Byron running out of patience

[djohn2oo8]

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[midnightpulp]

Yeah, I'm watching the TWC post game. He's just paying lip-service. He's going on about how if guys aren't running back and trying on defense, he's "going to make changes."

If he's sincere, the first player he should bench is Kobe, who is the worst defender on the team.

[spurraider21]

brb picking up Sacre in fantasy leagues

[Thread]

If he's sincere, the first player he should bench is Kobe, who is the worst defender on the team.

He'd play Hell gettin' it done.

[Mugen]

:lol I didn't think they could top hiring Pringles, but goddamnit Fredo and Mitch have done it again tbh

[Thread]

:lol I didn't think they could top hiring Pringles, but goddamnit Fredo and Mitch have done it again tbh

I'll just bet you didn't think.

[djohn2oo8]

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[midnightpulp]

He'd play Hell gettin' it done.

He doesn't want to.

He's just an actor in the Time Warner/Buss family script for this year, as we know.

[Thread]

He doesn't want to.

He's just an actor in the Time Warner/Buss family script for this year, as we know.

& perhaps next year as well.

[spurraider21]

They could replace Byron Scott with Sgt. Doakes and nobody would notice...

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[djohn2oo8]

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Throwing niggas under the bus

[Thread]

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Throwing niggas under the bus

Please. If he was throwing Kobe under there you'd be beside yourself, creamin' your jeans.

[midnightpulp]

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Throwing niggas under the bus

:lol Of course.

Kobe is hands off this season. He's the meal ticket.

[BatManu20]

brb picking up Sacre in fantasy leagues


:lol

[midnightpulp]

Please. If he was throwing Kobe under there you'd be beside yourself, creamin' your jeans.

All in the script, Cub. That contract for Hill and taking Boozer off the waiver was basically their fee to be the punching bags this season.

[djohn2oo8]

:lol Of course.

Kobe is hands off this season. He's the meal ticket.

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[djohn2oo8]

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Boozer callin out Byron

[BatManu20]

That moment when you realize Jeremy Lin is making $15 Million this season

http://premium.wpmudev.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/nicolas-cage-laughing.gif

[Robz4000]

:lmao its a dumpster fire in Laker land

[skut_farkus]

Watching the Lakers is like witnessing an abortion tbh

[midnightpulp]

Damn. Jeremy Lin looked super frustrated in the post-game, saying, "We can't come out there only being concerned for ourselves." Note that Lin only had 2 shot attempts. He also mentioned trust was an issue with this team.

Wonder who he's talking about?

[Thread]

Watching the Lakers is like witnessing an abortion tbh

I'll just bet it is.

[djohn2oo8]

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[DMC]

My tire is flat. I'm going to rotate the other three until I get something that works.

[DMC]

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Joining the Lakers.

[djohn2oo8]

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[FkLA]

Damn. Jeremy Lin looked super frustrated in the post-game, saying, "We can't come out there only being concerned for ourselves." Note that Lin only had 2 shot attempts. He also mentioned trust was an issue with this team.

Wonder who he's talking about?

Only thing that would make this dumpster fire even more enjoyable is if the team turned on the sociopath.

[skut_farkus]

I'll just bet it is.

Coat hanger or a vacuum cubby?

[Splits]

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Well at least that's fixable when you have a leader like Kirby

[DMC]

Only thing that would make this dumpster fire even more enjoyable is if the team turned on the sociopath.
Nah that would end it. It would be more enjoyable if they never shot the ball, gave him every shot in the game over and over, like that gimmick college dude who scored like 150 a game. Just keep hitting Kobe, fuck everyone else.

[midnightpulp]

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:lol I'm no Lin fan, but how can he make "some bad choices" when he barely touched the ball?

Lin seems to be the first player deviating from the script, so he'll be predictably scapegoated now.

[DMC]

Coat hanger or a vacuum cubby?
From what I can read, salt and lots of it.

[Mugen]

:lol This team might end up fragging Kirby on this road trip tbh.

[Robz4000]

Kirby gonna get shanked in the locker room?

[Kool Bob Love]

Kirby gonna get shanked in the locker room?

:lol

[Splits]

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[djohn2oo8]

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:lmao what?

[Robz4000]

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:lmao what?

:lmao my thoughts exactly

[Malik Hairston]

The only people left to turn their backs on Kobe are the members of Al-Quobe, tbh(Laker fans and Laker media)..

