i have some much hatred in my heart right now. pure dark hatred.

[baseline bum]

i want to say so many hateful things

i want to get in a physical fight and just kick someones face in!!!!

i have anger building up.


i hate mda for making me feel this way

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i want to say so many hateful things

i want to get in a physical fight and just kick someones face in!!!!

i have anger building up.


i hate mda for making me feel this way

It's never enough, eh, bum?

tee, hee.

[Splits]

Jeffs, is that you?

[Clipper Nation]

Literally the worst NBA season in history
> Clippers win the division
> 33 win streak jeopardized by team of insufferable douche bags
>"stacked" Lakers team struggles to make playoffs
> Jerry "Gandalf" Buss passes away
> Kobe suffers worst-case injury at worst possible time near the end of his career

[baseline bum]

D'Antoni shouldn't just be fired after tonight. He should be taken out back and beaten until he knows the sort of pain Kobe is in right now.
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Jeffs

[Clipper Nation]

Did "Basketball Reasons" end Kobe?

Face it. Does anyone doubt if we had Chris Paul (with Dwight) that we'd be in a position that Kobe would NEED to play 48 minutes? Kobe forced himself into that position because the team had to fight for the 8 seed.

SHM Stern, SHM... http://forums.lakersground.net/images/smiles/icon_nono.gif http://forums.lakersground.net/images/smiles/icon_nono.gif http://forums.lakersground.net/images/smiles/icon_nono.gif

And sore loser fans of other teams say the league rigs it for the Lakers...

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D'Antoni shouldn't just be fired after tonight. He should be taken out back and beaten until he knows the sort of pain Kobe is in right now.
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Jeffs

:rolleyes

[baseline bum]

Lakers think Kobe has a torn achilles. I honestly wish ill on D'Antoni. (bleep) that piece of (bleep).

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Lakers think Kobe has a torn achilles. I honestly wish ill on D'Antoni. (bleep) that piece of (bleep).

:rolleyes

[baseline bum]

:rolleyes

You're gonna get me that scavenger hunt prize tonight, aren't you son?

lmvictoriousao!

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lmvictoriousao!

lmemulatedao!!!

[Splits]

:cry:cry:cry:cry:cry:cry:cry:cry



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http://forums.lakersground.net/templates/uberSTYLE/images/icon_minipost.gif (http://forums.lakersground.net/viewtopic.php?p=5246324#5246324)Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2013 11:42 pm Post subject: Lakers fans going to the Spurs game on Sunday... Chant KOBE!






Please chant KOBE KOBE right before tip off. Please! And don't stop, keep going until a timeout is called, and then keep going. Let him know how much we all appreciate his effort this season, how amazingly he played, all his comebacks, his will to win, his playing 48 minutes, and giving it all even when injured. he carried this team, franchise, this city on his back and because of his determination and heart, put us in a position to make the playoffs when all hope was just about lost.

Give him a standing ovation. Chant his name. Show him love for being on the court in a pressure situation and standing on 1 leg while making 2 critical free throws, which proved to be essential in winning the game. He promised we'd make the playoffs and if the season ended today, we'd be in.

We love you Kobe. You completed your mission. The mission for those going to the Spurs game: chant his name LOUD! Tell everyone there to do it. Let him know how much he is appreciated, and how much we want him back!





:cry:cry:cry:cry:cry:cry:cry:cry

[baseline bum]

Seriously effed up if Kobe's career ends tonight like this. Not right. The man deserved a farewell tour. MDA can cannoball assfirst into an olympic pool of dicks.

[Clipper Nation]

If it takes any human 1 year, he'll be back in by the start of next season. I guarantee it. Never, ever project a normal recovery period to Kobe Bryant... that would be naive of us.

There's no way he goes out like this. Not a chance. If anything, this will extend his playing career a year because he'll want to catch up.

Kobe Bryant will retire because he chooses to and on his own terms. End of.

[baseline bum]

He is a dead man in LA now.

[baseline bum]

It appears Kobe finally met his kryptonite. It was hidden in a can of Pringles.

[baseline bum]

Hired a coach that ran Kobe into the ground, ran Pau and Dwight out of town, all the while killing his father. :lol

[baseline bum]

I don't think anyone left the game happy. I had to sit in my car for a while. Even though ive not liked him from jump, ive refrained from Tweeting abt firing d'antoni or what-have-you & ive tried to be supportive since hes my teams coach but I mean... I'm glad I missed whatever post-game stupidity D'Antoni had to say... (and I've said from the jump Kobe. Was. Playing. Too. Damn. Much. )

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It appears Kobe finally met his kryptonite. It was hidden in a can of Pringles.

