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Lower the casket and shovel the dirt.
Kobe has barely even played the last 3 seasons, so it won't make a huge difference once he retires anyway. But he used to kick our ass though. Made for some great moments.
Lower the casket and shovel the dirt.
So Kobe decides to take center stage for this crappy team now without even realizing he has played a major role in making the Lakers crappy.
Its just pitiful.
"I have no more to give.... My body won't allow me to get up 30 shots a game."
The sacrifice, the pain and misery.
Huh? How could they have won 6 in a row? Spurs beat them in 2003 and Pistons beat them in 2004. Are you saying they could have won 6 in a row after that? If so, that is delusional.
Kobe single handedly stopped the Spurs of getting a few more rings. That feels good.
Mmmm, ever hear of Shaquille O'Neal? How bout Phil Jackson, ever hear of Phil Jackson?
No doubt he's a pre-Madonna, whiner, and y player. However, still one of the best of all time. This season will just be a farewell tour with exquisite gifts and ass-kissing. Nothing to see.
Phil Jackson suited up with Kobe and they ran pick a roll together , how could I forget ??
I think if you start a few threads about him that will show everyone that Kobe didn't get the attention he was seeking.
Why does it feel good? Do you get a ring?
And here is one of the biggest differences between 2 of the most talented and successful players of their generation, and of all time. Both have 5 rings, Duncan has 2 MVP’s and 3 Finals MVPS, Kobe has 1 MVP and 2 finals MVP’s. The accolades for the two of them go on forever.
Just one month into the season Kobe has announced he is retiring at years end and there will be an entire season circus farewelling Kobe Bryant. He’ll probably be honoured and get standing ovations in every arena he plays in for the last time, take his 30 shots per game and he and the media will soak up every second of it.
Tim Duncan would never announce a retirement this early into a season and have a farewell tour throughout the country. He’s not like that, he wouldn’t want that, in fact he’d probably hate it. This could also be the great Tim Duncan’s final season. But there will be no early announcement, no farewell tour, no media circus following him around. The difference is Tim’s team is competing for a Championship and not competing for the lottery.
Whether it be the end of this season, or next (hopefully never) there will be a time when the Godfather of today’s NBA will hang ‘em up and happily sail off into the sunset. No farewell tour, no media circus, one day he will just be gone. As a Spur fan I miss him already knowing this could be his last year or second last year, whatever, you know it is on the horizon and there will be no swan song and season long circus about it. He may rock up to training camp next year, he may not, who knows. It’ll be a quiet, dignified retirement and not a circus (like Jordan multiple times, shaq playing for half the teams in the NBA his last years, and Kobe’s early announcement) And the NBA will never be the same without him. Spurs fans know that, unfortunately the rest of the NBA won’t realize it until he’s gone.
Good write-up.
As good as Kobe was; he was over-hyped as well. He was never gonna be in the discussion for GOAT. But that didn't suit the media's need for a star, I guess. Sad part is that plenty of idiots bought into that all.
There's only one team that Kobe singlehandedly stopped from getting more rings, and it ain't in Texas.
2There's only one team that Kobe singlehandedly stopped from getting more rings, and it ain't in Texas.8
for someone who is always on espn.com nba.com watching ESPN this is going to be hard to take there is so much Kobe dEik sucking going on right now and it's just beginning
please San Antonio wHen kobe is in town on the 11th no Kobe chants. he's not one of our own. Hes an la feg.
Watching the Kobe interview on TNT right now. So indicative of the core problems that Kobe had throughout his career.
Asked who the greatest compe ors he ever faced were, he said Jordan and Iverson. Now don't get me wrong, both WERE great compe ors... but they viewed compe ion the same way Kobe does. It was about winning, but only AS the star. Neither could ever put their ego aside.
In the very next breath, Kobe started talking about how knowing "how to relate to others" is the most important skill a player can have. But he doesn't get - and never has - how those two outlooks on life are in many ways contradictory. You can't TRULY relate to your teammates, as least fully, unless you're willing to acknowledge that they may have to be the main scorer/rebounder/star on the team at times. And Kobe, Iverson, and even Jordan never had that ability.
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