Kobe Bryant Says He’ll ‘Kick Everybody’s Ass’ if Lakers Don’t Improve

As if Laker struggles are simply because of one person. What about defense?

I would wait a little longer before I throw a teammate under the bus in public.
Do what you have to do and tell your teammates what they need to be told in practice, but not in the media.

Meeks and Hill should be playing, don’t know what D’Antoni is doing. Like I said, we lost our chance at a championship caliber team when we passed on Phil.

Kobe does realize Pau is playing through injury right? However, I do think he’s saying this stuff to light a fire under him and not just to complain about a crappy teammate. That last sentence is very telling. I didn’t see the game last night, but I wouldn’t be surprised if Pau played super lethargic.

Phil did stuff like this in his own ways through the media – Kobe is just very brutally honest with his assessment. Pau usually responds positively to his teammates/coaches questioning him publicly, so we’ll see what becomes of this.

I still don’t know why they hired an up tempo coach for a old a*ss team like this…this is a play in the post, slow it down team.

(D12 voice) “Hello Brooklyn”

Look Kobe.. I hate the heat… I like the LAkers BUT everybody knows D’ Antoni is not the coach for you….. By the time your chemistry isn’t an issue your in the 6-8th seed and out in the first round???

and kobe’s fg percentage dropped another 3% points this past week…

Their 4th quarter D was the problem.

Pau needs to put on his big boy pants…and punch Kobe in the mouth.

If RonRon said this than it would mean a lot more than Chris Childs

i like this. everyone, even people within an organization, should overreact when they struggle without their starting PG in a PG centric offense. Because THAT makes sense.

It was the hack-a-howard and lack of D which lost us the game aside from squad rotation by Mike D’Antoni. I fail to understand why he refuses to play Hill……….

Pau was lethargic even by his own standards ( which are much below the L average )…….. He better shape up or it ain’t farfetched to think he’s gonna be shipped out…….

Dooooooo itttttttttttttttt!!!

His FG percentage will be down to around 45% – 46% (as usual) by the end of the season, which means he will have to hoist up more shots to keep leading the L in scoring.

Where is Phil’s number when you need it the most?

I called it. The grass is not greener on the other side. GO MAGIC!!!

Once Nash comes back, we’ll see……

Why does Kobe always have to put people on blast to the media? If he said this to Pau behind closed doors, maybe it’d motivate him. Saying it for all the world to hear is just going to make things worse.

The argument before D’Antoni came was “Wait till we fire Mike Brown and get an offensive coach like D’Antoni.”

Caboose…….seriously?? So, you just forgot about the insanely long debate we had about how Nash would help Kobe play off the ball more and help him utilize his underrated cutting skills???? BTW, honest question : what happened to the Jordan vs Kobe O discussion we had?? I was kinda eagerly anticipating your reply……….

I never said Nash would be the answer to all our problems. But Kobe ain’t no Nash. He’s holding down the fort like he has over the last decade with his good passing skills but they aren’t in the same stratosphere as Nash’s.

Another thing stat aficionados should look at before bit*hing about Kobe’s efficiency is the rest of the team’s FG%.

Kobe could’ve had above 50% FG% easy but he tried to score and get the game back. That is more than I can say about anyone sans probably Dwight. It backfired splendidly but you can’t question the intent behind that.

Nobody wanted to hire D’Antoni. No laker fan ever said anything about D’Antoni. Laker nation wept when we hired D’Antoni over Phil. D’Antoni’s one of the worst coaches ever. There were people in NY without electricity for days that were happier than the laker fans were when we hired D’Antoni. Its like Jerry got old and everybody forgot how to think.

The Lake Show (the team not the slam member lol) has officially turned into a disaster thanks to the media and expectations. Not to make excuses for them, but I’ll wait for Nash to get back before I pass judgment on this team. Nash knows the system and is still a top tier point guard in the league. He’s made Phoenix respectable the last few years with way less talent, so if anyone can stabilize this situation, its him.

Pau is an easy scape goat because he’s been sucking.

Mike Brown made better use of Antawn Jamison, Chris Duhon, and Jodie Meeks? No? Not even close? K.

THIS. All of this.