Kobe on NBA finesse

[djohn2oo8]

CHICAGO -- Kobe Bryant (http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/110/kobe-bryant) said it's been hard to watch the Los Angeles Lakers (http://espn.go.com/nba/team/_/name/lal/los-angeles-lakers) as they've struggled in his absence, but it turns out he doesn't like watching the NBA in general with the way it is currently being played and officiated across the league.

"It's more of a finesse game," Bryant said before the Lakers played the Chicago Bulls (http://espn.go.com/nba/team/_/name/chi/chicago-bulls) on Monday. "It's more small ball, which, personally, I don't really care much for. I like kind of smash-mouth, old-school basketball because that's what I grew up watching. I also think it's much, much less physical. Some of the flagrant fouls that I see called nowadays, it makes me nauseous. You can't touch a guy without it being a flagrant foul."
Bryant said that the hand-check rule that was introduced nearly a decade ago during the 2004-05 season has made it easier for less-talented players to succeed. Bryant said Lakers coach Mike D'Antoni is at least partially responsible for the shift in style of play across the league.

"I like the contact," Bryant said. "As a defensive player, if you enjoy playing defense, that's what you want. You want to be able to put your hands on a guy. You want to be able to hand check a little bit. The truth is, it makes the game [where] players have to be more skillful. Nowadays, literally anybody can get out there and get to the basket and you can't touch anybody. Back then, if guys put their hands on you, you had to have the skill to be able to go both ways, change direction, post up, you had to have a mid-range game because you didn't want to go all the way to the basket because you would get knocked ass over tea kettle. So I think playing the game back then required much more skill."

Of course, Bryant has scored close to 5,000 points on free throws since the '04-05 season, but he said he doesn't think the rule change has benefited his career in any tangible way.
"Probably not," Bryant said. "Us players, upper-echelon players, are going to do what they do no matter what the rules are. It's not going to make any difference."

http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/story/_/id/10325177/kobe-bryant-los-angeles-lakers-calls-nba-finesse

[Clipper Nation]

Translation: :cry "Other players besides me are getting bullshit calls now, no fair!" :cry

[lefty]

Says the vocal flopper

[Fabbs]

:lol I'm going to troll Kobmes agent and see if i can get Kobe to sign on for a fertilizer product endorsement.

[Venti Quattro]

"I like the contact," Bryant said. "As a defensive player, if you enjoy playing defense, that's what you want. You want to be able to put your hands on a guy. You want to be able to hand check a little bit. The truth is, it makes the game [where] players have to be more skillful. Nowadays, literally anybody can get out there and get to the basket and you can't touch anybody. Back then, if guys put their hands on you, you had to have the skill to be able to go both ways, change direction, post up, you had to have a mid-range game because you didn't want to go all the way to the basket because you would get knocked ass over tea kettle. So I think playing the game back then required much more skill."

Monkey ball rules the NBA now, sadly... Players without proper fundamentals can get into the NBA just because they can jump and hang from tree to tree. People pay for that product because the occasional dunks are visually enticing.

[ElNono]

:lol rememba det one time when Ron Ron wanted to play "rough" with Kirby...

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/2009/07/custom_1246881556474_alg_kobe-artest.jpg

lmao "old school", Cancer loves the foodstamps

[HI-FI]

Rapist also basically admitting superstars will get away with whatever they want anyways. You couldn't touch Kobe in his prime, his ass would've been flattened ten years prior. Fortunately for him he worked the NBA machine better than anyone before him.

[HarlemHeat37]

Duncan at 37: still playing at a high level, just came off a season where he was the best big in the league..

Kobe at 35: has become one of those bitter old, ex-athletes that complains about today's players:lol..

[AchillesHeel]

:lol rememba det one time when Ron Ron wanted to play "rough" with Kirby...

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/2009/07/custom_1246881556474_alg_kobe-artest.jpg

lmao "old school", Cancer loves the foodstamps

It's the playoffs, and Ron got ejected.

[ElNono]

It's the playoffs, and Ron got ejected.

:cry pussy league
:cry that wasn't even a technical on the good ole' days

[LkrFan]

:lol rememba det one time when Ron Ron wanted to play "rough" with Kirby...

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/2009/07/custom_1246881556474_alg_kobe-artest.jpg

lmao "old school", Cancer loves the foodstamps

:lmao - I know you don't want to talk about rough play. Look at this finesse shit:

http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/2818167/duncanmiss.gif

-2 points son (like Tammy). :rollin :lmao :rollin

[ElNono]

:lol Tammy isn't bitching about how :cry anybody can play in this league :cry

-10 points for deflecting :lol

[Clipper Nation]

:lmao - I know you don't want to talk about rough play. Look at this finesse shit:

http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/2818167/duncanmiss.gif

-2 points son (like Tammy). :rollin :lmao :rollin

I don't see Timmy crying about how :cry the league's gone soft :cry s:loln....

Face it, your boy Kirby wants all the foodstamps to himself, he can't stand watching from the sidelines as they get distributed to other players :lol

[LkrFan]

:lol Tammy isn't bitching about how :cry anybody can play in this league :cry

-10 points for deflecting :lol

Maybe not about rough play, but he had a few choice words for FIBA refs. He vowed to never play in the Olympics again. 2-Gold Medals later, I'm glad he didn't. :rollin :lmao :rollin

Caption this shit:

http://i.cnn.net/si/2004/olympics/2004/basketball/08/27/usa.argentina.ap/p1_duncan.ginobili_ap.jpg

Manure taking that Gold Medal c:lol:lolkie

[LkrFan]

I don't see Timmy crying about how :cry the league's gone soft :cry s:loln....