Not enough, huh?

It's the 5-4 thing, bum. You're gonna have to go and get it. Then, then,,,,then it'll be enough.

Let us proceed...

[baseline bum]

Dantoni deserves a sliced achilles hostel style. (bleep) that guy.

[baseline bum]

Not enough, huh?

It's the 5-4 thing, bum. You're gonna have to go and get it. Then, then,,,,then it'll be enough.

Let us proceed...

Bing? What are you doing here? I thought I told you to go fuck your mother!?!

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Bing? What are you doing here? I thought I told you to go fuck your mother!?!

I'm restin'.

[baseline bum]

Does it really need to be explained to you why a 34 year old player with 17 YEARS in the NBA shouldn't be averaging 45+ minutes at the END OF THE SEASON????? I don't think it takes a wizard to realize what the CONSEQUENCES WOULD BE???? I've been saying that even if they do make playoffs, Kobe is going to KILL HIMSELF by the time they reach it the way he has been pushed. Kobe is the horse that ran himself to death and died of exhaustion trying to hide Dantoni's MASSIVE flaws as a coach.

Screw Firing this guy, PUT A NOOSE AROUND HIS NECK!!!!

[baseline bum]

D'Antoni played Kobe like a slave in Egypt. Never allowing him even a minute's rest. Sometimes playing him all 48 minutes (at age 34).

[FkLA]

The man knew he had torn his Achilles as he was laying on the floor. He walked to the bench. Walked all the way to the free throw line. And made 2 free throws to tie the game on a torn Achilles. His final points this season just tells you who Kobe Bryant is right there.

http://forums.lakersground.net/images/smiles/icon_sad.gif

I love Kobe. This is so damn sad.
I know....it still makes me cry!

It was also so emotional watching Kobe limp off after the FTs and Sacre coming over to help him walk. http://forums.lakersground.net/images/smiles/icon_cry.gif
OUR WARRIOR! http://forums.lakersground.net/images/smiles/icon_cry.gif

[FkLA]

Dude, seriously! The other guys barely even looked up as Kobe limped past them. Who are these clowns? Too dejected by their DNPs? Ebanks, Morris, and Duhon can follow MDA out the door.


Yea Ebanks, Morris n Duhon get Da F outta here n especially MDA..


Thank you Robert! All the other guys on the bench F U! Look at Nash just clapping his hands, looking down. Big time piece of crap right there.

Theyre so angry cause not even his own teammates like Kobe. :lol

[baseline bum]

this dumb bi**** doesn't take a TO. I have never seen any coaches do that to their players.

I will throw beer down to him if anything happens to Kobe.

[midnightpulp]

I remember when Alonzo Mourning tore his knee up in his last season. He knew he was never playing in another NBA game. He shook off the stretcher and walked off the floor. He wasn't going to leave his last game on a stretcher. Same thing applies here. Not only did Kobe hit those free throws, but he walked off on his own. Just the act of walking with that injury is a feat most men would be unable to undertake.
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Jeffs

[phoenix219]

Do you really think MDA would have been able to take Kobe out even if he *tried* ? Kobe has been on a mission of his own all season. This is Kobe's stubborness, not MDA. Not to mention, all the other injuries the Laker's have suffered.... they've been playing shorthanded all year.

[MarioSpeedwagon]

I remember when Alonzo Mourning tore his knee up in his last season. He knew he was never playing in another NBA game. He shook off the stretcher and walked off the floor. He wasn't going to leave his last game on a stretcher. Same thing applies here. Not only did Kobe hit those free throws, but he walked off on his own. Just the act of walking with that injury is a feat most men would be unable to undertake.
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Jeffs
Good God

[midnightpulp]

Good God

More:

What did you think it was? Was pretty clear that he strained it earlier in the game. Instead of taking him out, D'Antoni literally ran him into the ground. Congratulations, coach. Hope you have a (bleep) stroke on the way home tonight.
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Jeffs

[midnightpulp]

We can argue about where he ranks on the "GOAT" lists until we're all blue in the face. None of that matters. If you could give me any player in NBA history, I would take Kobe. There has never been a player more dedicated to his team or his craft. The guy leaves his heart and soul on the floor every night. No one has ever worked as hard as him. NO ONE.

Those who don't respect this and try to nitpick his game have no respect from me. No one has done more for this franchise than this man. His personal transgressions aside, the guy is someone I would want my children to emulate on a professional level. Sometimes he plays poorly, but can never accuse him of not trying.

