Grade Kobe's pitch to Dwight

[da_suns_fan]

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nba--kobe-bryant-challenges-dwight-howard-in-meeting-211443923.html


"You need to learn how it's done first, and I can teach you here,"

"You have to learn how it's done," Bryant told Howard, witnesses described. "I know how to do it and I've learned from the best – players who have won multiple times over and over."

"Instead of trying to do things your way, just listen and learn and tweak it, so it fits you," Bryant told him.

Smart things to say to a rookie..i mean guy whos never been to the finals...i mean guy who is asking for a job...i mean guy with guy who thinks hes got a lot to learn...

[LethalLebron]

Kobe lives in his own world:lol

[MeloHype]

Fucking faggot rapist

[Clipper Nation]

Does Kirby plan on bringing in Shaq and teaching Bible Kemp how to ride coattails? :lol

[ElNono]

Was that part of the Rocket's presentation?

[Michael Jordan.]

If the Rockets sign Dwight, it'll be the biggest blow to the Lakers since Hakeem roundhoused Kupchak.

[jeebus]

I wonder if Dirk said he'd teach Kemp how to be a champion...

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Fucking faggot rapist

You've nary room. Your Neal raped as well.

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If the Rockets sign Dwight, it'll be the biggest blow to the Lakers since Hakeem roundhoused Kupchak.

& what say you if the Lakers sign Dwight?

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Does Kirby plan on bringing in Shaq and teaching Bible Kemp how to ride coattails? :lol

Not nessa:::

Kobe: 2

Daddy: 1

[Michael Jordan.]

& what say you if the Lakers sign Dwight?

LOL Lakers

[da_suns_fan]

Was that part of the Rocket's presentation?

Nice.

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If Kobe had his druthers he woulda been AWOL from that meeting/presentation, but, he owes Buss & he owes NY. for them siding him when he raped. He just rattled off something he read in "Shake Down the Thunder" and then went to a massage parlor on Wilshire.

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LOL Lakers

Pussy & asshole of ya to completely cover your ass, but, then that's you.

[Michael Jordan.]

Pussy & asshole of ya to completely cover your ass, but, then that's you.

Please. It took Kori to tell your ass to scram after you lost an ELE.

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Please. It took Kori to tell your ass to scram after you lost an ELE.

Please.

[Michael Jordan.]

Please.
Please.

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Please.

:rolleyes

[namlook]

I wonder if Dirk said he'd teach Kemp how to be a champion...

How is someone with one ring going to teach a player how to be a champion? You need to be making a habit of it, to have multiple rings to go there.

[usdane]

I like it. Either step up and accept the challenge or get the f**k out of LA and save us the 120 mil.

I want him gone. I doubt that D12 have what it takes to be a champ.

[AchillesHeel]

I gave it an A, daring Bible Kemp to leave LA was genius. Niggas just hating.

[Baseline]

Yes, it'll be funny to see Dwight punk the Lakers and leave...but David Stern still has a few months to assemble a viable Laker team. Never underestimate Stern's ability to stack the Lakers. He's done it before, and he'll do it again.

[Baseline]

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nba--kobe-bryant-challenges-dwight-howard-in-meeting-211443923.html



Smart things to say to a rookie..i mean guy whos never been to the finals...i mean guy who is asking for a job...i mean guy with guy who thinks hes got a lot to learn... Could Dwight keep a straight face? Or Nash, or anybody in the room? I mean really. This is a 36-year-old with a million miles on the odometer AND a ripped Achilles.

[Venti Quattro]

I like it. Either step up and accept the challenge or get the f**k out of LA and save us the 120 mil.

I want him gone. I doubt that D12 have what it takes to be a champ.

[Raven]

it's so retarded it may actually work..

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O & 45!

[Vash StampedE]

1/10

How can he teach/show Dwight how to be a champion when his Lakers, even with Dwight, has little to no chance of becoming one.

[Koolaid_Man]

Kobe lives in his own world:lol

none of us can deny that Kobe's balls are the size of pumpkins

[Koolaid_Man]

If Kobe had his druthers he woulda been AWOL from that meeting/presentation, but, he owes Buss & he owes NY. for them siding him when he raped. He just rattled off something he read in "Shake Down the Thunder" and then went to a massage parlor on Wilshire.

^ Bingo....Kobe was just giving face time to a situation he wanted no parts of...and helping Buss out...if you're astute at all his response is clearly telling Dwight without being so obvious: "Fuck Off Nigga" :lol

[Koolaid_Man]

lastly...Kobe's response is also why I think the guy's a genius...if you read it carefully especially this quote:
"Instead of trying to do things your way, just listen and learn and tweak it, so it fits you," Bryant told him. he's clearly sending signals to everyone that Dwight was the reason for the team's failure last year....it seems Kobe has washed his hands of this clown...let's face it...Kobe's confidence comes from b2b no Shaq so it goes without reason that he can win without a dominant big...

[Leetonidas]

You've nary room. Your Neal raped as well.
The rapist won't be on our team anymore so your point is moot

[Captivus]

OMG Kobe, thats the last thing you should tell him!!

[ambchang]

Dwight's already got the diva act down pat. Making fake angry videos and throwing your teammates under the bus ain't going to bring the most loaded front court in the league, nor a player who has better Win shares than you during championship runs.

In other words, Kobe can't teach Dwight anything Dwight doesn't already master already.

[da_suns_fan]

none of us can deny that Kobe's balls are the size of pumpkins

It takes big balls to insult the guy youre trying to recruit?

Kobe isnt nearly as smart as he thinks he is.

