Jalen Rose Intentionally Injured Kobe

[Darth_Pelican]

http://www.ibtimes.com/jalen-rose-admits-intentionally-injuring-kobe-bryant-2000-nba-finals-793546

Jalen Rose Admits Intentionally Injuring Kobe Bryant In 2000 NBA Finals

BY Jeff Stone | September 19 2012 8:11 PM

During an interview with Bill Simmons’ Grantland.com, Jalen Rose confirmed what many fans had suspected for years: He intentionally injured Kobe Bryant during the 2000 NBA Finals when Rose’s Indiana Pacers were up against the Los Angeles Lakers, featuring Shaquille O’Neal and a young Bryant.



Right after Bryant expanded the Los Angeles Lakers lead by three points, he came down hard and writhed in pain on the floor. Rose came up with the ball and led the charge to the other end of the court, missing a three-pointer off the rim. You can watch a video of the incident play out below.

“Kobe Bean Bryant goes up for a jump shot out on the right wing,” Rose said during the Grantland podcast. “I contest the jump shot. Kobe lands on my foot. He hobbles off and actually misses the next game. If it was up to me, he should’ve just missed the whole series. I would’ve had a championship ring and it would’ve been no harm, no foul.

“I think I did it on purpose. I can’t say that it was an accident.”

Bryant would eventually go on to help the Lakers win the championship, his first of five les. Rose would later be a member of the Toronto Raptors team that was at the receiving end of Bryant’s now-famous 81-point performance.

While Bryant still reigns as one of the NBA’s major superstars, Rose has made a name for himself as an outspoken basketball analyst on ESPN. Along with his Grantland podcast, Rose also contributes to College Game Day and as an announcer.

He’s also a contributor on the popular talking heads show “First Take,” where Rose made news recently for exposing the oft-maligned Skip Bayless’ exaggerations about his own playing career. During the argument, Rose attacks Bayless’s credibility because he played on the junior varsity basketball team as a junior in high school.

[Darth_Pelican]

[lefty]

Rose

[Findog's Ex Fiancee]

I've always disliked Jalen Rose, but I now have a new found respect for him, tbh..

[Venti Quattro]

Sup HarlemHeat?

[Ryan Fitzpatrick]

I'm glad it only took him 12 years to grow a sac and cop to it

Game 4

[lefty]

The 3 games played in Indiana in this series were fun to watch TBH

[FkLA]

Good for him. More players should do that to Kobe imo.

[BRHornet45]

sons I just gained mad respect for Jalen now. its just a damn shame that he didn't do the job well enough to end Kobe's career. (and yes I'm being dead serious when I say that)

I can't stand watching media created superstars receive 100% of the credit for doing maybe 20% of the work at most. Kobe is the absolute best example of this. with Shaq he was nothing more than a glorified role player and with Gasol and others he was one of the two or three standouts, but not the reason they won.

[Chris]

Jalen Rose keeps it real always, he's also an analyst who doesn't spit the same rhetoric that the media pumps out on a daily basis.

[Venti Quattro]

Ginobili deserves more to be injured because he's a flopper, Tony Parker for being a home-wrecker of a teammate's family and Duncan for being plain boring. Maybe injuring him will make him a little bit interesting.

[Venti Quattro]

sons I just gained mad respect for Jalen now. its just a damn shame that he didn't do the job well enough to end Kobe's career. (and yes I'm being dead serious when I say that)

I can't stand watching media created superstars receive 100% of the credit for doing maybe 20% of the work at most. Kobe is the absolute best example of this. with Shaq he was nothing more than a glorified role player and with Gasol and others he was one of the two or three standouts, but not the reason they won.

You blow hot and cold and Kobe, borderlining hypocrite, so you are not to be taken seriously.

[lefty]

sons I just gained mad respect for Jalen now. its just a damn shame that he didn't do the job well enough to end Kobe's career. (and yes I'm being dead serious when I say that)
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[Ryan Fitzpatrick]

so much visceral hatred for the Mamba in this thread.
think of the pain he must've inflicted over the years to garner this much hatred
still wishing injury on Kobe after the damage has been done: 5 rings, MVP, 2FMVP, best single performance of our lifetimes (81 pts), and one white raped (that we know of)
wish away, bitta s

[lefty]

so much visceral hatred for the Mamba in this thread.
think of the pain he must've inflicted over the years to garner this much hatred
still wishing injury on Kobe after the damage has been done: 5 rings, MVP, 2FMVP, best single performance of our lifetimes (81 pts), and one white raped (that we know of)
wish away, bitta s

5 rings as a wingman
81 pts vs a ty Raptors team, taking all the shots

[Medvedenko]

It ceases to amaze me. Kobe's created so much throughout his career that dudes like Rose are still being talked about...due to Kobe and his greatness. Props to him for trying to win at all costs. Nothing wrong with that as you should take any compe ive edge to win, even if it means possibly injuring a player to do so. Par for the course on a dude that failed when it mattered.

BR, you're the best bro. Keep trollin' son.

[mavs>spurs]

you're all just mad doesn't really hold up because i'm a mav fan, and we've never even lost to kobe in the playoffs, yet I agree with the so called "haters." i just recognize bad basketball when I see it, kobe had talent but his game would have never translated to wins without awesome supporting casts. his usage rate has always been off the charts..I always laugh when people try to put him even in the same breath as mj. MJ shot 50% for his career..kobe is at like 44 or 45%.

