Kobe back in action!! :wow

[313]

https://vine.co/v/e2JbqiihaZp

Looking forward to the season for sure now :bobo

[DPG21920]

:lol

[Splits]

LakerHater giffed it in the Kirby legacy thread...

http://i.imgbox.com/yZvFMjKR.gif

and :lol 13 seconds on the shot clock

[Fabbs]

Quality thread. :toast

[Dancelot]

Let the bricks fly, the season is upon us.

[Robz4000]

:rollin

[Splits]

650907193554788352

Patented.

:lol can't take Joe Ingles 1 on 1

[313]

650907193554788352

Patented.

:lol can't take Joe Ingles 1 on 1

:lol that was actually tough to watch

[pookenstein]

:lol that was actually tough to watch

We'll get to see many more of this before Kobe checks out of the season.
:lol

[Mal]

Laker finishing with five points on 1-of-5 shooting in 12 minutes :lmao

[Reck]

Holy shit this is fucking great. :lmao

[benefactor]

Should make for a fun season. :toast

[HarlemHeat37]

Love him or hate him, but he makes the Lakers one of the 5 most entertaining teams in the league, tbh..

[Splits]

Entertaining in the train wreck sense, yeah.

[HarlemHeat37]

^^ entertaining, nevertheless..there are few teams that will be worth watching more than the Lakers..

Everybody here will be watching them, as will most fans and haters, as we all did when Kobe played, last year..

A team with Kobe, Lou Williams and Swaggy P stealing each other's shots, with one of the most emo big men in league history at C + the worst coach in the NBA..:lol you won't find more entertainment than that..

[Mal]

^^ entertaining, nevertheless..there are few teams that will be worth watching more than the Lakers..

Everybody here will be watching them, as will most fans and haters, as we all did when Kobe played, last year..

A team with Kobe, Lou Williams and Swaggy P stealing each other's shots, with one of the most emo big men in league history at C + the worst coach in the NBA..:lol you won't find more entertainment than that..

There is a owner, who made his bear buddy a scout. There is a guy, who didnt played in NBA a single game, and is already candidate to join Milicic and Bowie to be one the #2 guys

[hater]

Lakers fun to watch? :lmao worst take ever

I rather watch fun little teams like the Wizards, Bobcats or TWolves tbqh

[HarlemHeat37]

^^ I bet you won't watch more than 5 minutes of any of those teams, this season:lol..

[Calispursfan11]

Give it time. Kobe will get his volume scoring. It's going to be like 4/18, 6/20 on a nightly basis lol.

[hater]

^^ I bet you won't watch more than 5 minutes of any of those teams, this season:lol..

I would watch more than Lakers.

And my bad I meant Bucks not Cats. Monroe, Greek freak nice fun team.

[HarlemHeat37]

Bro, there's no way you won't enjoy watching Kobe shoot 20 FGAs per game on 35% shooting:lol

[Ginobilly]

looks like Kobe still thinks he's an athletic 30 year old that can take anybody off the dribble just like Enrique. He refuses to make the transition and settle into a role like Ginobili where he just focuses on play-making rather than scoring. Kobe high flying days are over. All the HGH and baby fetuses from Germany ain't going to save him.

[Raven]

the lakers team, the way it's built, is entertaining only to the haters really. Purely based on structure and talent, it has to be one of the most unwatchable teams ever built. This is going to be fun.

[Dex]

Not sure who this season will be tougher for...Laker fans who are stuck watching Kobe on their team, or Kobe fans who are stuck watching this guy trash his own legacy.

[DPG21920]

Laker fans are surprisingly absent from this thread...

[Buddy Mignon]

Playoff bound.

[hater]

Bro, there's no way you won't enjoy watching Kobe shoot 20 FGAs per game on 35% shooting:lol

I dont. I guess some ppl do thou u might b right

[Kidd K]

650907193554788352

Patented.

:lol can't take Joe Ingles 1 on 1

:lol at Kobe trying to do post moves 18 feet from the basket then chucking a 20 foot contested fadeaway instead of passing the ball.

Literally no team in the NBA would take Kobe for free in a trade if it meant paying his salary.

[jeebus]

I watched the first 5 mins of that game :lol it was fun to watch, like all car wrecks are, but once the body is covered up at the scene, it gets old.

[daslicer]

I wonder if Kobe will have a game where he shoots 40 or more FG's this season.

[Splits]

I'm more curious if he can out-chuck his 1-14 "performance" against Kawhi last year.