[da_suns_fan]

lastly...Kobe's response is also why I think the guy's a genius...if you read it carefully especially this quote: he's clearly sending signals to everyone that Dwight was the reason for the team's failure last year....it seems Kobe has washed his hands of this clown...let's face it...Kobe's confidence comes from b2b no Shaq so it goes without reason that he can win without a dominant big...

If thats true, if Kobe WANTS Dwight to leave then the Lakers are incredibly stupid for inviting him to that meeting.

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The rapist won't be on our team anymore so your point is moot

My ass. You hired him and you are branded from that day forward.

Let us proceed...

[da_suns_fan]

Stolen from Twitter: Kobe's played 17 seasons for 8 different coaches. He's only won rings w Phil. Maybe it's Phil that needs to teach Dwight how to win.

[LethalLebron]

Stolen from Twitter: Kobe's played 17 seasons for 8 different coaches. He's only won rings w Phil. Maybe it's Phil that needs to teach Dwight how to win.

Or Derek Fisher:lol

[JamStone]

Everyone knows Kobe is an egomaniac and a stubborn SOB. If anything, at least he's being honest with Dwight instead of spitting out some lies about how things will be different and he'll let Dwight have more control and touches. That would be worse imo, and no one, including Dwight, would believe that bullshit anyway. Dwight may leave in part because of what Kobe said, but you can't say Kobe was being pretentious trying to get him to re-sign. In fact, if Kobe kissed his ass in the meeting trying to woo him to re-sign, Kobe haters would have made fun of Kobe for doing that. Maybe Kobe is daring Dwight to leave. And if he does, then he does. But if he re-signs, you can be sure Dwight will know his place and rank. Good or bad, smart or stupid, helpful or harmful, as long as he's still playing, Kobe ain't giving up control of the team to Dwight or anyone else.

Kobe has his many faults, but when it comes to Dwight, or anyone else on the Lakers, Kobe won't cower. It is what it is.

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^It's been a long dry spell twixt cogent posts from Jammie, but, it's finally come to a welcome end.

[Clipper Nation]

:lol Even Broussard's roasting Kirby:

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^That's Howard mistake, not Kobe's.

[Kai]

welp

[Koolaid_Man]

:lol Even Broussard's roasting Kirby:

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this is how I feel about Dwight....

"If He Walks... He Walks" :lol

BDgcc5Sif3k

[Mori Chu]

That was exactly the wrong kind of speech to give to Dwight Howard. He wants to be happy, to feel wanted, to win. Instead he hears, "Sack up, get in line behind me, obey what you are told. I dare you to leave." He is 100% gone at this point. Never been more sure of anything NBA in my life. Probably Houston bound but we will see.

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That was exactly the wrong kind of speech to give to Dwight Howard. He wants to be happy, to feel wanted, to win.

That's how the Suns have operated for, well forever.

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There is nothing "happy" about striving for a ring, a championship quest is nothing but misery, sacrifice and the specter of total loss hanging over you, constantly. Howard will have to change, in Los Angeles, or, elsewhere, or, he'll end up like Barkley, on a TnT set with Smith and that smug fuckin' look on his face that Barkley will take to his grave.

I so love how Bosh opened up during the Indiana battle. Questioning himself while confessing to "us," doubting himself whether he could do this again. Go back to the painted face and the dark heart that it took to win his first, in what seemed a time warp of a week ago when it reality it was multiple months! He wasn't prepared go there again, but, had no other choice...stay and be defeated, or, put on the face paint and blacken the heart. He so wanted to give in and go back to the buying sprees and endless vacations. So where did he find the strength and resolve to turn his back on defeat that was seducing & beckoning him and in the end find himself rebounding a shot and enabling another? I have no earthly idea, but, Howard is so far from where Bosh has been.

[baseline bum]

Was that part of the Rocket's presentation?

Mon herp cutting through to the truth like a Ginsu, j'herme?

[spurraider21]

kobe didn't get the begging memo

[resistanze]

lol, my respect for Kobe increased 10X. Fuck begging to a cartoonish, bible thumping, deadbeat dad.

[LarryDavid]

Kobe just doesn't want Dwight back. He knows this will rub him the wrong way. But it's a win win for Kobe's ego. Dwight stays and the Lakers win, Kobe takes credit for turning him into a champion. Dwight leaves, Kobe proves his alpha dog status in his mind. Dwight wasn't man enough to take the challenge. This is how egomaniacs narcissists operate.

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lol, my respect for Kobe increased 10X. Fuck begging to a cartoonish, bible thumping, deadbeat dad.

Exactly. If he returns he knows he'll be the pupil and Kobe will be head master.

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Kobe just doesn't want Dwight back. He knows this will rub him the wrong way. But it's a win win for Kobe's ego. Dwight stays and the Lakers win, Kobe takes credit for turning him into a champion. Dwight leaves, Kobe proves his alpha dog status in his mind. Dwight wasn't man enough to take the challenge. This is how egomaniacs narcissists operate.

& precisely how they should. Kobe is righteous and proved it by the courage of his convictions. There is no mistaking Bryant's intent now. The clarity provided Howard did him a great service.

[Clipper Nation]

lol, my respect for Kobe increased 10X. Fuck begging to a cartoonish, bible thumping, deadbeat dad.
Except Kirby rapedPERIOD

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Except Kirby rapedPERIOD

You've nary room. Neal raped as well.

[Clipper Nation]

You've nary room. Neal raped as well.
I've plenty room, nobody on the Clippers raped :lol

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I've plenty room, nobody on the Clippers raped :lol

Just checkin' assholes. You came to mind first.

[Clipper Nation]

Just checkin' assholes. You came to mind first.
You've nary room, your Kirby checked assholes forcibly :downspin:

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You've nary room, your Kirby checked assholes forcibly :downspin:

:rolleyes