[FkLA]

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Sociopath.


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:lmao what?

Sociopath.

[ElNono]

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:lmao this nigga really gonna drop the victim card?

[Kool Bob Love]

This shit is fucking fantastic. Thanks DJ for the tweets man. :tu

[Mugen]

:lol Lin dropping Nagasaki bombs all over the post game show tbh

[djohn2oo8]

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Lin's facial expressions and tone in his voice are priceless

[Kool Bob Love]

Also Splits. Homie always delivers. :tu

[ElNono]

http://giant.gfycat.com/TameGiddyAzurevasesponge.gif

[Mr Bones]

I noticed earlier today that Kobe hadn't shot 50% from the field in any of the first nine Laker games, so when I looked tonight at espn.com and saw that he scored 44, my first thought was, "I guess that streak is over...." Ten games in a row below 50% and and under 37% for the season is pretty bad.

[djohn2oo8]

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:lmao goddamn anarchy

[midnightpulp]

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:lmao goddamn anarchy

:lmao

[spurraider21]

it's open season for Laker haters right now :lmao

[Malik Hairston]

:lmao getting called out by a nigga that paints hair on his scalp..smh..

[Mr Bones]

Lin and Boozer would be good bench players on a good team, but it looks now like the anti-Kobe sentiment is so strong that it will probably chase them away too. They're both free agents after this year. Imagine: With no stars wanting to play with Kobe, and even average players upset with his behavior, the Lakers could potentially... get worse.

[Mugen]

:lol Lin's played with the biggest cancers in the league, yet i've never seen him look so depressed tbh

[FkLA]

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:lmao goddamn anarchy

:lol beautiful

[FkLA]

:lmao getting called out by a nigga that paints hair on his scalp..smh..

:rollin

[djohn2oo8]

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You can't make this shit up :lol

[Mr Bones]

I've never seen a legacy go up in flames so dramatically as Kobe's has these last ten games. He'll forever be the selfish player disliked by his teammates on the worst Laker team in their long history, and when he passes Jordan for total career points, every expert and analyst in the country will agree that there's no comparison between the two. Jordan did a better job of getting along with the notoriously unpredictable Dennis Rodman than Kobe has with far less challenging players, and great role players wanted to be on Jordan's team. That's just not the case with Kobe.

[ElNono]

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[Stalin]

Holy shit so much gold in this thread!!! Lin thinking of Rapist the whole time in that interview, so hard for him to be diplomatic, you can tell.

[ElNono]

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[Malik Hairston]

I've never seen a legacy go up in flames so dramatically as Kobe's has these last ten games. He'll forever be the selfish player disliked by his teammates on the worst Laker team in their long history, and when he passes Jordan for total career points, every expert and analyst in the country will agree that there's no comparison between the two. Jordan did a better job of getting along with the notoriously unpredictable Dennis Rodman than Kobe has with far less challenging players, and great role players wanted to be on Jordan's team. That's just not the case with Kobe.

Kobe's legacy has been killed because of the era he's playing in, tbh..

If this was 2003-2010 and Kobe was doing this, his legacy would be fine and his reputation wouldn't be questioned..

With the prominence of advanced stats + "new media" replacing the old heads + ubiquitous social media presence, Kobe is going to be remembered in a negative light..

[Baseline]

Don't forget that Steve Nash is still a Laker. Yet he literally chose not to play, then hasn't been on the bench "in support" of K. Bryant's Laker team all year. I think Nash's sentiment about Bryant is very clear by now.

And also don't forget that Bryant, who missed over 70 games last year, was on the bench in support of his Laker teammates for what, two games?

[DMC]

MJ did this with the Wizards tbh. Kobe's in his Wizards days. Fuck the team, gimme the ball, imma put da team on da back...... burner

[DMC]

Don't forget that Steve Nash is still a Laker. Yet he literally chose not to play, then hasn't been on the bench "in support" of K. Bryant's Laker team all year. I think Nash's sentiment about Bryant is very clear by now.

And also don't forget that Bryant, who missed over 70 games last year, was on the bench in support of his Laker teammates for what, two games?
Nigga left the country and his front office had no idea.

[Strange Love]

But..he said they'd win a championship with him. :cry

[Stalin]

Kobe's legacy has been killed because of the era he's playing in, tbh..

