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this dumb bi**** doesn't take a TO. I have never seen any coaches do that to their players.
I will throw beer down to him if anything happens to Kobe.
Dude, seriously! The other guys barely even looked up as Kobe limped past them. Who are these clowns? Too dejected by their DNPs? Ebanks, Morris, and Duhon can follow MDA out the door.Yea Ebanks, Morris n Duhon get Da F outta here n especially MDA..Theyre so angry cause not even his own teammates like Kobe.Thank you Robert! All the other guys on the bench F U! Look at Nash just clapping his hands, looking down. Big time piece of crap right there.
this dumb bi**** doesn't take a TO. I have never seen any coaches do that to their players.
I will throw beer down to him if anything happens to Kobe.
I remember when Alonzo Mourning tore his knee up in his last season. He knew he was never playing in another NBA game. He shook off the stretcher and walked off the floor. He wasn't going to leave his last game on a stretcher. Same thing applies here. Not only did Kobe hit those free throws, but he walked off on his own. Just the act of walking with that injury is a feat most men would be unable to undertake.
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Do you really think MDA would have been able to take Kobe out even if he *tried* ? Kobe has been on a mission of his own all season. This is Kobe's stubborness, not MDA. Not to mention, all the other injuries the Laker's have suffered.... they've been playing shorthanded all year.
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What did you think it was? Was pretty clear that he strained it earlier in the game. Instead of taking him out, D'Antoni literally ran him into the ground. Congratulations, coach. Hope you have a (bleep) stroke on the way home tonight.
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We can argue about where he ranks on the "GOAT" lists until we're all blue in the face. None of that matters. If you could give me any player in NBA history, I would take Kobe. There has never been a player more dedicated to his team or his craft. The guy leaves his heart and soul on the floor every night. No one has ever worked as hard as him. NO ONE.
Those who don't respect this and try to nitpick his game have no respect from me. No one has done more for this franchise than this man. His personal transgressions aside, the guy is someone I would want my children to emulate on a professional level. Sometimes he plays poorly, but can never accuse him of not trying.
I don't want to pollute this thread by mentioning our current coach, so please discuss him elsewhere. This is about Kobe and the ultimate respect he deserves. We will never see someone like him again.
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He stopped trying on defense like three years ago. Clueless
Lmao ppl blaming dantoni. Dantoni was nothing but a muppet. Not even a puppet, but a muppet. A guy who plays his part and thats about it. If anyone killed kobe it was kobe himself. It was HIS team
This thread has potential...
I know everyone is keenly and anxiously waiting to hear from Kool this AM. I get it that as the most notable Spurstalk poster in history and decorated Laker Nation leader my opinion matters and my thoughts want to be explored as a weekend past time that all of you consider greater and more exciting than pussy. So here it is for Laker Luva and Hater alike:
Don’t ever let emotion dictate your reaction.
I generally try and follow this principle in my life. It makes things simpler. But on a grander scale, it usually will keep you from doing things you later regret. When emotion gets the best of us we do strange things. We say things we wouldn’t normally say. We confront people we wouldn’t normally confront. The momentary lapse of reason that follows some kind of emotional stigma is rarely what you would do when you’re composed and thinking clearly.
That’s the approach I attempted to take. Wait a little while. Give it some time and let it sink in. Immediately rushing to the keyboard, as people do far too often in today’s world of Twitter and Facebook, wasn’t going to allow me to correctly express myself in this particular situation. And for the most part, the reality of what transpired on the Staples Center floor hadn’t fully sunk in. You can read something without fully comprehending it. Even though the meaning is able to leak into your brain, often times it takes longer to permeate your heart.
Now, in the middle of a darker-than-usual night in downtown LA, the word that I can’t escape is surreal.
Surreal.
That’s how it feels. Not devastating or depressing. Not disheartening or disillusioned.
Surreal.
Kobe Bryant means something different to everyone. I can’t tell you how to feel about a certain player, or what he should or should not mean in your life. Ultimately it’s your decision. And that’s how it should be. All I can do is tell you what he has meant to me, and try to somehow express that through 17 years of highs and lows, ups and downs, praise and criticisms, there hasn’t been a more reliable or consistent force in the sporting world. And the sudden realization at how quickly it can all change is far too sobering.
Kobe Bryant isn’t dead. , he isn’t even retired. He’s hurt. He’s hurt badly, but still only hurt. And there isn’t a person out there that thinks we’ve seen the last of him on the court. In the end he’ll miss the end of a season that is more comparable to a runaway train than a basketball team. His presence on the court wasn’t going to carry the Lakers to the championship this year. It might not have even gotten them into the playoffs. The more you think about it, it almost seems like Kobe got the easy way out.
But it always felt like as long as he was out there, there was a chance. There was hope. Maybe nothing more than a fool’s hope, but nevertheless still hope.
And that hope was contagious. Especially to his teammates. Nobody would ever try and deny that Kobe can be brutal to deal with at times, especially with how much he expects from the guys on his team. But they know that with that comes the assurance that he’s going to be out there trying as hard as he can to help his team win. Well, as long as that doesn’t mean closing out on open shooters. He gave that up years ago.
So maybe the reflection here is not that we’re losing Kobe, but we’re losing that variable that’s impossible to define or replace. You’re losing the one wild card in an otherwise face-up deck where everybody can see your hand. You’re losing that final ounce of hope.
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Whether we reach the postseason or not, the season will end soon. And when it does the attention will remain focused on Bryant. How’s he recovering? When will he return? Will he still be the same guy when he does? These are questions that we don’t have answers to yet. And some will take much longer to answer than others. But we’ll keep asking. We’ll keep waiting. And we’ll keep expecting nothing but the best. Because that’s what Kobe’s taught us. That’s the precedent he has set during his time in LA.
The cold-blooded persona and the games with the media are fun, but ultimately that’s not what made Laker fans fall in love with him in the first place. Because even at his core, beneath the layers that have intertwined over the course of 17 years living the life of a superstar, Kobe’s still that young kid out there trying to prove the other kids wrong. And in the end that’s what I’m able to take solace in. That’s what I can connect with. Because no matter how much the daily grind of life beats you down or glosses you over, the occasional realization that your passion isn’t gone, only dormant, is what’s most encouraging.
We’ll see you soon, Kobe. You’ve taught us to count on that. - DB
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