Jalen Rose Intentionally Injured Kobe

[ohmwrecker]

Greatest moment of his career, imho.

[LkrFan]

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.

121-125? Look at the roster he had to play with. Of all the people on that roster, right now at least 80% is either out of the league, or victory cigars for their teams. The three names of any significance on that roster look like this today:

- LO is a head case and won't do for the Clips
- Bynum was upgraded for the best center in the game. He's an all star, but didn't even play back then (Zen Master)
- Fish is looking for work

That's it. No one else is worth mentioning. But carry on with your (funny) agenda.

How many rings did Shaq win without Kobe? Be careful with your answer because we all know the 2006 Finals were fixed. We know how Kobe ended up after the split. But that's not the point. Your hypocrisy knows no limits. I'd be willing to bet my paycheck that if your inept Hornets FO hadn't traded his drafting rights for Vlade MF'n Divac, BS posts like this is just the opposite. From you. If Kobe were still a Hornet it's no guarantee your FO would have surrounded him with the pieces necessary to compete for a ring. You need evidence? Exhibit A: CP3 is the best PG since Magic, yet not only did your FO fail to surround him with competent talent, they traded him for two cents on the dollar.

So I think your vitriole for Kobe is sorely misplaced. Be mad at your FO for trading him away. You are acting like you're scorn. Wanna talk about it? PM me dawg.

[whitemamba]

Everyone needing him to get injured proves how good he is , and how bad you don't wanna ply hm tbh...

[lefty]

Everyone needing him to get injured proves how good he is , and how bad you don't wanna ply hm tbh...

He was really good that season TBH

Played within the system and made good decisions with the ball

A great wingman

[Venti Quattro]

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

Goods delivered

[lefty]

How can we hate Kobe when he single handedly lost 2 games to OKC in the last playoffs ?


Oh wait, it was my fault, I shouldnt have started those 2 jinx threads when the Gasols had 10 pt leads in the 4th quarters


I pwned the Mamba from my computer

Legend my ass

[Venti Quattro]

That just proves you're a terrorist even while you're sitting in a computer.

[lefty]

That just proves you're a terrorist even while you're sitting in a computer.

Ouch

[Fabbs]

You can watch a video of the incident play out below.

where?

[namlook]

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%.

Typical ignorance. Kobe shot a lot more threes than Jordan so of course his percentage will be lower. Much more significant than FG% is points per shot.

Jordan: 1.316 points per shot attempt
Kobe: 1.299 points per shot attempt

That's a .017 difference.

[Jodelo]

Does not help if you take 287 threes a season (in 58 games )and only hit 30% of them...

But he shoots threes, so his FG% is lower

[scanry]

I have no idea why Jalen would even bring this up?

I sure hope he didn't kiss his ESPN gig goodbye. He made headlines alright, but let's see how people treat him this coming season.

He's lucky Kobe is not relevant anymore. If that was KD or Lebron, Stern wouldn't have taken it lightly.

[lefty]

Typical ignorance. Kobe shot a lot more threes than Jordan so of course his percentage will be lower. Much more significant than FG% is points per shot.

Jordan: 1.316 points per shot attempt
Kobe: 1.299 points per shot attempt

That's a .017 difference.

He also missed more 2 pt FG's than Jordan


Sorry but you cant have Jordan and Kobie in the same sentence

[ElNono]

Katrina-baby with the truth bombs in here... If Kirby would've played for Philly or Houston we would be talking an Iverson/T-Mac caliber player here... very talented egomaniac...

[Medvedenko]

Katrina-baby with the truth bombs in here... If Kirby would've played for Philly or Houston we would be talking an Iverson/T-Mac caliber player here... very talented egomaniac...

Conjecture at best...or maybe he'd be heralded even more prominently as he wouldn't be compared to the all time great Lakers before him. I'll take the plethora of statements from GM's, coaches, former players and existing players about Kobe's legacy and transcendent play over remarks posted on this board. Sorry, that's the real truth bomb.

It's hilarious to read these comments. Great troll jobs by everyone.

BR reminds of the Westboro Baptist church with his diatribes.

[ElNono]

^ Or maybe LA is one of the biggest spin, news-hungry machines in the country...

[Ryan Fitzpatrick]

LA is where everyone who matters wants to play. LJ alluded to the fact that Duncan wanted to be a Laker too. Deep down you know part of MJ wishes he could've donned the P&G. It's the same for aspiring baseball players. When you're growing up, you wanna play ball for either your home team or the Yankees. In basketball, the home team or the Lakers. They're God's gift to basketball, what can I say...

[HeatChamps]

Someone needs to run Rose over with a car. Just ing die already. Kobe is da man.

[lefty]

[namlook]

He also missed more 2 pt FG's than Jordan


Sorry but you cant have Jordan and Kobie in the same sentence

You should tell that to Jordan.

"Kobe’s the only one to have done the work, to deserve comparison"
Michael Jordan
January 2012

[lefty]

You should tell that to Jordan.

"Kobe’s the only one to have done the work, to deserve comparison"
Michael Jordan
January 2012

To deserve comparison


Doesnt mean he is in the same league


Kobie nuthuggers

[Medvedenko]

I love how Kobe's a media avatar and propped up without any substance...then Kobe haters use the media regarding his demise and detriment to the game when comparing to MJ. Which is it.....
Like I said, F the media, it's all about the players, coaches, gm's and to some extent fans (students of the game) to really scrutinize and analyze accolades objectively. ESPN et al get ratings. One day they praise the other they vilify. Rarely it discusses actual conversation on content.

[mavs>spurs]

So the real question is..does Jalen Rose make it into the hall of fame after this?

[whitemamba]

[scanry]

Is that Mad Dog, Robinson? I see Rasho sitting next to him.