I don't want to pollute this thread by mentioning our current coach, so please discuss him elsewhere. This is about Kobe and the ultimate respect he deserves. We will never see someone like him again.
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Jeffs

[MarioSpeedwagon]

He stopped trying on defense like three years ago. Clueless fuck

[hater]

Lmao ppl blaming dantoni. Dantoni was nothing but a muppet. Not even a puppet, but a muppet. A guy who plays his part and thats about it. If anyone killed kobe it was kobe himself. It was HIS team

[silverblk mystix]

:rollin:rollin:rollin

:rollin:rollin




This thread has potential...

[Koolaid_Man]

I know everyone is keenly and anxiously waiting to hear from Kool this AM. I get it that as the most notable Spurstalk poster in history and decorated Laker Nation leader my opinion matters and my thoughts want to be explored as a weekend past time that all of you consider greater and more exciting than pussy. So here it is for Laker Luva and Hater alike:

Don’t ever let emotion dictate your reaction.
I generally try and follow this principle in my life. It makes things simpler. But on a grander scale, it usually will keep you from doing things you later regret. When emotion gets the best of us we do strange things. We say things we wouldn’t normally say. We confront people we wouldn’t normally confront. The momentary lapse of reason that follows some kind of emotional stigma is rarely what you would do when you’re composed and thinking clearly.


—- Test your black mamba knowledge by taking this Kobe Bryant quiz (http://www.lakersnation.com/kobe-quiz)! —-


That’s the approach I attempted to take. Wait a little while. Give it some time and let it sink in. Immediately rushing to the keyboard, as people do far too often in today’s world of Twitter and Facebook, wasn’t going to allow me to correctly express myself in this particular situation. And for the most part, the reality of what transpired on the Staples Center floor hadn’t fully sunk in. You can read something without fully comprehending it. Even though the meaning is able to leak into your brain, often times it takes longer to permeate your heart.


Now, in the middle of a darker-than-usual night in downtown LA, the word that I can’t escape is surreal.

Surreal.


That’s how it feels. Not devastating or depressing. Not disheartening or disillusioned.

Surreal.


Kobe Bryant means something different to everyone. I can’t tell you how to feel about a certain player, or what he should or should not mean in your life. Ultimately it’s your decision. And that’s how it should be. All I can do is tell you what he has meant to me, and try to somehow express that through 17 years of highs and lows, ups and downs, praise and criticisms, there hasn’t been a more reliable or consistent force in the sporting world. And the sudden realization at how quickly it can all change is far too sobering.


Kobe Bryant isn’t dead. Hell, he isn’t even retired. He’s hurt. He’s hurt badly, but still only hurt. And there isn’t a person out there that thinks we’ve seen the last of him on the court. In the end he’ll miss the end of a season that is more comparable to a runaway train than a basketball team. His presence on the court wasn’t going to carry the Lakers to the championship this year. It might not have even gotten them into the playoffs. The more you think about it, it almost seems like Kobe got the easy way out.


But it always felt like as long as he was out there, there was a chance. There was hope. Maybe nothing more than a fool’s hope, but nevertheless still hope.

And that hope was contagious. Especially to his teammates. Nobody would ever try and deny that Kobe can be brutal to deal with at times, especially with how much he expects from the guys on his team. But they know that with that comes the assurance that he’s going to be out there trying as hard as he can to help his team win. Well, as long as that doesn’t mean closing out on open shooters. He gave that up years ago.
So maybe the reflection here is not that we’re losing Kobe, but we’re losing that variable that’s impossible to define or replace. You’re losing the one wild card in an otherwise face-up deck where everybody can see your hand. You’re losing that final ounce of hope.

—-Want to know more about Kobe Bryant? Check out his bio here! (http://www.lakersnation.com/kobe-bryant/)—-

Whether we reach the postseason or not, the season will end soon. And when it does the attention will remain focused on Bryant. How’s he recovering? When will he return? Will he still be the same guy when he does? These are questions that we don’t have answers to yet. And some will take much longer to answer than others. But we’ll keep asking. We’ll keep waiting. And we’ll keep expecting nothing but the best. Because that’s what Kobe’s taught us. That’s the precedent he has set during his time in LA.


The cold-blooded persona and the games with the media are fun, but ultimately that’s not what made Laker fans fall in love with him in the first place. Because even at his core, beneath the layers that have intertwined over the course of 17 years living the life of a superstar, Kobe’s still that young kid out there trying to prove the other kids wrong. And in the end that’s what I’m able to take solace in. That’s what I can connect with. Because no matter how much the daily grind of life beats you down or glosses you over, the occasional realization that your passion isn’t gone, only dormant, is what’s most encouraging.


We’ll see you soon, Kobe. You’ve taught us to count on that. - DB