[Ryan Fitzpatrick]

lefty attempting comebacks

[Medvedenko]

you're all just mad doesn't really hold up because i'm a mav fan, and we've never even lost to kobe in the playoffs, yet I agree with the so called "haters." i just recognize bad basketball when I see it, kobe had talent but his game would have never translated to wins without awesome supporting casts. his usage rate has always been off the charts..I always laugh when people try to put him even in the same breath as mj. MJ shot 50% for his career..kobe is at like 44 or 45%.

Career shooting %'s are so abritrary and subjective when they are close as a .5% variance. For every 20 shots taking it equates to one more made basked for MJ. You use personal shot % and then equate it to a supporting cast discussion.....makes no sense bro.

[O.J. Simpson]

Career shooting %'s are so abritrary and subjective when they are close as a .5% variance. For every 20 shots taking it equates to one more made basked for MJ. You use personal shot % and then equate it to a supporting cast discussion.....makes no sense bro.

Keep swinging off Kobe's nuts like he know you exist, you Canadian got.

[BRHornet45]

Kobe Bryant was pushed to the top and down our throats by the NBA and media for financial reasons and financial reasons only. They needed another MJ in a large market city and they chose Kobe. He sells tickets and boat loads of jerseys and shoes in America and China and that is all that matters. The NBA and media accomplished their mission with "The Kobe Agenda", but REAL basketball fans know the truth....

Kobe hasn't needed a supporting cast for the Lakers to be successful, he has needed an All Star stacked supporting cast for the Lakers to be successful. Those first three les were completely due to Shaq while Kobe played more of a Tony K./Steve Kerr/borderline Scottie Pippen role, but all you hear in the media in recent years is Kobe Kobe Kobe. I guess they figured "well most fans were dumb enough to buy into our Kobe agenda and its been many years since Shaq so I'm sure most of them will forget about it and we can give all the credit to Kobe. It will help sell more product". With the other two championships Kobe again needed superstars around him and was one of the 3 main standout players on the team, but far from being the reason the Lakers won.

Look the proof is in the pudding. Kobe had his chance to prove that he was the man for nearly three and a half years in between Shaq and Gasol/stacked teams and he failed misreably leading the Lakers to a 121-125 record, two first round knockouts, and not even making the playoffs once. Yet no one in the media wants to talk about that because again it goes back to financial reasons. It hurts their product when their chosen poster boy gets exposed as the glorified role player that he truly is.

[O.J. Simpson]

Kobe Bryant was pushed to the top and down our throats by the NBA and media for financial reasons and financial reasons only. They needed another MJ in a large market city and they chose Kobe. He sells tickets and boat loads of jerseys and shoes in America and China and that is all that matters. The NBA and media accomplished their mission with "The Kobe Agenda", but REAL basketball fans know the truth....

Kobe hasn't needed a supporting cast for the Lakers to be successful, he has needed an All Star stacked supporting cast for the Lakers to be successful. Those first three les were completely due to Shaq while Kobe played more of a Tony K./Steve Kerr/borderline Scottie Pippen role, but all you hear in the media in recent years is Kobe Kobe Kobe. I guess they figured "well most fans were dumb enough to buy into our Kobe agenda and its been many years since Shaq so I'm sure most of them will forget about it and we can give all the credit to Kobe. It will help sell more product". With the other two championships Kobe again needed superstars around him and was one of the 3 main standout players on the team, but far from being the reason the Lakers won.

Look the proof is in the pudding. Kobe had his chance to prove that he was the man for nearly three and a half years in between Shaq and Gasol/stacked teams and he failed misreably leading the Lakers to a 121-125 record, two first round knockouts, and not even making the playoffs once. Yet no one in the media wants to talk about that because again it goes back to financial reasons. It hurts their product when their chosen poster boy gets exposed as the glorified role player that he truly is.

[Ryan Fitzpatrick]

Kobe cuckolded your franchise and has been winning ever since

[FkLA]

Kobe Bryant was pushed to the top and down our throats by the NBA and media for financial reasons and financial reasons only. They needed another MJ in a large market city and they chose Kobe. He sells tickets and boat loads of jerseys and shoes in America and China and that is all that matters. The NBA and media accomplished their mission with "The Kobe Agenda", but REAL basketball fans know the truth....

Kobe hasn't needed a supporting cast for the Lakers to be successful, he has needed an All Star stacked supporting cast for the Lakers to be successful. Those first three les were completely due to Shaq while Kobe played more of a Tony K./Steve Kerr/borderline Scottie Pippen role, but all you hear in the media in recent years is Kobe Kobe Kobe. I guess they figured "well most fans were dumb enough to buy into our Kobe agenda and its been many years since Shaq so I'm sure most of them will forget about it and we can give all the credit to Kobe. It will help sell more product". With the other two championships Kobe again needed superstars around him and was one of the 3 main standout players on the team, but far from being the reason the Lakers won.

Look the proof is in the pudding. Kobe had his chance to prove that he was the man for nearly three and a half years in between Shaq and Gasol/stacked teams and he failed misreably leading the Lakers to a 121-125 record, two first round knockouts, and not even making the playoffs once. Yet no one in the media wants to talk about that because again it goes back to financial reasons. It hurts their product when their chosen poster boy gets exposed as the glorified role player that he truly is.

^Truth bomb.

The media really does baby the guy. I cant recall the last time any journalist or analyst called the first three les out for what they were. They always just lump the five les together. Not to mention hes been gifted a bunch all-defense+a couple all-nba nods.

[LkrFan]

so much visceral hatred for the Mamba in this thread.
think of the pain he must've inflicted over the years to garner this much hatred
still wishing injury on Kobe after the damage has been done: 5 rings, MVP, 2FMVP, best single performance of our lifetimes (81 pts), and one white raped (that we know of)
wish away, bitta s