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Yet somehow someway this team led by this "Robin" on the decline will win another championship.
Serious thread, no troll.
Will this dude's ego allow him to transition into an effective player now that he's clearly on the decline? He's still a pretty crafty player and has pretty good court vision, he's just so reluctant to pass the ball. Scoring and getting his is just way too important to him, pretty sickening to watch tbh. He's already proven that he's arguably the greatest Robin of all-time with his run from 00-03...why is he not willing to attempt to duplicate that by passing the reins to MVPau? Sure its no guarantee that MVPau can guide the Lakers to glory but surely the Lakers have a better shot doing that than they do with Kobe shooting 20+ shots under 40% every night, no ?
Here's hoping a new year opens up Kobe's eyes, for the Lakers sake...winning a le when the Lakers arent relevant just isnt the same tbh
Yet somehow someway this team led by this "Robin" on the decline will win another championship.
Basically if Kobe isn't gifted with going to the free throw line 15+ times a game, the Lakers are outta luck.
I think stern would be happy with heat and even minny in the finals
look at how ing long Hill's fingers are. He's got like 8 knuckles on each one.
lol ing E.T. phone home fingers
Why happened between Kobe and Hill?
Pushing match under the rim
Please. The guy has been playing the same way for 15 years. He's the most selfish player in the league. I mean, how hard is it to feed the post? He has three dominant bigs who are all very skilled, and are longer than pretty much any other big in the entire league. Yet Bryant has to jack up 27 shots on a night that he clearly doesn't have it. Yet no one is surprised.Serious thread, no troll.
Will this dude's ego allow him to transition into an effective player now that he's clearly on the decline? He's still a pretty crafty player and has pretty good court vision, he's just so reluctant to pass the ball. Scoring and getting his is just way too important to him, pretty sickening to watch tbh. He's already proven that he's arguably the greatest Robin of all-time with his run from 00-03...why is he not willing to attempt to duplicate that by passing the reins to MVPau? Sure its no guarantee that MVPau can guide the Lakers to glory but surely the Lakers have a better shot doing that than they do with Kobe shooting 20+ shots under 40% every night, no ?
Here's hoping a new year opens up Kobe's eyes, for the Lakers sake...winning a le when the Lakers arent relevant just isnt the same tbh
Without bailouts by the refs, Bryant is simply a gunner. And believe me, it's going to get uglier and uglier. His teammates have always hated him, and why shouldn't they? He throws them under the bus after the Heat loss on Christmas, then goes out and shoots them out of the game three days later.
The guy is a few months away from being a total joke. And his contract will go down as the worst in history. The fool makes 25+ million this year.
i personally remember the stunning performance by kobe in game 7 of last season's finalsYet somehow someway this team led by this "Robin" on the decline will win another championship.
Super Ego tbh.
LoL selfish player and still got 5 rings.
Kobe was telling George to quit calling lakaluva a .
Wow some of you are really dumb.
Kobe will be effective for many years to come still because he has many fundamentals that allow him to still be a top player today, even though his athleticism has declined.
If you guys are going to bring up the argument that he isn't effective now because he just chucks up a bunch of shots...then he wasn't effective 10 years ago either. He has always had that problem.
Kobe had many games like this last year too. Its a process he seems to go through every year. I guess he has to relearn his lesson each year. He's to confident in his own abilities that it hurts his teams chances to win and it takes him a while to realize it.
A better question would be "Will he continue to be a sure pick for the All NBA First Team the next few years?"
But will he be effective? Of course he will.
Good one
I think the dumb one here is you.
Kobe doesn't have the explosive first step or the explosive hops anymore. Do you honestly believe that Kobe will allow himself to play second fiddle to anyone else on any team he is on?
Although good defensive players, GHill and Manu are hardly all world individual defenders and they made Kobe look average. Kobe fan boys are in complete denial of their basketball demi-god's decline.
Once a chucker always a chucker.
That game 7 6-24 shooting performance was no mirage
8/27
Bean was brutal ...... You have Blair guarding Bynum or Gasol and they don't go into the post. Awful game and dude's ego is a problem.
27 shots
Pau gets 8
nice balance there
Lakers need to make a trade.
Artest for Melo
Fisher for Rose
Kobe for Durant
Do it Mitch!
Bout time some Laker fan actually acknowledges Kobe's chucking and how it hurts the team. Other than here, it's like all of you (lakers fans) are brainwashed, church going 10 year olds that can't think for themselves and/or simply refuse to believe Kobe isn't perfect. Rarely do I ever see laker fans with any constructive criticism of their team...it's just knees on the ground and Kobe is MJ 2.0
Clearly Pau has been damn more efficient this year, get his ass the ball more. If you're off, you should not be taking over 20 shots.
Haha wow. Again let me reiterate, and you can see this in my original post, that his athleticism has declined, but he has managed to be successful the past 3 or 4 seasons in spite of that.
Plus if you knew anything about the Spurs, they might not have great individual perimeter defenders but they play great team defense.
No one with a right mind denies Kobe is on the decline. But there is a major difference between a decline and ineffectiveness. Kobe is still going to be doing a lot for his team.
Now if you are going to bring up the chucker argument he's had that problem his whole career. Its nothing new.
Stop saying "chucker, chucker" and come up with your argument.
Kobe hasn't been the best Laker since they started winning championships again.
Pau Gasol says o.
Did you watch the Lakers/Spurs game? Kobe kept "chucking" up bricks. Part of being a great player is not trying to go 1 on 5. Theres a time to be selfish, and a time to get your teammates involved. By Kobe throwing up brick after brick, he never took advantage of the Laker's size and ability to score in the paint.
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