Coach Pop Better Be Careful Trying To Coach Kobe

[lefty]

Listen I could only wish to be TimVP for just a moment...Kori Ellis would be on an eternal high if she ever got a piece of me...

Nice cover up

[Giuseppe]

Giuseppe

[silverblk mystix]

Pop won't have to do a thing...

Kobe will revert to his true nature...everyone will play at 50-70% for fun and entertainment...

but

Kobe's ego and true rapist/uneducated/ bag nature will prevail and kobe will begin playing at 85-100% to try and grab headlines/mvp's/fan adoration,etc...

and Pop will just let kobe be himself

[ElNono]

Pop already coached Kobe in the 2005 ASG...

[cheguevara]

Durant will outplay Kobe, everyone knows that

[JamStone]

Lol unless Kobe is hurt and/or it's a blowout at the end, he would play all 48 minutes of the all star game if Pop left him in the game. Kobe loves playing in these kinds of games because he gets to stroke his ego by playing harder than all the other all stars as if that makes him think he's better. It's the other best players in the world so Kobe shows up with his A game. And don't let the game be close in the final minutes, because he'll bring Mamba at that point and start chucking. Kobe wouldn't care if Pop played him the whole game. Kobe would love it, except that it would not be very good for his body at this point in his career.

[JamStone]

Negative. It's against SpursTalk policy to give Bryant the benefit of that presumption. This is the first time I've read any Spurs fan say that.

I don't think Pop supports rape; I think he understands the process of criminal law. Gary Neal was acquitted so life goes on. In 2003, Pop called Spurs fans ignorant for booing Kobe at a point when he had only been charged and when nothing had been proven.

In both instances, I think he's correct -- if you believe that people are innocent until proven guilty, both Neal and Bryant (who were never proven guilty of anything) deserve the benefit of that presumption. Had either been convicted, I'm sure that Pop's tune would be different.

More to the point, however, if you dispute that there's a very high degree of respect between Kobe and Pop, you just haven't been paying attention for the last decade.

[hater]

Lol unless Kobe is hurt and/or it's a blowout at the end, he would play all 48 minutes of the all star game if Pop left him in the game. Kobe loves playing in these kinds of games because he gets to stroke his ego by playing harder than all the other all stars as if that makes him think he's better. It's the other best players in the world so Kobe shows up with his A game. And don't let the game be close in the final minutes, because he'll bring Mamba at that point and start chucking. Kobe wouldn't care if Pop played him the whole game. Kobe would love it, except that it would not be very good for his body at this point in his career.

Any player not named Tim Duncan would like to play all 48 minutes of an allstar game.

[FromWayDowntown]

Negative. It's against SpursTalk policy to give Bryant the benefit of that presumption. This is the first time I've read any Spurs fan say that.

Consider me unique, I guess.

[Sportcamper]

Koolaid_Man- That is some great Trolling Smack…Are you really Tlong?

[4>0rings]

This is a wonderful opportunity for Pop to coach the best player in the world. It could be refreshing and maybe even clear up his acne..

Seriously...I've been hearing some talk lately about how Pop will try and do Kobe dirty during the Allstar game by playing him too many minutes so that at he's kinda tired post Allstar game. The only thing I can say to that is that he will quickly find out that Kobe is the real coach of that team. Sure Pop is the "figure" head and I'm sure Kobe will show him respect but should he start trippin Kobe will take himself out the game whenever he feels like it.

Pop is good coach I've said this before...however, don't forget he's good by Spur standards. Kobe has more experience in big games than Pop does and he's been coached by the greatest coaches the world has ever seen in Tex Winter, Jerry West, and Phil Jackson so he's seen it all...that being the case Pop should go out of his way to ensure Kobe's comfort at the All-star game. After all he is the main reason people are buying tickets...just look at the votes...


I think that along with Kobe, Timmy is probably the only other player that could actually be a player coach.

[Cry Havoc]

Negative. It's against SpursTalk policy to give Bryant the benefit of that presumption. This is the first time I've read any Spurs fan say that.

I don't even know why people still talk about that. It has nothing to do with basketball, which is why I never comment on it or even bring it up. So perhaps the Spurs fans that do give Kobe the benefit of the doubt just stay silent because they think it's a pointless discussion that always goes nowhere?

[DMC]

Kool never fits into the "normal" box that consists of your hen pecked lives...

and who says it's ghetto...it could be Redneck, Cholo or Asian gibberish...

I can vouch for this: He's never been in any box, ever, since birth.

[DMC]

Pop won't have to do a thing...

Kobe will revert to his true nature...everyone will play at 50-70% for fun and entertainment...

but

Kobe's ego and true rapist/uneducated/ bag nature will prevail and kobe will begin playing at 85-100% to try and grab headlines/mvp's/fan adoration,etc...

and Pop will just let kobe be himself

Kobe will take 20+ shots and be competing with EL BJ for the MVP because that's hugely important. It will be the "no look" move every trip, of course no pass as well.

[Leetonidas]

Consider me unique, I guess.

Aren't you a lawyer though? Makes sense.

[YoMamaIsCallin]

OK this is a really stupid thread. We are talking about an all-star game. There's not any real coaching going on. It's an exhibition, it's not compe ive. And even if there were coaching happening, the coach is the coach, Kobe's not going to take over that role.