Kobe says he has 3 good years left

[ElNono]

chris palmer ‏@ESPNChrisPalmer

Kobe says he has about 3 good years left and "shut it down" after the season to think about the future.

Kobe: "This is my 17th summer. I can't think of any NBA player who's done it at this high level for this long."

[baseline bum]

Going 1-8 in the second round the last two years was high level?

[pass1st]

He had a good career, tbh. Played better than you would expect out of a ToSB

[BRHornet45]

yea sons because chucking the ball for .430 from the field and .303 (lmao) from behind the arc is playing at a high level. anyone could put up a high amount of points scored when given the green light to chuck the ball 23 times per game on average like Kobe did last season.

[scanry]

chris palmer ‏@ESPNChrisPalmer

Kobe says he has about 3 good years left and "shut it down" after the season to think about the future.

Kobe: "This is my 17th summer. I can't think of any NBA player who's done it at this high level for this long."

Kareem had 17 amazing years (12 of them were MVP like seasons). Too bad his 18th, 19th & 20th years were Tim DuncanOSBesque.

[BRHornet45]

chris palmer ‏@ESPNChrisPalmer

Kobe says he has about 3 good years left and "shut it down" after the season to think about the future.

Kobe: "This is my 17th summer. I don't want to admit that many NBA player's have done it at this high level for this long."


fixed quote sons

[Venti Quattro]

Damn, you made Kobe sound like he's from the hoodz.

[CitizenDwayne]

Kobe: "I can't think of any NBA player who's done it at this high level for this long."

Spoken like a true douche.

[Venti Quattro]

Seems like he forgot about KAJ. Or maybe it's just an exaggeration that not many players have been at that level for 17 years, to which he is most definitely right.

17 years with one team, that's unheard of today, if not very rare.

[namlook]

The Kobe threads here are fucking hilarious. :lmao

[mavs>spurs]

kobe hasn't even been good the past 2 years :lol, what makes him think the next 3 are going to be any different?

[ElNono]

fixed quote sons

Thanks son :lol

[midnightpulp]

Congrats to this generation's Karl Malone.

[mudyez]

Congrats to this generation's Karl Malone.

Thats a little unfair...Karl was very likable compared to Kobe.

...As was Stalin.

[Venti Quattro]

Thats a little unfair...Karl was very likable compared to Kobe.

...As was Stalin.

How does he compare to Adolf Hilter?

[mudyez]

How does he compare to Adolf Hilter?

I just tried to avoid that, me beeing from germany and so on ;)

[LkrFan]

Nono is still #OBSESSED with Kobe. :lol

[Latarian Milton]

his good years were left 3 years behind him imho

[TDMVPDPOY]

3 more years to chase jordans total scoring....watta turd

[Clipper Nation]

Wait... is this a quote from 2003, or does he actually think he's still good?

:lol Kobrick
:lol Delusional TOSB
:lol Three more years of overpaid chucking

[Killakobe81]

Going 1-8 in the second round the last two years was high level?

According to most Spur fans team accomplishments mean little when discussing the merits of individual players and their legacy, or does it only applies when you discuss Tim Duncan?

[Jt.ONE]

played and will most likely end his career with just 1 team. 17+ with a single team is saying something

[Koolaid_Man]

According to most fans team accomplishments mean little when discussing the merits of individual players and their legacy, or does only applies when you discuss Tim Duncan?

I beleive in the individual...for example...

First NBA to get a tongue ring: Check

First NBA Player to get a tramp stamp: Check

First NBA player to have a male house mate (even after getting married): Check


Ohh yes it's all about the individual :lol

[Koolaid_Man]

kobe hasn't even been good the past 2 years :lol, what makes him think the next 3 are going to be any different?


Hey say playa...I'm gonna ask you this nice and slow and afterwards I will hold my breath while awaiting your answer...

Will You Please Butter My Bread :lol


http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.1109759.1341703978!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_635/image.jpg

[Latarian Milton]

the 07' kobe was a real badass when he could drop 40pts+ any given night, he's never been nearly that good since then and he should be glad to have won another two rings with gasol

[ambchang]

Most players are not great at estimating their shelf life.

[scanry]

Kobe had his his best series against the Suns in 09, and the 5 game sweep against the Magic wasn't much to brag about. He was a legit TOSB in 2010 though.

I'd rather have him play limited minutes (~ 32-35 min). Anything more than that will raise the bar of TOSB higher..

[ElNono]

Nono is still #OBSESSED with Kobe. :lol

Just passing ESPN stuff along :lol

[Bynumite]

"Kobe says he has 3 good years left".

Translation: "I'm retiring with 8 rings and going out in a blaze of glory."


yea sons because chucking the ball for .430 from the field and .303 (lmao) from behind the arc is playing at a high level. anyone could put up a high amount of points scored when given the green light to chuck the ball 23 times per game on average like Kobe did last season.

Still better than your boy Beli, that says a lot about Stallone's stunt double, he has a lower percentage in less attempts and he can't even outperform an old man :lol

[Koolaid_Man]

hoo dat?


you haven't heard...don't kill me I'm just a messenger :lol


Two people in his life have helped him keep perspective. His girlfriend, Amy Sherrill, who is finishing school at Wake Forest and visits Duncan in San Antonio when she can, and Mark Scott, his former college roommate whom Duncan lives with and employs as a personal assistant.



''He's been someone who's been around the whole time and who I can go and talk to away from basketball,'' he said of Scott.

