Kobe just reminding us why he's the G.O.A.T.

[JamStone]

I'm sorry it hurts your feelings, but I didn't say anything that isn't true, so I'm not really sure why you characterize it as "hate". Kobe was a ball hog early and fought his teammates for rebounds that his team would otherwise have gotten, and he shot 25% in the fourth quarter while his team nearly gave up a 17 point lead. It wasn't a surprise, and has certainly been Kobe's MO for most of his career, and I'm not at all angry about it. It's not like there's any way he wasn't going to get the MVP award with all the LA fans voting before the fourth quarter even started. Clearly in no way does that performance cement him as the greatest player of all time.

I'm curious why you think it's better than not giving a ? Maybe someone should have given out an MVP trophy after the Cleveland game to keep Kobe motivated.

It's cool. I'm just curious why people make such a big fuss over it when it doesn't mean anything. I'm curious why you seem to put so much blame on Kobe for the West team losing their big lead.

And I'm not claiming the performance makes him GOAT. That's a pretty ridiculous contention. I just don't see why people are so critical of Kobe when he clearly played well last night. He wasn't perfect. But he played well, even in the fourth quarter when he went 1-for-4, he did other things to help the West win that game.

This is the exact same thing I said. Why is the above not "hating"?

We said similar things, not the exact same thing. I said Kobe played well. You focused on the 1-for-4 and failing to pass. And I'm not sure how someone can get assists on the score sheet for failing to pass though. Kobe's final two offensive rebounds also helped seal the game, hardly garbage rebounds. Fighting with his teammates or not, getting the rebound is the important thing.

I think it's "hating" to criticize Kobe over a game that people are arguing "doesn't matter." I felt your comments were posted specifically to criticize him. But that's fine if really need to put it out there.

[cobbler]

It was all set up for Kobe to win the MVP on his home floor, just like Griffin won the dunk contest. It was all rigged for the home crowd. Just a show, folks...nothing important in the grand scheme of things.

As was the last two years finals... all scripted by Stern! Blah blah blah
I suppose if you win the le this year all the scripting was put on halt and your guys obtained it with class.

[HeatTheBestEver]

OP is right, noone care bout them old ass scrub Spurs. They'll just lose in the 1st round, all bout dat 305, we in that thang son!

[ezau]

Kobe is the GOAT of scrimmage games.

[cobbler]

Gotta hand it to a guy to lose three regular season games in a row and really show up for the exhibition game. Kobe was clearly saving his energy for going 1-on-4, failing to pass, and fighting his own teammates for garbage rebounds in order to garner an individual honor for himself in a meaningless game. Oh, by the way, where was he in the fourth quarter? Oh, never mind, he had Kevin Durant to bail him out when it counted.

After reading that ignorant post about Kobe should be banned from ASG... I decided to go back and watch the tape since I was at the game and didnt get to see it. Let me tell you, there was only one person out there not really laughing and continually ing out the refs. Yep... LB.... "this is a road game for us" J.

With that said, and please note that I of course could have missed a few plays due to the coverage....

Kobe:

Touches - 50
shots - 27 ( i had one more than official) 16 in the paint
passes - 19

And I love how the haters say... he only had 3 assists. Well maybe if your boy TD could make a 1 ft layup or KD could follow up several dishes without clanking the layup he might have more?

You all know my stance on MVP's and all the other trinkets the NBA passes out yearly. Worthless. I just had to rewatch and compile some of the numbers since the haters were again spewing BS. Apparently they were up getting beers on the 18 passes that he never threw!

[ezau]

Greatest player of the all scrimmage games. If played that way against the Cavs, who knows? Lakers could have beaten the powerhouse Cavs. LOL

[Obstructed_View]

We said similar things, not the exact same thing. I said Kobe played well. You focused on the 1-for-4 and failing to pass. And I'm not sure how someone can get assists on the score sheet for failing to pass though. Kobe's final two offensive rebounds also helped seal the game, hardly garbage rebounds. Fighting with his teammates or not, getting the rebound is the important thing.

I think it's "hating" to criticize Kobe over a game that people are arguing "doesn't matter." I felt your comments were posted specifically to criticize him. But that's fine if really need to put it out there.

The facts that I posted were a retort to the OP, but I certainly never said he didn't play well, and I never said that he was undeserving of the award. Kobe clearly decided that he was going to be MVP, we all knew that, he's not the first to do it. In fact, it's not even his first time doing it. I'm unsure why dopes from the losing team would cry about it, since all they had to do to prevent it was win the damn game.

When a guy with a career-long reputation as a "me first, team last" guy shoots 39 percent in three losses and then goes out and plays as hard as he can for an exhibition, it's going to invite comment. When one of his fans uses said award as some kind of validation of his greatness, it's going to invite comment.