If this was 2003-2010 and Kobe was doing this, his legacy would be fine and his reputation wouldn't be questioned..

With the prominence of advanced stats + "new media" replacing the old heads + ubiquitous social media presence, Kobe is going to be remembered in a negative light..



Not sure what you going on about, has nothing to do with the era, has everything to do with the fact Kobe is washed up. Sorry your love for LeBron didn't work out for you, I know you wanted him to be better than Jordan, really, really bad, but all unbiased observers knew long ago he's a mental midget.

[ImDaNuts]

Kobe is a first ballot HOFer and will be remembered as an all time great. The Lakers ARE GARBAGE. Switch Kobe with any player in the league and they're still 1-9. Awful ownership, management, coaches and players. Only people who are butthurt about Kobe are the "hardcore" bias fans who hate the Lakers.

[Malik Hairston]

Not sure what you going on about, has nothing to do with the era, has everything to do with the fact Kobe is washed up. Sorry your love for LeBron didn't work out for you, I know you wanted him to be better than Jordan, really, really bad, but all unbiased observers knew long ago he's a mental midget.

If Kobe played in a different era, all we would hear about is his points scored..efficiency wasn't a talking point in NBA media until just a few years ago, you fucking moron:lol..

Dad Killer with the Wizards wasn't much different, he was an inefficient chucker that shot too much and didn't play defense..the difference was mostly media coverage..we didn't have advanced stats in 2002/2003, Twitter wasn't around, forums weren't as prominent, etc..it was also an era where ISO offense was king, obviously..

[Strange Love]

Kobe is a first ballot HOFer and will be remembered as an all time great. The Lakers ARE GARBAGE. Switch Kobe with any player in the league and they're still 1-9. Awful ownership, management, coaches and players. Only people who are butthurt about Kobe are the "hardcore" bias fans who hate the Lakers.

You're one dumb fuck.

How can you justify Kobe taking half the shots of the entire laker team? Sometimes he takes even more than half.

They may not be 10-1 but they wouldn't be this bad either.

[Baseline]

If Kobe played in a different era, all we would hear about is his points scored..efficiency wasn't a talking point in NBA media until just a few years ago, you fucking moron:lol..

FYI, these three players shot over 50% for their careers. Okay? For their careers. George Gervin, David Thompson, and Julius Erving.

K. Bryant has never shot higher than 46.9% in any one season.

So there's a reason the media didn't talk about efficiency as much "back in the day." It's because if guys shot as low a percentage as Bryant does back in those days, they wouldn't get more shots. Period. Nobody has even told Bryant not to shoot so much - not even now, when he's an embarrassment to the game.

What Bryant is...a guy who has always had a green light, and for 70% of his career, an all-star big man to protect him. Still, with Shaquille, Pau, and Bynum in the paint, the fool can't even sniff 50% from the field.

[FkLA]

You're one dumb fuck.

How can you justify Kobe taking half the shots of the entire laker team? Sometimes he takes even more than half.

They may not be 10-1 but they wouldn't be this bad either.

Yeah, it's not even the Ls its the way he plays. Nigga is a disgrace to the game of basketball. He's the guy at the rec center that nobody wants to play with bc he's gonna jack up all the shots and not do much else. Except it must be way more emasculating for his teammates since they're actual NBA players and we're just average Joes.

[AlexJones]

Well when your best player's defense looks like this:
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he's got a reason to be mad.

[Stalin]

If Kobe played in a different era, all we would hear about is his points scored..efficiency wasn't a talking point in NBA media until just a few years ago, you fucking moron:lol..

Dad Killer with the Wizards wasn't much different, he was an inefficient chucker that shot too much and didn't play defense..the difference was mostly media coverage..we didn't have advanced stats in 2002/2003, Twitter wasn't around, forums weren't as prominent, etc..it was also an era where ISO offense was king, obviously..


So until a few years ago no one knew that 15-34 is inefficient?? Do you need to have advanced stats when you in the midst of the worst start in franchise history? You need advance stats to know that Kobe is trash now? Guess for a chimp brain to comprehend you would. Great stories scro, though not as amusing as your failed attempts to live through leCrabs failed attempt be the greatest ever. Sorry all those posts you made in his honour didn't work out for you, but as I said before, if you didn't have LeBron's cock so down your throat, cutting off circulation to your tiny brain, you'd see Le_Crab for what he really is.