:lmao

http://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/31/sports/pro-basketball-oblivious-to-attention-or-pressure.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm

[Clipper Nation]

played and will most likely end his career with just 1 team. 17+ with a single team is saying something
Any goodwill from that is cancelled out by how he forced his way to the Lakers on draft day in the first place, tbh...

[HarlemHeat37]

:lol Kobe's tenure with a single team is negated by the fact that he desperately attempted to leave in 2007, throwing a tantrum, shitting on the entire organization..

[ElNono]

Any goodwill from that is cancelled out by how he forced his way to the Lakers on draft day in the first place, tbh...

And into that girl in Colorado, tbh :lol

[Clipper Nation]

:lol Kobe's tenure with a single team is negated by the fact that he desperately attempted to leave in 2007, throwing a tantrum, shitting on the entire organization..
And let's not forget about how Kobrick to the Clippers was basically a done deal in '04 until the Lakers caved and traded Shaq, tbh...

:cry Wanted to be his own star and get out of Shaq's shadow
:cry Needed Elton Brand to carry him instead
:cry "I'd rather play on Mars than the Lakers"
:cry "Jerry Buss lied to me, I don't wanna rebuild!"
:cry "Ship Bynum's ass out for Kidd"

[pass1st]

And let's not forget about how Kobrick to the Clippers was basically a done deal in '04 until the Lakers caved and traded Shaq, tbh...

:cry Wanted to be his own star and get out of Shaq's shadow
:cry Needed Elton Brand to carry him instead
:cry "I'd rather play on Mars than the Lakers"
:cry "Jerry Buss lied to me, I don't wanna rebuild!"
:cry "Ship Bynum's ass out for Kidd"

Just a bluff, nobody wants to be on that shit team

[whitemamba]

i see 2 more rings in his future.

[baseline bum]

played and will most likely end his career with just 1 team. 17+ with a single team is saying something

It's saying the team had the balls to stand up and tell him to fuck off when he went into Dwight Howard mode back in 07.

FUCK: Harlem beat me to it.

[baseline bum]

i see 2 more rings in his future.

Dat nigga whipped; the first one he gave Vanessa was worth $4 million, and now you see two more like that for her fat ass?

[Venti Quattro]

Magic demanded a trade, still one of the greatest ever. :lol

oops, and with one team too. :lol

[Killakobe81]

Dat nigga whipped; the first one he gave Vanessa was worth $4 million, and now you see two more like that for her fat ass?

If we looking at almost Duncan nearly split to form an original super friends with Grant and Tmac ... Sure Kobe was an ass but who cares? 2 rings heals all wounds. LOL they did not stand up to him they appeased or pacified him with the Pau trade.

[z0sa]

More like 3 tired years left

[Killakobe81]

Dat nigga whipped; the first one he gave Vanessa was worth $4 million, and now you see two more like that for her fat ass?

U pretty funny today bum ... Nice. Humor is a good defense mechanism.

[The Gemini Method]

Ego and Pride are a motherfucker and sometimes a bit much in the world of sports. I hope he is still at least providing something in the next three years. It is hard to imagine the league without Bryant, Duncan, KG, and all the other stars that I grew up watching. It will be interesting to see (after James and Durant) the progression of stars after this era is officially done with.

[whitemamba]

i think hes being modest tbh.

[Koolaid_Man]

:lol Kobe's tenure with a single team is negated by the fact that he desperately attempted to leave in 2007, throwing a tantrum, shitting on the entire organization..

:lmao

Kobe to Lebron: "One Ring Ain't Going To Cut It" :lmao

http://www.opposingviews.com/i/sports/nba/lakers-vs-heat-kobe-bryant-says-lebron-james-one-ring-ain-t-going-cut-it

[Calispursfan11]

The obsession with Kobe continues on this board. Even if he is close to TOSB status who hurts the team more than he helps it, you have to appreciate 17 years of service. Sadly, Kobe will never realize when he becomes a true TOSB. There is no turning Kobe's ego off. On the one hand, you have to give him credit for supreme confidence, but father time makes sure all things come to an end. And when your body no longer does what your mind asks it to do, you should retire. The question is, how will Kobe go out - like an egocentric punk, or like Tim Duncan who is aging like fine wine?

[Koolaid_Man]

The obsession with Kobe continues on this board. Even if he is close to TOSB status who hurts the team more than he helps it, you have to appreciate 17 years of service. Sadly, Kobe will never realize when he becomes a true TOSB. There is no turning Kobe's ego off. On the one hand, you have to give him credit for supreme confidence, but father time makes sure all things come to an end. And when your body no longer does what your mind asks it to do, you should retire. The question is, how will Kobe go out - like an egocentric punk, or like Tim Duncan who is aging like fine wine?

:lol get Timmy nude on that ESPN cover like Tyson (ass tat and all) and then I'll beleive :lmao

[da_suns_fan]

chris palmer ‏@ESPNChrisPalmer

Kobe says he has about 3 good years left and "shut it down" after the season to think about the future.

Kobe: "This is my 17th summer. I can't think of any NBA player who's done it at this high level for this long."

:lol

Yep...still a douche bag.

[ambchang]

Depends if the Lakers can get D12 on the team. The Lakers have to somehow be loaded for Kobe to have a good year. He has the best stats from 05-07, but the Lakers stunk, so I am not sure whether you should count those as good Kobe years.