More Valuable Than An MVP - NBA Players Idolize Kobe They Don't Idolize Duncan

[Koolaid_Man]

This right here is what it's all about....what the media thinks of Kobe means nothing compared to this type of admiration....and it further shows why Duncan and Lebron (no offense to them) will never be in Kobe's class...I literally could go on and on with about 90% of the players with the same viewpoint....from Trevor Ariza wearing Kobe jerseys on the streets to John Wall and Carmelo to Dr. J picking Kobe saying Kobe is the best post MJ to Shaq picking Kobe over LeBron...to Bird threatening to burn his MVPs if they didn't give Kobe one to MJ picking Kobe as his successor ....the list is non ending. Sorry Spur fan....

Dirk Nowitski:


“He’s probably the greatest player in my generation that I played against,” said Nowitzki, who has 27,239 career points and will likely pass Elvin Hayes and Moses Malone over the next few weeks to move up to seventh on the list.

“Obviously Shaq was very dominant, Tim Duncan (http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/215/tim-duncan)was great, but I just loved watching Kobe. I don’t think there will ever be another MJ, but he’s definitely as close as it gets that we’ll ever see.

“He had it all. He’s a clutch player, can make shots from anywhere. I’ve had a blast from watching him during his career very closely. That’s a heck of an accomplishment for sure.”


Nick Young on how he lied to MJ so the Bobcats would give him a contract:


“He asked me where I learned my fadeaway from,” Young recalled after working out for the former Charlotte Bobcats seven years ago. “Jordan was looking at me dead in my eyes. I was going to say Kobe Bryant (http://www.dailynews.com/sports/20141201/lakers-kobe-bryant-finds-it-very-challenging-to-balance-workload-recovery), but I was forced to say Jordan at that moment because I wanted him to pick me.” :lol

Paul George on idolizing Kobe:


It’s so hard to compare anyone to Michael, but I think it’s fair to say Kobe is the second coming of MJ,” said Indiana Pacers forwardPaul George (http://www.dailynews.com/sports/20140719/for-paul-george-returning-home-to-la-is-temporary-but-worth-it), who grew up watching Bryant while playing for Knight High in Palmdale. “Kobe has transcended the league the same way I felt Michael did.”
George endlessly mimicked Bryant’s mannerisms in pick-up games, ranging from his fadeaway jumpers to his jaw strutting.

Lebron James idolizing Kobe:

Cleveland forward LeBron James recently told reporters (https://twitter.com/mcten/status/543558131695906817) he had a Bryant poster on his bedroom wall growing up. The poster served as an inspiration for James as he followed Bryant’s path in morphing from high school phenom to NBA star.

Kevin Durant idolizing Kobe:


Oklahoma City forward Kevin Durant told L.A. News Group (http://www.dailynews.com/sports/20140312/as-kobe-bryant-sits-it-out-kevin-durant-is-stepping-it-up) last year he endlessly watched Bryant’s scoring outbursts with hopes he could somehow replicate them.

Clay Thompson Idolizing 24:

Golden State Warriors guard Klay Thompson (http://www.dailynews.com/sports/20141101/mychal-thompson-proud-of-son-klay-for-extension-with-golden-state) took similar notes, the former Santa Margarita standout often imitating Bryant’s footwork and post-ups.“To get on his level is going to take a lot of work. It’s basically impossible,” Thompson said. “But he’s never afraid to take the big shot, and that’s what I’ve always tried to do.”

Brandon Jennings:


Both Thompson and Detroit Pistons guard Brandon Jennings attended Bryant’s summer camps years before turning pro. “For a guy to be able to do that and still get ready for practice was pretty amazing,” said Jennings, a Compton native. “That just made me want to work harder every day.”

Stephen Curry:


I talk to Luke all the time just about his journey with Kobe and with the Lakers and championships and stuff."


Zach LaVine wears the No. 8 because of Kobe:

"I feel like everyone has that one person," LaVine said. "I feel like that was it for me. That was just my idol growing up. It's crazy competing on the same floor, growing up my whole life watching this dude

D-Wade: Kobe is the second greatest Alltime:


"Well, it used to be Kobe Bryant ... the second best all time ... now, I have a new favorite player to play against ... my former teammate, LeBron James." Not only did Wade show respect to Kobe in terms of always anticipating their matchups every single year, but he also called him the second best all time.