[djohn2oo8]

Baxter Holmes @BaxterHolmes · 17m 17 minutes ago (https://twitter.com/BaxterHolmes/status/534239694859427840) Robert Horry on TWC: “There is no flow with this team. It’s Kobe this, Kobe that, and you can see the frustration in the other guys."

[testies]

Why are people portraying Lin as some victim stuck in a wrong situation? Dude made 20 million dollars because of 2 weeks/his race. Also, he is absolute garbage as a basketball player. If you think he is better than garbage, please stop watching this sport right now.

[scanry]

The gloves are off. ESPN and now TWC is ethering Kobe like never before. Kobe is one tough SOB tbh. The nerve to shoot and isolate every player on the team despite the backlash is incredible. I don't think even MJ had the balls to do that. His Wizards days were far better than what we're seeing in Kobe btw.

Long live the Brick King.

[Mr Bones]

Kobe is a first ballot HOFer and will be remembered as an all time great. The Lakers ARE GARBAGE. Switch Kobe with any player in the league and they're still 1-9. Awful ownership, management, coaches and players. Only people who are butthurt about Kobe are the "hardcore" bias fans who hate the Lakers.

All of that is true, but Kobe is the only superstar in recent memory to have so many feuds with teammates. Shaq didn't like playing with him, Dwight Howard didn't like him, Pau left, and no players of note would sign with the lakers this off season. And now, ten games into the season, he seems to have completely alienated Boozer, Lin, and Nash. Other great players have had egos and intensity, but Kobe's extremism in this regard seems to have doomed him to a very sad and inglorious end to his career.

[sook]

The gloves are off. ESPN and now TWC is ethering Kobe like never before. Kobe is one tough SOB tbh. The nerve to shoot and isolate every player on the team despite the backlash is incredible. I don't think even MJ had the balls to do that. His Wizards days were far better than what we're seeing in Kobe btw.

Long live the Brick King.
my thoughts exactly, that was a cringeworthy performance...never have I seen 40+ points as a bad thing. Being able to shoot your team out of games and show that much selfishness openly garnered him some respect in my eyes.

[sook]

All of that is true, but Kobe is the only superstar in recent memory to have so many feuds with teammates. Shaq didn't like playing with him, Dwight Howard didn't like him, Pau left, and no players of note would sign with the lakers this off season. And now, ten games into the season, he seems to have completely alienated Boozer, Lin, and Nash. Other great players have had egos and intensity, but Kobe's extremism in this regard seems to have doomed him to a very sad and inglorious end to his career.
But Howard bad :cry cancer :cry

lol at all the shitheads here that still don't get it. You really have to feel for Dwight being demonized in that situation.

[MultiTroll]

I love these threads that expose Kirby for what he is.

Also, can we get a 'chop of a dead parrot with a colostomy bag?

[Uriel]

God damn. :lol

[Biernutz]

But Howard bad :cry cancer :cry

lol at all the shitheads here that still don't get it. You really have to feel for
Dwight being demonized in that situation.

Howard kept hinting that he wanted to go to Houston. The Lakers traded for him
anyway with the thinking that why would you want to play anywhere else but here
thinking. The coach and the team was not set up for Howard's game it was for Kobe.
Howard did not want to be a bit player in the Kobe show.

[Thread]

Don't forget that Steve Nash is still a Laker. Yet he literally chose not to play, then hasn't been on the bench "in support" of K. Bryant's Laker team all year. I think Nash's sentiment about Bryant is very clear by now.

And also don't forget that Bryant, who missed over 70 games last year, was on the bench in support of his Laker teammates for what, two games?

& don't forget Amy absconded with the goods in the middle of the Finals leaving Tim to fend for himself against the likes of Bats.

[Capt Bringdown]

ESPN: Lakers Go From Bad To Toxic -- >> (http://espn.go.com/blog/los-angeles-lakers/post/_/id/40410/lakers-threaten-to-go-from-bad-to-toxic)

In their locker room after, frustration boiled over more than at any point this season -- and it was quite clear which direction most of it was aimed.

Said Carlos Boozer: "A lot of times we run a set, but Kobe is extremely aggressive. And then we try to hit the glass, get it off the glass. We've got to find a balance. It can't be lopsided. We've got to find a balance."

Said Jeremy Lin: "The game of basketball is ... we've got to do it together. It can't be ... if I go into a game concerned about myself, then in some ways that's detrimental to the team."

