and is not nearly as protected as a lot of you gots want to believe. D-Whistle, LeHype, KD, Melo and all these so called superstars get more love from referees than a 5x NBA champion and bonafide HOFer.
Kobe has played "below the rim" and mostly on the perimeter for several years now. So why does he suffer broken fingers on his shooting hand? Because after Colorado the NBA has been trying to black ball him. Here is a snapshot of the type of bull Kobe has had to endure in route to his rings.
LINK. This little video doesn't seem like much, but look at Ear Jordan literally grabbing his jersey
trying to defend him. It might as well been any scrub guarding Kobe. They know they can get away with that bull the vast majority of the time so they will keep doing it.
This type of affects Kobe's efficiency especially when he gets hacked, misses a shot, and doesn't get FTAs. Sub him with D-Whistle. He either gets the and-1 or a minimum of 2 FTAs. Meanwhile if it is the latter, the fact that the miss he just had doesn't count against his FGA%s. It makes him appear to be better than he is. The average Joe looks at box scores and sees that D-Whistle gets 31 points on only 18 (recorded) FGAs. For example, he could go 9/18 (50%), but have have 13/19 FTAs.
You need another example. How about the Spurs very own
Manure
. Think about it
. Manure plays with more reckless abandon than Kobe does. You don't see him with broken fingers on
his shooting hand. Why? Because when he is fouled it is called. Truth be told, if Kobe got the same calls that his fellow "superstars" gets, he would average 35ppg (again, this time at at age 32).
Question of the day: How can a perimeter player get so beat up? We all know the truth even if you jackasses won't admit it. On the one hand, I could see why he doesn't get FTAs because he doesn't go to the rack as much. However, I guess his injuries came out of nowhere. Maybe he broke his finger shooting an uncontested 17 footer.
Players have to beat Kobe up to compete with him. Anyway, I'll get off my soap box now. You cowtippers can go back to your regularly scheduled farming duties. Flame away.
