is kobe trying to prove a point to Phil?

[Darthkiller]

kobe is passing the ball and not taking shots. is he trying to prove to phil that lakers need kobe to take shots to win?

[pgardn]

Exactly what I was thinking. He cant be that much of a child?

[quickerblade]

I think the guy has completely lost it

[peskypesky]

i'm sure that's it. the last game, he was ball-hogging. this game he's refusing to shoot. great team-mate.

[Lars]

What an insecure bag.

[pauls931]

Nothing out of the ordinary. He handed a playoff series to the Suns doing this a couple years back.

[mogrovejo]

I think he's playing okay. Needs to be more aggressive putting the ball on the floor.

[BlackSwordsMan]

laker melt down
sweet

[JamStone]

Maybe, but I don't think Kobe is trying to have the team lose. He's not tanking. He's just not being aggressive looking for his shot. It's not the same as that game against Phoenix years ago. Kobe's actually trying to get his teammates good looks.

[Scola]

You can always count on Kobe to sabotage his team in order to prove a point.

[exstatic]

Exactly what I was thinking. He cant be that much of a child?

Nothing out of the ordinary. He handed a playoff series to the Suns doing this a couple years back.

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

I think he just knows that he's gonna need his teammates to step up for him to have anything left in the tank in June.

[mingus]

Kobe Bryant ego-centric? no way!

[san antonio spurs]

He looks like he's really trying to involve his teammates. But it's true that he has been childish in the past and done it to prove a point. I remember 7 years ago he did it against the Kings, the whole game he took only 2 or 3 shots. That time he was angry at Phil and Shaq who accused him of ball hogging.

[mogrovejo]

Kobe should man up and defend Westbrook.

[Kriz-Maxima]

It looks like a guy who has shot horribly is trying to help get his teammates good shots.

[DMX7]

Exactly what I was thinking. He cant be that much of a child?

Yes, he can.

[MateoNeygro]

nah I don't think so I think he's just trying to get the role players going. Kobe knows he can get his whenever he wants.

[mogrovejo]

nah I don't think so I think he's just trying to get the role players going. Kobe knows he can get his whenever he wants.

Another "Only in Spurstalk" moment.

[TampaDude]

I think he just knows that he's gonna need his teammates to step up for him to have anything left in the tank in June.

Yeah...IF Kobe is still playing in June.

[dbestpro]

Maybe the point is there will be no ref bail out for the whiners and criers. Keep your mouth shut and let game be what it is. Talk crap about the officials and prepare to go fishing. It is a way for Stern to suspend the whole team without doing a thing.

[Many PackYao]

Lakers are getting their ass beat by a team with a guitar pick for a logo.

[MiamiHeat]

it's not the first time he does it.

criticize his shots, so kobe then intentionally sabotages his team and refuses to shoot.

[Giuseppe]

Lakers are getting their ass beat by a team with a guitar pick for a logo.

You got absolutely no room. Yer standing their with the other 13 charter members in the loser field.

& you look positively adorable.

[TheMACHINE]

So kobe tries to get the big men involved early and now he tanks. Man...kobe does wrong no matter what he does.