Lin later added, "There's so many things wrong right now. At the top of the list, I would say communication, trust and effort."

Bryant defended his volume shooting, using metaphors about crime.

"Obviously I'd rather get guys involved early, but if a purse gets stolen in front of you, how many blocks are you going to let the guy run?" he asked

-- more --> (http://espn.go.com/blog/los-angeles-lakers/post/_/id/40410/lakers-threaten-to-go-from-bad-to-toxic)

[ambchang]

If Kobe played in a different era, all we would hear about is his points scored..efficiency wasn't a talking point in NBA media until just a few years ago, you fucking moron:lol..

Dad Killer with the Wizards wasn't much different, he was an inefficient chucker that shot too much and didn't play defense..the difference was mostly media coverage..we didn't have advanced stats in 2002/2003, Twitter wasn't around, forums weren't as prominent, etc..it was also an era where ISO offense was king, obviously..

Stop making shit up. People were talking about iverson Marbury Francis and their chucking ways in the 00s and appalled by their shot selection.

They were talking about how efficient Stockton was and amazed at his efficiency in the 90s.

[Sportstudi]

Actually, Byron Scott might break his own record for the longest losing streak. He set it at 26 with the Cavs back in 2011. This guy is like a tanker's prostitute.

[pgardn]

Kobe is a first ballot HOFer and will be remembered as an all time great. The Lakers ARE GARBAGE. Switch Kobe with any player in the league and they're still 1-9. Awful ownership, management, coaches and players. Only people who are butthurt about Kobe are the "hardcore" bias fans who hate the Lakers.

So how is it that the Lakers find themselves with such a sorry team surrounding a superstar team oriented player?

[spursparker9]

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lol whats the difference even with new lineup ? tbh :lol

[DMC]

Kobe is a first ballot HOFer and will be remembered as an all time great. The Lakers ARE GARBAGE. Switch Kobe with any player in the league and they're still 1-9. Awful ownership, management, coaches and players. Only people who are butthurt about Kobe are the "hardcore" bias fans who hate the Lakers.

Kobe pissed in the water so sure, if you switched out bathers, the water would still be just as yellow.

No one wants to play alongside Kobe. Taking half the cap space didn't help either, but people used to line up and take huge pay cuts to play in LA. They run like a motherfucker now. Lebron going to Cleveland and Miami is evidence that Kobe is a cancer out in LA. Can't keep Dwight Howard or a washed up Steve Nash, Shaq left, Bynum left... Pau left... Kobe cannot keep decent teammates because he's not a decent teammate.

[DMC]

FYI, these three players shot over 50% for their careers. Okay? For their careers. George Gervin, David Thompson, and Julius Erving.

K. Bryant has never shot higher than 46.9% in any one season.

So there's a reason the media didn't talk about efficiency as much "back in the day." It's because if guys shot as low a percentage as Bryant does back in those days, they wouldn't get more shots. Period. Nobody has even told Bryant not to shoot so much - not even now, when he's an embarrassment to the game.

What Bryant is...a guy who has always had a green light, and for 70% of his career, an all-star big man to protect him. Still, with Shaquille, Pau, and Bynum in the paint, the fool can't even sniff 50% from the field.

Bryant is the clown the LA fans pay to see, so if the owners tell him to pass the ball, he's going to sulk like he did in the Phoenix game and do the passive aggressive thing. He's basically a bitch with a shitty hair cut.

[RsxPiimp]

it's 9 in the morning and the thread has 25 Viewers:lol



I still maintain Lin should come off as a bench player. He cant even run plays when Kobe's on the floor :lol. I don't understand why Scott would start him, they have no offensive plan to begin with. What Kobe needs is another guard who A. Hustles and plays defense. B. Doesn't require a lot of touches and C. Doesn't mind being a spot up shooter. it's the Derek Fisher role, all which Ronnie Price can do.


During preseason, the Lakers strongest lineup has always been the second unit ( led by Lin, Davis, Randle). Randle is out, but Lin, Randle and Young could at least give the Laker fans something to look forward to when Kobe is on the bench.

[resistanze]

:lmao getting called out by a nigga that paints hair on his scalp..smh..

:lol tbh

[SupremeGuy]

Does anyone on the Lakers have the balls to tell sidekick he's killing their team? Honestly?