[HarlemHeat37]

I'm more curious if he can out-chuck his 1-14 "performance" against Kawhi last year.

Kawhi only covered him on like 3 possessions in that game IIRC, makes it even worse:lol..

His only FG was against 6 foot 3 Cory Joseph IIRC..

[Splits]

He did it! He finally did it!


Kobe Embraces Off-Ball, Small Forward Roles

HONOLULU — Twenty years into his Hall of Fame career, one of the top priorities for Kobe Bryant — and the Lakers as a whole — is to make the most of every minute the 37-year-old spends on the floor.

Head coach Byron Scott and Bryant himself have already alluded to him playing fewer minutes and having more days off during the 2015-16 season, but there are other ways to stretch Bryant’s value, while simultaneously furthering the development of L.A.’s young core.


One of these changes, which Bryant has embraced :lol, is to allow the backcourt of First Team All-Rookie selection Jordan Clarkson and second-overall pick D’Angelo Russell to assume the majority of the ballhandling responsibilities.


“All minutes aren’t created equal,” Bryant said. “I think we’ve got some guys here this year that can really take a lot off me; D’Angelo and Clarkson and their ability to handle and create and make plays, and Julius (Randle) making plays :lol. I think the minutes that I do play won’t be as heavy of minutes as they have been.”


In addition to lowering his workload, playing off the ball — which Bryant says “won’t beat your joints up as much” — is simply preferable to him. Though he has been a ball-dominant shooting guard for the majority of his career, he says that it was at former coach Phil Jackson’s insistence :lol that he became L.A.’s primary ballhandler in the first place.


Now — especially with Russell, whose passing has been raved about by teammates over the summer and in training camp — Bryant is looking forward to having more opportunities to spot up instead of creating so many looks for both himself and his fellow Lakers.


“I do not like setting up the offense,” Bryant said. “I hate it. Phil made me do it years ago, :lmao and I had to learn how to do it years ago to set up the triangle. I haven’t played with point guards that are playmakers at heart, and D’Angelo is a ridiculous playmaker :lol. I’d much rather catch and shoot or catch then one, two dribble pull-up. You guys know I like scoring the ball.”


Another minutes-stretching move is, by Bryant’s account, not much of a move at all. Right from the first game of preseason, Bryant is starting at small forward, leaving Russell and Clarkson to keep up with the explosive backcourts of the modern NBA.


Playing the three does have its matchup problems, like Kawhi Leonard or Kevin Durant, but typically the mileage should be less strenuous for Bryant. Still, having served so many roles in his two decades in the NBA, he says that his transition from shooting guard to small forward is nonexistent.


“I’ve been playing small forward for 10 years,” Bryant said. “It’s old hat. That’s been my spot for years.” :lmao

[Killakobe81]

Laker fans are surprisingly absent from this thread...

To say what? it's a troll thread/circle jerk. Besides i dont over-react to pre-season games. besides, my expectations are low. I'm expecting 30-35 wins with 38 win ceiling. Nothing I saw last night (i actually watched the game not highlights or box score) makes me feel different whether talking Kobe, Druss or Clarkson. Randle is starting to worry me just a little though ...

[DMC]

According to Colby, right now it's about taking a load off of him. He's the center point of this team and he just needs helpers. That's how he continues to see things. He doesn't understand what a total fucking dipshit he is. It's fucking hilarious and yes it's funny and it's fun to watch just like watching a fucking clown painting in his own shit at the large window of a Dillard's store.

[Silver&Black]

650907193554788352

Patented.

:lol can't take Joe Ingles 1 on 1

:rollin

:lol Teammates

[whitemamba]

Kobe > cuckan

[pgardn]

So Kobe is happy with his new role because NOW he actually has teammates that can help him because " you know I like to score the ball".

The SOB still does not get it. One of the most athletic sociopaths of all time, a true legend.

[jehawk81]

650907193554788352

Patented.

:lol can't take Joe Ingles 1 on 1


LakerHater giffed it in the Kirby legacy thread...

http://i.imgbox.com/yZvFMjKR.gif

and :lol 13 seconds on the shot clock


https://vine.co/v/e2JbqiihaZp

Looking forward to the season for sure now :bobo

TOSB status confirmed.. get in here & :downspin: this Cully & Koolaids lol

[spursistan]

He is well and truly Done..I'm not sure he is capable to fit in in reduced, niche role even he wanted to..no first step anymore and severe loss of athleticism..