Kobe Bryant Enjoying Proving Critics Wrong

I think Kobe came to the realization that his team cna’t win a chip this year so he’s going into eff you mode and just trying to score as many points as he can.

I have never in my life rooted for any teams other than the 90s Bulls and Suns. Everything you have an opinion about in your life Lakeshow is something your a fan of? Dumb

Co-sign nbk, it will be a loooooong day. Jamal Crawford can go for 50 any day too, and its not like he’s going to b*tch about his ESPN ranking.

^cosign.

I don’t give a damn if the Heat win the title. I predicted they would but If they don’t, I’m wrong and I move on. I couldn’t care less.

Nah NBK the way you consistently defend/praise Bron lets me know you have some investment in the heat, the two go hand in hand.

Predicting who wins and rooting for who wins is two different things, last year you may have predicted the lakers were going to win but u were prob rooting for miami because u love lebron.

There is a pretty obvious reason. Nobody notices the amount of irrational Kobe support, and (from the same people a lot of times) irrational LeBron hate. You see anyone call LeBron a top 20 player all-time (as absurd imo as those calling Kobe top 5)? Or compare him to Jordan? Or say anything other than “he’s the best player in the league today”? You see anyone defend LeBron’s horrid performance in the 4th last night? No? To all of the above? Hmm what reason would I have to argue with someone about LeBron? Did u read the irrational “I told you so” “Kobe’s the best in the league still” yada yada?

I’ll admit I’ma heat fan… but whatever.

Yup, saying Kobe isn’t top 5 is Downing him. Makes perfect sense.

Wow, people stating Kobe shoots alot is like saying MJ never shot at all. People MJ used to shoot his teams out of games, his teammates complained about getting shots. Its funny I watched countless games of MJ just shooting to get 30 points a game. MJ once stated that he tries to get 8 points a quarter to end up with 32 points or more a game. So MJ is selfish right. Its funny, dude is 33 years old his team is winning with a subpar bench and a 50 year old point guard and people still hating. Just celebrate his career and his accomplishments. He is the only player in History to lead a team to 2 rings with out another Hall of Famer on his team. BOOK IT!!!

^^^ It doesn’t bother me when dudes like JT and nbk blindly hate on Kobe and/or the Lakers and will ALWAYS find something to degrade said person/team about, even when the thing they find is as trivial as the jaw-jut. I can live with people being fans of their fav player/team and having to hate rival player/team. It sports. What bothers me is their refusal to admit that they just plain hate his guts for no particular reason. Instead, they want to claim that they hate selfish basketball or hate anyone trying to be like MJ or hate the same teams that keep winning it. Just come out and say it like Eboy. You just hate the dude. Simple. It won’t kill you. It won’t break anyone’s heart.

Nick tha Quick with the truth. Well Allen, what do you think? Should Pau be in the Hall of fame? He is borderline, but at this point I don’t think so.

I’ll stick with Pau being borderline HOF at this point. We’ll see where his career goes. If the Lakers win another with him as the 2nd/3rd option then yes.

Pau is not going into the Hall of Fame, for winning two rings as a distant 2nd best player on Kobe’s Team. Pau is tradable and will be traded this or next. BOOK IT!!

Thanks for that Seed… thankss…. …

People always forget how terrible Kobe was on his own. Without a big man (or multiple big men) to back him up, Kobe looks like the most selfish player in the NBA those 3 and change seasons without Gasol. He missed the playoffs entirely one year and got kicked out of the first round twice. What was LeBron doing in that span? Getting to the Finals on his own with a bunch of D-Leaguers and repeatedly going deep in the playoffs. Also, Kobe’s FG percentage is horrendous.

@Seed, Pau Gasol was a distant second option on the two Laker teams Kobe led? Give me a f*cking break, without Gasol we aren’t winning either series. Especially the series against Boston, he performed GREAT in Game 7, He was our main scorer other than Kobe, and Kobe went 6 for 20, only reason Kobe had 20+ points is because he got to the line. Gasol’s almost as important to LA as Kobe. Is Pau soft? Usually. But he has still produced when it mattered most.

if pau continues to play at least at an all star level the rest of his career, he’s HOF’er. his accomplishments go beyond the nba a little more. no pau, no five rings for mamba. plain. simple. even kobe admitted that his teammates, most notably Gasol who lifted the team in game 7 of 2010 finals. (see press conference)

Y’all noticed Chris Mullin is in the HOF? Idk if Pau is a “hall of famer” but he sure is good enough to be.

YUP to Kobe! Kobe really and still proving that he is a selfish player. Oh ya but I understand, who else can he pass to? Trust yourself. lol.

@BlackStar – Actually all those guys DID prove the critics wrong – they were all predicted to be great or HoF players and consistently proved they weren’t. (Critics critique, haters criticise.)

a 66 game season, yeah it’s early in the season, but some people just don’t get it and never will. This guy is not your typical NBA baller, just playing night in and night out, like 80% of the league. He listens to the fans, haters and media saying he’s old and way past his prime. He plays with a dead serious purpose, EVERY GAME. And for the past 3-4 years people have said he’s old and over the hill, and each one of those years he makes alot if people retrack those words. So here we go again in 2012.

nbk and JT21, Kobe got his shots off within the flow of his offense yesterday. If you see the last few games, he’s been getting off most of his shots through set screens or pnrs. He’s been the primary ball handler for this team no doubt and has been having a torrid time with TOs (which is why he’s rather coming off screens rather than dribbling the hell outta the ball courtesy of his busted wrist ). However, one thing that gets lost in translation is that Bynum and Pau did get shot attempts. They did tries. Even today vs Utah, they got touches. But they weren’t able to get into good positions quickly or consistently enough early in the clock to get the ball to them. Also, they seem to have lead feet right now……

Kobe’s been shooting a lot right now. vs Denver, it was uncalled for and plain stupid. vs Utah, GS, Phx or whatever team he’s played well, he’s been controlled. Tries to get the others going. If they do, then go with the flow before takeover ala Rockets. If they don’t respond, go and try to get the game back singlehandedly and establish the flow which will carry you to the win ala GS. ( Remember that Kobe did go back to team ball for the last 5 minutes of Q4. Early in Q4, he had problems reverting to Laker Ball from Kobe ball though. ) Or ride your hot hand like vs Phx.

I am not complaining about what Kobe did last night. There is nothing to defend about it, it was awesome. Selfish, but that doesn’t matter. Getting mad at Kobe for being selfish would be like getting mad at a politician for avoiding the question. It’s that he can’t do that consistently. Especially over the course of this season. And the Lakers getting into the habit of relying on Kobe to bail them out this early in the year is risky. Too say the least. I as a betting man, given the evidence from less strenuous seasons in Kobe’s career (when he was also younger, if I have to point that out). It’s unlikely the lakers have a realistic shot at doing anything significant.