Face it, your boy Kirby wants all the foodstamps to himself, he can't stand watching from the sidelines as they get distributed to other players :lolSA Clipper Fan coming in to defend Tammy's honor. That's cute. :lol

[Clipper Nation]

^ Got any pictures of Kirby from the '04 Olympics?

[LkrFan]

^ Got any pictures of Kirby from the '04 Olympics?

I d:loln't. He was kinda sorta on trial. And you know this, maaaaaaaaaaaaan. :lol

[ElNono]

Maybe not about rough play, but he had a few choice words for FIBA refs. He vowed to never play in the Olympics again. 2-Gold Medals later, I'm glad he didn't. :rollin :lmao :rollin

why do you keep deflecting to Tammy and the Olympics?? :lol

this is Kirby talking about the NBA...

Oh yeah, Kirby said something stupid, time to :downspin: this shit :lol

[Clipper Nation]

I d:loln't. He was kinda sorta on trial. And you know this, maaaaaaaaaaaaan. :lol

:downspin:

It's a good thing he didn't play, we wouldn't have even won bronze with him shooting 4-13 (http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/summer08/basketball/men/boxscore?gameId=770) against a bunch of starving Angolans :lmao

[LkrFan]

why do you keep deflecting to Tammy and the Olympics?? :lol

this is Kirby talking about the NBA...

Oh yeah, Kirby said something stupid, time to :downspin: this shit :lol
:lol

[LkrFan]

:downspin:

It's a good thing he didn't play, we wouldn't have even won bronze with him shooting 4-13 (http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/summer08/basketball/men/boxscore?gameId=770) against a bunch of starving Angolans :lmao:lol

[DeadlyDynasty]

When Kobe speaks, Spurstalk listens.

[lefty]

" Heyhowheyhaho !!!! "

[Thebesteva]

OP, what happened to your MJ troll account?

[ambchang]

Defines biting the hand that feeds you. If it wasn't for these perimeter friendly rules, Kobe would be rated as another Clyde Drexler who shoots 38% from the field instead of a top 15 player of all time.

[Thread]

Defines biting the hand that feeds you. If it wasn't for these perimeter friendly rules, Kobe would be rated as another Clyde Drexler who shoots 38% from the field instead of a top 15 player of all time.

& that, Mr. Question ain't near as keen as:::

Kobe: 5

the tired old shit bag Duncan: 4

eh?

tee, hee.

[Rogue]

djohn forgot the pw to that MJ account or he just felt too proud using his original Lockets fan account because his team just beat the "guest" team of the west last night?

[Sportcamper]

Monkey ball rules the NBA now, sadly... Players without proper fundamentals can get into the NBA just because they can jump and hang from tree to tree. People pay for that product because the occasional dunks are visually enticing.Great Stuff...:lol

Last nights game...Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan combine for 41 points, 26 rebounds Dunkfest for both teams...

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-clippers-pistons-20140121,0,5532672.story#ixzz2r2r0mQSI

[ambchang]

& that, Mr. Question ain't near as keen as:::

Kobe: 5

the tired old shit bag Duncan: 4

eh?

tee, hee.

Please, not the same response again, regardless of whether or not it's relevant.

You have two moves:
5:4, and quit.

[Thread]

Please, not the same response again, regardless of whether or not it's relevant.

You have two moves:
5:4, and quit.

That's 6 talking.

[ambchang]

That's 6 talking.

That's a third response, good for you. Waiting for the trendsetter spiel, but looking forward to your chickenshit quitting.

[Expert]

& that, Mr. Question ain't near as keen as:::

Kobe: 5

the tired old shit bag Duncan: 4

eh?

tee, hee.
you're one to talk about originality. You are Mr repetition.

[Thread]

That's a third response, good for you. Waiting for the trendsetter spiel

Kobe: 5

the tired old shit bag Duncan: 4

[ambchang]

Kobe: 5

the tired old shit bag Duncan: 4

Weak sauce. Pull the chickenshit quitting card. I dare you, you chickenshit.

[Thread]

Weak sauce. Pull the chickenshit quitting card. I dare you, you chickenshit.

Kobe: 5

the tired old shit bag Duncan: 4

[Katherine Robinson]

^

Do you plan a celebration if it stays like this forever come Dunc's retirement, Dale?

[BatManu20]

:lol the irony of Kobe saying that is too strong.

[ambchang]

Kobe: 5

the tired old shit bag Duncan: 4

Too chickenshit to even pull your chickenshit move. Quit, again, I dare you.

[Thread]

Too chickenshit to even pull your chickenshit move. Quit, again, I dare you.

Kobe: 5

the tired old shit bag Duncan: 4

[irishock]

Kobe: 5

the tired old shit bag Duncan: 4

:lmao

[ambchang]

Kobe: 5

the tired old shit bag Duncan: 4

*cluck cluck cluck*

[lefty]

Kirby got blasted on today's Around the Horn :lol

10:00 mark

http://espn.go.com/espnradio/play?id=10329592

[Thread]

Kirby got blasted on today's Around the Horn :lol

10:00 mark

http://espn.go.com/espnradio/play?id=10329592

They still haven't forgiven him for passing to Artest instead of jacking that thing up.

tee, hee.