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You know you could have posted this on the "Kobe wants roster changes" thread right?
http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap...ointing_Season
After Sunday's loss to the Toronto Raptors, the Los Angeles Lakers fell to 17-23, three games out of the eighth seed in the Western Conference. The season has been a colossal disappointment so far, and Kobe Bryant was willing to shoulder the blame not only for Sunday's defeat, but also for the entire season.
"That's on me," Bryant said. "I'll take this loss on me, gladly. It was a lot of easy shots -- a lot of them -- that I should put down. I will, I will. That's just on me.
"Everybody wants to know what's the reason, whose fault it is and this, that and the other. I just made it more easy. You should just point the finger at me. Let me take all that. This way, we won't have to worry about that as a team. It's part of my responsibility. I'll take [the criticism] and we can just focus on what we do best, which is playing together and trying to figure out how to get out of this losing."
Even so, Bryant indirectly brought Lakers management in the discussion.
"Unless they're going to do something roster-wise, I got to continue to push through it," Bryant said. "If this is what we're rolling with, then I can't make excuses. I got to go out there and do my job."
You know you could have posted this on the "Kobe wants roster changes" thread right?
Better thread le honestly. The other one was cherry picking. this has a non-biased approach with the entire article.
poor kobe
management only brought those scrubs dwight nash and jamison in the offseason
how will he win without any help
"If this is what we are rolling with, then I can't make excuses"Mind blown
There is no realistic trade that can propel the Lakers.
They made additions last year that didn't work out, now they've added Nash/Howard and it looks like a mediocre product through 40 games.
Sometimes a teams window passes it by and there's not much it can really do about it.
Lakers remind me of the Mavs from 2008-2010 right now tbh... a team trying everything to get over the hump and failing (Kidd trade, Marion, Butler/Haywood), until big daddy Chandler came to the rescue.
Stern has turned his back on his protege Kobe becuase he's old, now his new NBA protege is Durant, is obvious afte watching a few Thunderefs game
THAT'S Kobe's idea of "taking blame"?"If this is what we are rolling with, then I can't make excuses"
Same goes with Wade. After yelling at Stern during the CBA negotiations, he didn't get a single call after that
I was going to agree but Lebron also doesn't get as much call as Durant and Bron is the face of the league. KD seems like a good guy, but because of the amount of calls he gets, I always find myself rooting against the ProActive kid.
Lebron used to get calls when he wasn't confident enough. Now that he has gotten over the 4th quarter choke jobs he mastered all those years prior Stern and his troops are kind of letting him be his own man now.
One thing I dont understand is that Durant still gets bailed out even when he's clutch enough in the 4th and in a good team but somehow still needs the refs to be there when things dont look so good.
At least with Lebron you coul said he had absolutely no one to count on in Cleveland. Durant, not so much.
Word. Don't understand the need to proctect a guy whose so efficient in the first place. It seems like when teams are making a small comeback, refs would absolutely call any contact against Durant on the 4th to put the game away.
That's like saying "That's on me. It's everyone else's fault, so blame me because I'm such a leader."
Kobe, king of the It's my fault, but... excuses.
I like his twit though. He said no excuses then immediately after that he said his shots are off because his legs are dead tired playing 42 mins a game
that's because he's still taking baby steps just like Lebron when he was in Cleveland. And like you said, once Durant starts getting his confidence then he'll be on his own
hey Puto...you're seriously entering Mavs>Spurs territory...just a straight , punk and a ....I'd give anything to ing slap your ass into next week. I can deal with the gott ass Spur fans talking they got some rings and credibility you know....even the riding Heat fans got a little bit...the Thunder fans at least try to show some respect for the great Kobe...but Mav and Clipper fan talk is totally unacceptable..I mean totally unacceptable...especially Clipper fan...your team hasn't never been relevant... and all of a sudden you pop up like a jack in the box...you come on this talking like you're royalty...I want to take my belt off and ing beat the outta your ass...THAT'S Kobe's idea of "taking blame"?
you Puto you....
thank you
Stern has no use for the Lakers, he tossed them aside like a cheap ass crack , there's a new in town, the Clippers.
I piss in White Russians...literally"If this is what we are rolling with, then I can't make excuses"go head the next one is on tha house
I will take the blame. But it's actually everybody else's fault..
iKoMe strikes again tbh . . .
so if he was so tired and he saw his shot was short, why didn't he pass the ball and let others shoot?
Kobe deserves at LEAST 50% of the blame for the last 2 losses...as for the roster ...those that say this team should be better than this current record are absolutely correct. But anyone that thinks this roster is not flawed dont know ish about ball. Sure their chemistry sucks and you can take Kobe, D'antoni to task for poor leadership ...but this roster is no where chapionship caliber and Phil Jackson, Riley or Pop could not change that.
I dont get why you guys are making a big deal out of him wanting a change. Dirk said the same thing more or less a few weeks back ... These guys are winners and want to win. Sure maybe they are somewhat throwing their current team/team-mates under the bus ...but who cares? Their time (career) is running short ...I admire that.
Also a small change can help immensely if the goal is making the playoffs and maybe "scaring" someone. No this team is not winning a championship I said that all off-season. I did think it would make WCF but lose to OKC but now even making the playoffs looks precarious at best.
Lakers biggest flaws are:
1. an atheltic SF that can defend 1-3 and can hit an occasional 3 pointer
2. A more mobile 4 (Pau is mobile for a center slow for a PF)
3. A reliable bench scorer (Meeks has been a disappointment)
Fixing those 3 spots even if it cost PAU at 75 cents or 50 cents on the dollar whould help or half-court defense with rotating after help onthe penetration allowed by or old back-court and with getting back in transition after our many turnovers.. I get that his cap hold may be more valuable than that ...I also dont think he is done .... but I think on the right team he is still capable of 15 and 8 ... but this team is not going anywhere past the first round (if that) if they stand pat.
Sure you guys will crucify Kobe if they miss the playoffs and rightfully so if they do ... but keep in mind Hakeem, Kareem (IIRC), Shaq and Nash are other HOF players that have missed them. And does making the playoffs and getting curb-stomped in the first round take any of the stink off this season for Kobe/Lakers?
Just saying missing playoffs is comical but in the big picture who cares? Season is a failure by any definition and sneaking in teh playoffs wont change that for me.
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