[pgardn]

At this stage Kobe is still a great player. But a great player as a piece, not THE SHOW. He put the Lakers in the position of surrounding HIM with this crap by handcuffing them. And not only with money, with the personality.

And thus his he is surrounded by a hodgepodge of guys that MUST rely on him to obtain even 1 win.

But Lakerfan has never minded just watching Kobe. And now Kobe does not mind just being Kobe. Remember when he forced the Lakers to deftly acquire Gasol? He can't use that card; 48.5, you owe ME. AND, players want to play with me? That card does not exist anymore.

And this is the Fkn situation... You know this Lakerfan, you will tune in every night to watch this perversion of basketball.

[100%duncan]

He was always just a piece. The times he was the show he led them to missing the playoffs and losing in the first round.

[Splits]

Holy shit ESPN going in RAW on good ole boy Kirbs. Just read that article Capt Bringdown linked to.

And I love this fucking crime analogy :lmao


Bryant defended his volume shooting, using metaphors about crime.

"Obviously I'd rather get guys involved early, but if a purse gets stolen in front of you, how many blocks are you going to let the guy run?" he asked.

"You going to chase him down and keep him in sight yourself or just wait for the authorities to get there, or decide to let him run and wait for the authorities to get there? It's a tough thing."

The Lakers' backcourt scored 44 points -- that's 44 for Bryant and zero for Lin, who went 0-for-2 from the field in 23 minutes.

And can we start a tally for all of the euphemisms the Lakers are going to use for Kirby going MONSTER CHUCK? Just from last night:

Boozer: "Kobe is extremely aggressive", "find balance", "lopsided"
Rin: "concerned about myself", "communication", "trust"
Scott: "double-edged sword", "happy medium"

And best of all was Speights trolling Kirbs: "We look up there, and we see that we're winning by 30, 40 points, that 44 is really irrelevant" :lmao

:lmao please Kirby do not get injured. Set the record for most losses ever in a season while leading the league in scoring. PLEASE?

[100%duncan]

Man you know youre bad when a guy named marreesse can troll ya.
Thread come here we checkin assholes

[Calispursfan11]

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What lineup options does he really have lol.

[Thread]

checkin assholes

I'm a trend setter.

I set trends.

[100%duncan]

I'm a trend setter.

I set trends.

Dont pull this shit on me ol sport. Act like a 16 time champ, christ!

[Thread]

Dont pull this shit on me ol sport. Act like a 16 time champ, christ!

No. You take my shit, I'm citin' it.

[100%duncan]

No. You take my shit, I'm citin' it.

Bend over and I'll cite it for ya.

[NRHector]

What lineup options does he really have lol.

Resigning may be :lol

[SupremeGuy]

:lmao please Kirby do not get injured. Set the record for most losses ever in a season while leading the league in scoring. PLEASE?That would be the most kobe thing ever, tbh. :rollin

[da_suns_fan]

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Boozer callin out Byron

:lol

[Thread]

:lol

You got one too in Blood, but, that's kept quiet until it's (needed).

Lettin' a midget take his cookie.

ha, ha.

[Seventyniner]

This is only going to get worse once Kobe retires. How many stories will come out of the woodwork then?

[Thread]

This is only going to get worse once Kobe retires. How many stories will come out of the woodwork then?

70, runnin' just as fast as he can.

[Spurs 4 The Win]

Kobe fans are so retarded, I was at the gym the other day and some guy was like "Im a huge Kobe fan", this was the day after he played the spurs. I said "man, that 1-14 game was rough last night for him, he is struggling this year". Then the guy goes "Whatever, he scored 81, he is the best".

Then, to nobody's surprise this fagg:lolt ended up being a total ball hog and called his own fouls when he wasnt even touched, and when everyone got on his shit for being a punk (people were literally laughing at his foul calls), he quit the game... LOL Kobe fans

[Thread]

Kobe fans are so retarded, I was at the gym the other day and some guy was like "Im a huge Kobe fan", this was the day after he played the spurs. I said "man, that 1-14 game was rough last night for him, he is struggling this year". Then the guy goes "Whatever, he scored 81, he is the best".

Then, to nobody's surprise this fagg:lolt ended up being a total ball hog and called his own fouls when he wasnt even touched, and when everyone got on his shit for being a punk (people were literally laughing at his foul calls), he quit the game... LOL Kobe fans

:rolleyes

[Jodelo]

Kobe fans are so retarded, I was at the gym the other day and some guy was like "Im a huge Kobe fan", this was the day after he played the spurs. I said "man, that 1-14 game was rough last night for him, he is struggling this year". Then the guy goes "Whatever, he scored 81, he is the best".