Westbrook and James Harden:


Westbrook and Harden played together on the same junior high AAU basketball team during Kobe’s three-peat era in Los Angeles. They can recall their worship of Bryant as a basketball god amongst mortals. "We all wanted to be Kobe more than anything in the world and it seemed like everyone had dawned a poster of him on their bedroom walls next to their Dragonball Zposter."

Incoming Rookies name their favorite player:


From Schuhmann of NBA.com (http://www.nba.com/2013/news/features/john_schuhmann/08/26/2013-14-nba-rookie-survey/index.html?ls=iref:nbahpt3a):

1: Kobe Bryant, L.A. Lakers — 21.2 percent

2: LeBron James (http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nba/927/lebron-james), Miami — 15.2 percent

T-3rd: Kevin Durant (http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nba/1358/kevin-durant), Oklahoma City & Dirk Nowitzki (http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nba/535/dirk-nowitzki), Dallas — 12.1 percent

T-5th: Kevin Garnett (http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nba/354/kevin-garnett), Brooklyn & Chris Paul (http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nba/1115/chris-paul), L.A. Clippers — 9.1 percent

Others receiving votes: Carmelo Anthony (http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nba/929/carmelo-anthony), New York; Vince Carter (http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nba/531/vince-carter), Dallas; Tim Duncan (http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nba/467/tim-duncan), San Antonio; James Harden (http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nba/1597/james-harden), Houston; Kawhi Leonard (http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nba/1833/kawhi-leonard), San Antonio; Steve Nash (http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nba/417/steve-nash), L.A. Lakers; Dwyane Wade (http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nba/931/dwyane-wade), Miami



Conclusion:


“That door is closed. Good luck waiting on another Kobe Bryant,” said ESPN analyst Jalen Rose. “The sport is his first, second and third priority.”

Bryant expressed indifference on whether he will pass the torch to anyone. But he still believes he has served a purpose in instilling values that he believes has influenced the NBA’s current generation that he described as “gym rats.”

[Franklin]

Young learned fadeaway from Kobe and Kobe is just a lifetime Jordan wannabe, tbh.

[Koolaid_Man]

Young learned fadeaway from Kobe and Kobe is just a lifetime Jordan wannabe, tbh.

I wont argue that

[Koolaid_Man]

I think Shaq and especially Wade picking Kobe over Lebron means more than anything we think or those in the media.....they both played with Lebron and Shaq with both....so nothing we think after they gave their opinion matters...Wade picking Kobe after winning 2 chips with Lebron was the death blow..there's really nothing else to be said...but I guess you fanbois still got analytics to make you feel good:lmao

[whitemamba]

Kool- ur going to give the spur fans here a heart attack...

[Koolaid_Man]

Kool- ur going to give the spur fans here a heart attack...


:lmao good

[ambchang]

Everybody wants to be like Mike.
They know they can't so they go to the best low bitrate copy of mike.

[Koolaid_Man]

Everybody wants to be like Mike.
They know they can't so they go to the best low bitrate copy of mike.

:lol I was particularly waiting on your response....you're badass....you can fucking spin some spit off a dick....

[K...]

It's cause Duncan is still kicking ass whereas kobe is tosb.
The last two years are like kobes living funeral, all those quotes are like palliative care

[Koolaid_Man]

It's cause Duncan is still kicking ass whereas kobe is tosb.
The last two years are like kobes living funeral, all those quotes are like palliative care


There's not a sane reasonable person in the world that would consider patterning their game after Duncan :lol

[Mikeanaro]

Because Doncan is a big, you dont see very often guys saying ¨I want to be like Shaq/Kareem/Wilt¨
Everybody wants flashy plays, flashy money flashy market flashy rapism flashy lawyers etc.

[daslicer]

:lol Dumbass of course those guys would idolize Kobe over Duncan since they are all perimeter players.

[Koolaid_Man]

:lol Dumbass of course those guys would idolize Kobe over Duncan since they are all perimeter players.


How do you explain all the great big men coming out of college saying the same thing about Kobe? Dont worry I will post their quotes next....:lol face it..no one aporeciates your boy....

[Silver&Black]

http://i.imgur.com/lU896Hw.png

[daslicer]

How do you explain all the great big men coming out of college saying the same thing about Kobe? Dont worry I will post their quotes next....:lol face it..no one aporeciates your boy....

You are full of shit like usual go ahead post their quotes. :lol I can't imagine a 7fter that would want to play like guard that shoots way below 50 percent.

