Kobe Bryant: Lakers Are ‘Not Going Anywhere’

@bruce 7. kobe will finish out his career with at least 1+ scoring title and 0+ championship titles

42 points, 0 assists = LOSS. Lakers were playing their best when everyone was involved. See Game 3..

@ FNF here you go http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine, as for Deron Williams they can trade for him because the Nets aren’t going to be willing to let him go for nothing. They have the money to sign the long term deal the Lakers have several free agents and will most likely use the amnesty clause on Steve Blake or Ron Artest. These trades and signings are realistic.

Kobe plays basketball for himself, and always has. From the holding off til crunch time thing in his high school and early pro days, right up to what he did last night. The number one priority is to make himself appear infalible and indispensible. Who knows where this complex comes from, but his warped mental dependence on proving himself individually, and his increasing age, make him highly dispensible right now. The best thing the lakeshow can do is find a star hungry small market team and go all Peyton Manning on his a$$, quite frankly. Gather up a boat load of expiring contracts and see what Bynum can do as the main man for a year. Whats a first round exit for one year gonna hurt when they’ve been blasted out in the second for two consecutive seasons?

!rst of all kobe a gunner always has & always will. He will still gunnin the next 2 to 3 season to get the all time scoring record. Lakes it over the window has close. thier regressin ever year. U have the second best center and the top 3 PF and you dont steadily feed them the ball / that THE F’in problem. I would be disintrested to when i know on the next 3 possesion it a jack fade with 2 defenders coming about. It over the Lake have no cap space to add piece due to kobe, gasol, bynum contracts and if the get rid of one the two they lack height advantage they so use to luv& the piece they would get probaly just be mediao core so they just trailing okc, clippers,denver,memphis,timberwovles next season . ( sings..it closing time )

Hated the lakers when they were winning but i hate to see them go down to a younger team.
I got the Spurs in 5

Stop hating

Everything on here is opinion based. So to call someone an idiot just because they have a different opinion than you is childish. Also can someone tell me how Kobe is “garbage”.

Marc: Not garbage. He is overrated at this point in his career, sadly. His shot selection and lack of other facets of his game outside of scoring right now hamper his overall effectiveness on a game. Honestly, these playoffs, he looked like a very rich man’s Kevin Martin.

spurs are the team to beat right now. kobe, seems to have regressed in his understanding of making his teammates happy. this isn’t highschool. he can’t do it all himself. and as a leader he has to get people involved. if he’s going to dominate the ball, then he has to create assists to keep the rest of the team happy. zero assists. trying to prove a point? trying to do a good job on his part and ignore the effects of not passing on his overall team performance? come on kobe stop being a selfish pompous prick. oh well i guess the lakers can try to trade him or amnesty him. lol. not going to happen and that’s the sad part. by the time the lakers feel like they can get rid of him, he won’t be worth anything and the lakers would have wasted two years of pau’s prime and bynum’s wobbly knees.

no particular order

Thanks, everything.

Kobe? Who gives a f**k about Kobe. He was talking about the Lakers. And he is right. The Lakers will not be going anywhere. They will be getting another ‘ship soon enough. They made it to the second round in a season where two of their best players knew they were almost traded. Again, who gives a f**k about Kobe. This is the Lakers we are talking about. This is not Miami or San Antonio. Please focus on the Lakers. Not on a single player.

cosign @sixurrrs. MJ and AI knew how to get there teammates involved. there is a huge difference between having to shoot and create offense for your team because you don`t have sufficient help and having a chucker-like attitude despite having the best front court in the game. If you are wondering why bynum and gasol were so inconsistent throughout this postseason, it`s because of their inconsistent inclusion in the offense system from one game to the next. There is a direct correlation between a big`s effort/production and their involvement within the offense.

Shouldve traded Bynum and Pau for Dwight before the season started WHOOPS

Can’t win them all…you have 5, the Lakers have 16…whether you will bow out gracefully or not is your choice. Father time is undefeated, as much as I dislike you as a person , that also is what makes you great. This Laker team had a good run, the lakers will probably rebuild but not this year, nor last. You may not be patient…but you sure were humbled. Hoorah for German medicine , i am still amazed how well you played this year…but you know it as well as everyone else knows it that this team overachieved… you didn’t have enough…hope the marlin and swordfish are biting

i just think he went for personal glory. The numbers are nice and those 5 dunks in game 5 are too. i think those other guys i listed did more for their team than kobe. but that’s just me. dont get me wrong, im no okc fan, i think the spurs are taking them out in 5 games.

kobe shoots too much, not enough shots for Bynum

WBB, Bynum was 4/10 FG’s in the game. He’s a great Center in the L today, but he only deserves more touches if he’s proving he deserves them. He didn’t prove that IMO. He shot way to low of a percentage and missed to many “gimme’s”.
Drew shot 43% in this series. Think about that. Kobe shot a better FG% than Bynum… Think about that. Bynum did not deserve more touches IMO.

Wow

Does Kobe understand the irony of claiming the Pistons disappeared forever?

Kobe is definitely moving into the delusional part of his career. He’s like AI now. So many shots needed to get the big numbers. No way the Lakeshow are going to get better and win another before Kobe is done. Kobe is amazing but he’s getting WORSE tho, not better. Same thing with Pau, same thing with Ron Ron. Bynum is the only one getting better. Lakeshow are heading in the exact same direction as the Mavs, but at a slightly slower pace. They’re a horrible TEAM too. Not looking good at all. Guess Kobe should have been a little more selfish and tried to get that scoring title, since he played all season like that, and not the championship was his ultimate goal. Playing better as a TEAM usually translates into better playoff success. Good luck, chucker.

You cannot average 30 ppg for the playoffs (which leads the NBA so far) and not be a Top 10 player in the playoffs.

Teddy
Are we judging “better” by raw numbers are by impact?
I think Ty Lawson was more impactful in that series, but I can see why Kobe fans would disagree. I think the same thing about Blake, but again, it’s debatable. I wouldn’t have said Kobe wasn’t top 10 as far as individual performance.
But, when I consider what he did for his team, it makes a little more sense. It’s close though.

Eiter way Allen,(raw numbers/impact) how did Blake Griffin and Ty Lawson do more for their team or have a better playoffs? I don’t see it, but I got the blinders on so I guess it’s me.