Then, to nobody's surprise this fagg:lolt ended up being a total ball hog and called his own fouls when he wasnt even touched, and when everyone got on his shit for being a punk (people were literally laughing at his foul calls), he quit the game... LOL Kobe fans

Sure it wasn't Kobe himself?

[jag]

Actually, Byron Scott might break his own record for the longest losing streak. He set it at 26 with the Cavs back in 2011. This guy is like a tanker's prostitute.


Bryant is the clown the LA fans pay to see, so if the owners tell him to pass the ball, he's going to sulk like he did in the Phoenix game and do the passive aggressive thing. He's basically a bitch with a shitty hair cut.

This thread is like a fine wine. This is only going to get better, tbh.

[Spurs 4 The Win]

Sure it wasn't Kobe himself?

Haha, the dude looked like Kobe too

[da_suns_fan]

Will Byron last till Xmas?

Its probably likely the team will be around 5-23 on Xmas day.

[Malik Hairston]

Stop making shit up. People were talking about iverson Marbury Francis and their chucking ways in the 00s and appalled by their shot selection.

They were talking about how efficient Stockton was and amazed at his efficiency in the 90s.

:lol no, they weren't..

Iverson was universally praised for his scoring and "carrying" the 6ers to the Finals, there was rarely any discussion about his efficiency..

Kobe's efficiency wasn't a talking point until recently, too..

Using hardcore fans as a barometer is stupid, I'm referring to mainstream media, which isn't even arguable IMO..the coverage is entirely different today, can't even be debated..

[spurraider21]

:lol no, they weren't..

Iverson was universally praised for his scoring and "carrying" the 6ers to the Finals, there was rarely any discussion about his efficiency..

Kobe's efficiency wasn't a talking point until recently, too..

Using hardcore fans as a barometer is stupid, I'm referring to mainstream media, which isn't even arguable IMO..the coverage is entirely different today, can't even be debated..
why did you put "carrying" in quotes though :lol... that was an abomination of a roster. it was a weak conference though.

:lol bucks in conference finals

[DAF86]

Price, Kobe, Young, Davis, Hill and hope for the best.

[ambchang]

:lol no, they weren't..

Iverson was universally praised for his scoring and "carrying" the 6ers to the Finals, there was rarely any discussion about his efficiency..

Kobe's efficiency wasn't a talking point until recently, too..

Using hardcore fans as a barometer is stupid, I'm referring to mainstream media, which isn't even arguable IMO..the coverage is entirely different today, can't even be debated..

From 2006: http://basketbawful.blogspot.com/2006/02/thats-win-hog-to-you-mister.html

From 2006: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2006/dec/13/20061213-012612-2153r/ (Being called model of inefficiency isn't really endearing)

From 2002: http://espn.go.com/page2/s/rosen/021223.html (Rosen calling Kobe out)

From 2006: http://www.travelgolf.com/blogs/chris.baldwin/2006/05/11/kobe_bryant_s_game_7_no_shot_pout_the_mo (Some golf magazine calling out Kobe's famous Game 7)

From 2005: http://hoopshype.com/columns/kobe_friedman.htm (Guy actually trying to defend Kobe's chucking because people had been criticizing him on it)

From 2005: http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/insider/columns/story?columnist=hollinger_john&id=2267417 (ESPN debating whether Kobe is a ballhog)

[Malik Hairston]

So 3 mainstream articles, 1 of them was Rosen's article that didn't have any analysis:lol, and the other is Hollinger, the pioneer of the new media coverage..

:lol compared to literally dozens of articles in the past 2-3 weeks alone, along with ESPN citing Kobe's inefficiency several times in this week alone..

In the previous era, maybe 1 out of every 10 articles would cite efficiency..today, I'd bet that at least 7/10 articles would mention efficiency..

[Killakobe81]

So 3 mainstream articles, 1 of them was Rosen's article that didn't have any analysis:lol, and the other is Hollinger, the pioneer of the new media coverage..

:lol compared to literally dozens of articles in the past 2-3 weeks alone, along with ESPN citing Kobe's inefficiency several times in this week alone..