[ambchang]

:lol I was particularly waiting on your response....you're badass....you can fucking spin some spit off a dick....

You spin everything into something about the male genitals though.

Fat people always think about food
People in the desert think about water
You always think about penises.

[Malik Hairston]

:lol Kool's my nigga, but I gotta do this to him..

Lamarcus Aldridge


“He gave it to me in the post when I first got drafted,” Aldridge said on Monday before the Blazers practiced at the AT&T Center. “I had nightmares of how he scored over and over again and I couldn’t stop him.”

He still credits Duncan for helping his improvement.


“He’s the power forward,” Aldridge said. “He’s the best power forward of all-time in my eyes. I’ve learned so much watching Tim and just playing against him. I’ve probably taken some of the tricks and things that he uses during the game.”

Kevin Love


Patrick asked Love who the best player he has played against.

Love responded immediately that it was Tim Duncan and then went on the elaborate why.

Flustered, Patrick then asked Love "Well, who is the toughest player to deal with?"

Love quickly responded; "Tim Duncan".

Love then told a story about how Duncan had hit a bank shot over him. As Love was running down the court, he muttered to himself "What am I going to do about that?".

Duncan overheard Love and said; "There's nothing you can do about that, son."

Jahlil Okafor


“He idolizes Hakeem Olajuwon, Tim Duncan, Shaquille O’Neal,” Chucky Okafor said. “I think he’s like a combination of the three of them.” Realizing how premature that sounded, he added: “Jahlil knows he’s not the best player in the world. That keeps him working at it.”

“You’ll never see how he’s feeling,” Chucky Okafor said. “He has the same demeanor, no matter what happens in the game — all business, like Duncan.”

Roy Hibbert


According to ESPN, at the height of the lockout Hibbert asked current teammate and former Spur George Hill to reach out to Duncan on his behalf. Hibbert had grew up idolizing Duncan and was convinced he could help him in fine-tuning his own game. For this summer's workouts, the two hired a boxing trainer to help them with strength and develop footwork.

Chris Bosh


"When he started having success, I was trying to be a guard," Bosh, a Miami Heat (http://www.foxsports.com/nba/miami-heat-team) center, said about when Duncan claimed his first of four titles with San Antonio . "I was heading into my sophomore year of high school. But then I had a growth spurt. In two years, I grew another five inches. I said, 'I might as well be like those (big) guys.'"

One of those big men was Duncan. By 2001, Bosh said Duncan and then Minnesota power forward Kevin Garnett (http://www.foxsports.com/nba/player/kevin-garnett/71306) were "pretty much a tie for my favorite player."

"I had ( Duncan's) poster on my wall," said Bosh, who grew up in Dallas.

Andrew Bynum


The footwork. You noticed that right away. Although 7 feet and 280 pounds, Andrew Bynum is light on his toes, his moves around the basket smooth, not altogether unlike one of his idols. "I like Tim Duncan a lot," Bynum said.

DeAndre Jordan


“He’s one of greatest players to play this game on both ends of the floor,” Jordan said. “He’s someone I idolized as a kid.”

Willie Cauley-Stein


A 7-year-old Willie Cauley-Stein is playing basketball in his driveway. He’s doing what any 7-year-old with a dream of becoming a professional athlete does, and is putting himself in the shoes of one of his idols, in this case, Tim Duncan.

Blake Griffin


Griffin began his transformation into the unstoppable force he has become last summer, reaching out to Tim Duncan for some advice on winning and leadership, and used some of the most cutting-edge workout technology during the offseason.

Chris Paul


"I told him how much I love him, man," Paul told Maggio after the game. "I done known Tim since I was 11 years old. Me and his nephew played on the same AAU team. Everybody always knows the Wake Forest connection, but he's been like a mentor, a big brother to me since I've been in the league.

Baron Davis on the BS Report


Duncan is the best player of my generation, he's top 5 all-time.

[baseline bum]

How many young kids grow up saying they wanna miss the most shots in NBA history?

[Sean Cagney]

Thats funny, could have sworn Aldridge, Anthony Davis, Griffin and Deandre Jordan all said they watched Tim growing up and that was their idol if I am correct..... I guess big men look up to Tim more? That is who they aspire to be like they all said.
:lol Dumbass of course those guys would idolize Kobe over Duncan since they are all perimeter players.

