a lil b!tch. cute lil bum… lemme kno

  • LakeShow

    Damn nerve ur nasty lol. Kobe has 5 rings though guys. Who else in the league is in that winning category?

  • http://slamonline.com Enigmatic

    Basketball has always meant a lot to me. I spend 70% of my day focusing on the handsome NBA players, and the other 30% at my NAMBLA meetings. Busy life but hey, someone’s gotta live it.

  • Jackie Moon

    @Philosopher Kobe and Jordan have taken a different mix of twos and threes,so don’t even mentiion FG%, it’s misleading. To that point, if you look at their points per FGA, it’s almost identical.

  • http://slamonline.com Enigmatic

    Srry Moon, but Kobe’s highest shooting FG% isn’t even in Jordan’s top 10 seasons. You are soooo reaching it’s pathetic. BTW: Nice to see another “rainbow” sport’s fan. ;)

  • http://twitter.com/SylvanusUagbor Sylvanus

    I dont see why people hate someone with confidence and love someone who scared to ruin their image (Lebron).

  • Michael

    Some other players in the league need this killer instinct. I have never really liked Kobe much cause i dont really like the lakers, but you gotta respect his drive to win games, if nothing else. He is very similar to MJ in that regard.

  • http://www.kb24.com The Seed

    Kobe i agree. BOOK IT!!

  • Hurricane

    @ Enigmatic- With your little field goal % stuff “You are soooo reaching it’s pathetic.” Kobe’s pts. per attempt is 1.312 while Jordan’s is 1.316, I think that shows how close they really are.

  • http://www.bulls.com Enigmatic

    @Hurricane – that wasn’t me, that was a fake Enigmatic using my screen name, stupid.

  • http://slamonline.com Enigmatic

    I may be, I may be wrong..but I doubt it! Eat bricks sukkas!

  • http://slamonline.com The Ambassador

    What can I say the man is an illusionast!!!

  • Hugo Loon

    what i dont like about kobe is that his attitude/behaviour has never been consistent throughout the years…

  • joel De Pasquale

    too much for Kobe player his problem of too much cannot beat it unfair for other team nba !

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