In the previous era, maybe 1 out of every 10 articles would cite efficiency..today, I'd bet that at least 7/10 articles would mention efficiency..

Kobe has always been inefficient some seasons worse than others of course ... only difference now is he is older and his team sucks. ESPN articles just generating "hits" as you have pointed out advanced metrics wont be kind ... sure he is chucking at a higher rate than normal but his teams sucks worse than normal. This team fits his baser instinct to take bad shots.

[ambchang]

So 3 mainstream articles, 1 of them was Rosen's article that didn't have any analysis:lol, and the other is Hollinger, the pioneer of the new media coverage..

:lol compared to literally dozens of articles in the past 2-3 weeks alone, along with ESPN citing Kobe's inefficiency several times in this week alone..

In the previous era, maybe 1 out of every 10 articles would cite efficiency..today, I'd bet that at least 7/10 articles would mention efficiency..

Who said anything about having to have any analysis? Fact was even an old dinosaur like Rosen would see efficiency as an important barometer of a player's worth.

Then Hollinger, who is as overrated as they come in terms of the use of metrics, was already putting work in by measuring Kobe's efficiency in a single game.

Of course there was a writer blasting Iverson for his inefficiency in the main stream media.

And another one calling Kobe out on his normally inefficient chucking and one game to make a point.

But you dismiss them.

Because you are moving your goal post.

It went from Iverson being "universally praised", and "Kobe's inefficiency not being a talking point", to:

the frequency of these articles, and having a total unicorn stat of 7/10 articles mentioning efficiency in today's media, and maybe 1 out of 10 in the previous era.
Malik Hairston, just making shit up as you go, and changing the goal post from post to post.

[Malik Hairston]

I don't think prime Kobe was notably inefficient, tbh..he was less efficient than most other great scorers, but he wasn't Iverson-level..

[Malik Hairston]

Who said anything about having to have any analysis? Fact was even an old dinosaur like Rosen would see efficiency as an important barometer of a player's worth.

Then Hollinger, who is as overrated as they come in terms of the use of metrics, was already putting work in by measuring Kobe's efficiency in a single game.

Of course there was a writer blasting Iverson for his inefficiency in the main stream media.

And another one calling Kobe out on his normally inefficient chucking and one game to make a point.

But you dismiss them.

Because you are moving your goal post.

It went from Iverson being "universally praised", and "Kobe's inefficiency not being a talking point", to:

the frequency of these articles, and having a total unicorn stat of 7/10 articles mentioning efficiency in today's media, and maybe 1 out of 10 in the previous era.
Malik Hairston (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=18403), just making shit up as you go, and changing the goal post from post to post.

Using an extremely tiny percentage of articles to prove your point is pretty stupid, tbh..

That's like Harlem claiming that the American South wasn't racist towards Blacks because a few White people were tolerant at the time:lol..

I guarantee that if I look back a few years into your posts on ST, there are probably tons of posts from you criticizing the media for the type of coverage they used when covering Kobe, tbh..

[ambchang]

Using an extremely tiny percentage of articles to prove your point is pretty stupid, tbh..

That's like Harlem claiming that the American South wasn't racist towards Blacks because a few White people were tolerant at the time:lol..

I guarantee that if I look back a few years into your posts on ST, there are probably tons of posts from you criticizing the media for the type of coverage they used when covering Kobe, tbh..

It's not like I went into any in depth research in the articles. Go to google, set the date range to the "old era", type in "Iverson inefficient", or "Kobe inefficient" and you get the hits. The results are in the top 2 or 3 pages.

What you are asking for is basically list out thousands upon thousands of articles, which is just logistically impractical, and you know it.

So I am reversing the tables. You list out all the articles that were written in the new era from mainstream media, every single one of them, then highlight the ones that talk about efficiency. You better fine 70% or more of them citing efficiency in the article.

[da_suns_fan]

You will not hear Byron Scott criticize Kobe.

During their 1-9 start, hes done nothing but praise him. He knows dissing Kobe would probably mean losing his job.

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You will not hear Byron Scott criticize Kobe.

During their 1-9 start, hes done nothing but praise him. He knows dissing Kobe would probably mean losing his job.

And why would he, this is the route we've chosen. I said before I took up the reading room rocker and I'll say it again:::We're just gd fortunate that Kupchak insisted on putting brakes on those picks. Me? I'd a blown it off thinking it would never come to that/this.