^^^^ This, just what I said below being the big men aspire to be like Tim. He hand selected quotes and players for his thread to make it favor Kobe.


I could have sworn Jordan also said that Tim is one of the few that could play in his era as well? He said there are 5 players and Tim was one of them.

[Sean Cagney]

:lol Kool's my nigga, but I gotta do this to him..

Lamarcus Aldridge



Kevin Love



Jahlil Okafor



Roy Hibbert



Chris Bosh



Andrew Bynum



DeAndre Jordan



Willie Cauley-Stein



Blake Griffin



Chris Paul



Baron Davis on the BS Report

Thread = DONE, the names I threw out as well were on there and you just killed this weak ass thread with this post.

[HI-FI]

Harlem just ethered Extra Stout.

[K...]

There's not a sane reasonable person in the world that would consider patterning their game after Duncan :lol

Will you kill yourself if the Lakers draft okafor and he patterns his game on Duncan? It's a real possibility. You should be ready to submit to Duncan's mojo now.

[Koolaid_Man]

You are full of shit like usual go ahead post their quotes. :lol I can't imagine a 7fter that would want to play like guard that shoots way below 50 percent.


Lets start with the 7 footer Thon Maker:


SONNY: Little bit about yourself… We here some comparisons to Kevin Durant or Kevin Garnett but let’s here it from you, who do you think your game models most?

THON MAKER: It’s a lot of mixtures. It’s just basically playing basketball but people may see glimpses’ of other players in my game. I think it’s just me playing basketball and understanding how to play. If I were to match it with other players in the league I would say my footwork is pretty good with like a Kobe. His mentality, killer instinct I love that; he’s hungry he’s never settling. Like right now someone would just have given up on that injury but he’s not, he’s still playing and able to dunk it."

Next Jahlil Okafer before the draft:


SI.com: In their primes, are you taking LeBron or Kobe?Okafor: Kobe. I’ve always been a Kobe fan, he’s one of my favorite players. I love LeBron, but Kobe was the first player I actually considered my favorite.

Joel Embiid's desire to be like Kobe:


"Here in Cameroon, we see NBA players like Kobe Bryant and LeBron—he wants to be like that," Embiid's father said in an interview this week.

Julius Randle:

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I'm adding big me to my list its not complete....Malik listing a few players but the list is weak.....you only got a good solid 3....compared to my all around list..the fact is no one likes your fsggot

[Koolaid_Man]

Thats funny, could have sworn Aldridge, Anthony Davis, Griffin and Deandre Jordan all said they watched Tim growing up and that was their idol if I am correct..... I guess big men look up to Tim more? That is who they aspire to be like they all said.

^^^^ This, just what I said below being the big men aspire to be like Tim. He hand selected quotes and players for his thread to make it favor Kobe.


I could have sworn Jordan also said that Tim is one of the few that could play in his era as well? He said there are 5 players and Tim was one of them.

Dandre Jordsn is garbage....AD never said he admired Tim

[UZER]

Oh look, another rolaids man thread.

[Koolaid_Man]

:lol Kool's my nigga, but I gotta do this to him..

Lamarcus Aldridge



Kevin Love



Jahlil Okafor



Roy Hibbert



Chris Bosh



Andrew Bynum



DeAndre Jordan



Willie Cauley-Stein



Blake Griffin



Chris Paul



Baron Davis on the BS Report


U got half the phaggot Clipper lineup in your list...and is it any surprise the blade Bosh is on your list,.,Bynum and Deandre Jordan, and Hibbert are pure fucking Garbage....I won't bash the rookies....

[Arcadian]

Yeah, because they're stupid faggots like the OP.

[daslicer]

Lets start with the 7 footer Thon Maker:



Next Jahlil Okafer before the draft:



Joel Embiid's desire to be like Kobe:



Julius Randle:

583718678509694976


I'm adding big me to my list its not complete....Malik listing a few players but the list is weak.....you only got a good solid 3....compared to my all around list..the fact is no one likes your fsggot




:lol Embid,Randle its pretty much a given those two guys are already going to be a bust. Proves my point again that the bigs who would want to emulate Kobe are straight up garbage. It does not make any sense for a big man to want to emulate a perimeter player that concept is retarded. That's equivalent to a bunch of young PG"s saying they want to model their game after Shaq.

[apalisoc_9]

I love lebron, but Kool's sig is hilarious :lol