NBA: Kobe Restarted U.S. Gold Rush

[Fabbs]

Can't make the playoffs in.....

Today's NBA

2nd worst record in the league.

[Koolaid_Man]

Duncan actually took pride in the bronze medal, happy to earn some reward for sacrificing two summers to the NBA's global marketing machine. While Kobe Bryant consulted his lawyers and Shaquille O'Neal was trying to reach a truce with his appe e

[Koolaid_Man]

Regardless, rules changes won't change what needs to be fixed back home. And nothing, it seems, can get Duncan to buy into playing for the United States again.

He was asked if his own misgivings about playing internationally would hurt the recruitment of other marquee players.


"I hope not," Duncan said. "I'll try not to share my experiences with anyone."

[Koolaid_Man]

So who started the Bronze rush?

[KobeOwnsDuncan]

So who started the Bronze rush?

Theodore

[Koolaid_Man]

Backdoor Theodore

[KobeOwnsDuncan]

Backdoor Theodore

[DMC]

Anybody can get an MVP or finals MVP. (see. Andre Igoudala/Steve Nash)....Not everyone can obtain olympic gold...

ing idiot, Andre has a gold medal.

[KobeOwnsDuncan]

ing idiot, Andre has a gold medal.

That's an indictment on Theodore.

[Spurtacular]

Anybody can get an MVP or finals MVP. (see. Andre Igoudala/Steve Nash)....Not everyone can obtain olympic gold...

Kobe jockers arguing his alleged greatness is based upon being a beta in a for fun compe ion!

[DMC]

That's an indictment on Theodore.

You say anyone can win an MVP and cited AI then acted like the same "anybody" was somebody more special for winning a gold. If he was so special after winning gold, why is he just "anybody" when he won Finals MVP?

[Leetonidas]

lol clinging to the Olympics like anyone cares immigrant confirmed

5/3/2 > 5/2/1. all that matters. spin it got

[140]

Stop making threads, you gay cartoon watching mother er.

[KobeOwnsDuncan]

lol clinging to the Olympics like anyone cares immigrant confirmed

5/3/2 > 5/2/1. all that matters. spin it got

Spurfan trying to deflect like they dont watch the olympics

And you have plenty of countries wanting to beat the out of the U.S.

[Buddy Mignon]

Not Duncan...

Lol... nice setup.

[Double-Up]

No. 4: Kobe restarted U.S. gold rush — Carmelo Anthony is the team leader, now playing in his fourth Olympics. Kevin Durant is a driving force. Paul George and Kyrie Irving and Draymond Green and the rest are all key parts. But USA Basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo still credits Kobe Bryant with changing the culture and at ude of the club and getting it back on the gold track, according to Dusan Vranic of theAssociated Press:

“His work ethic, approach and how he appreciates the game is infectious,” Team USA forward Kevin Durant said last month in Las Vegas. “He’s someone who loves to play so much. He’s compe ive when he steps in between those lines. He wants perfection.”
Bryant logged ridiculous hours in pursuit of that perfection, just weeks after having poured himself into an NBA regular season that ended with a six-game loss to the Boston Celtics in the 2008 NBA Finals. Watching Bryant work left Miami Heat forward Chris Bosh shaking his head, mindful that the future Hall of Famer had just logged extended minutes during that playoff run.
“I thought I was working hard,” Bosh said. “Now I have to get back into the gym.”
After training for three weeks together before heading to Beijing, former U.S. Olympic teammateCarlos Boozer noticed the entire roster had adopted Bryant’s routine.
“We all clung to it,” said Boozer, who later played with Bryant as a member of the Lakers in 2014-15 and recently agreed to a deal to play in China. “It soon became our workout, not just his workout.”
Before Bryant signed up for Olympic duty, doubts emerged as to whether his heavy focus on scoring would resonate with a team of fellow superstars.
So shortly after Bryant posted a career-high 81 points against the Toronto Raptors on Jan. 22, 2006, Colangelo met with Bryant and asked him a pointed question.
“What if I said to you, I want you to be a distributor and not a scorer?” Colangelo asked.
Bryant answered exactly how Colangelo hoped he would.
“I’ll do whatever it takes,” Bryant said. “I just want to be on that team.”

http://hangtime.blogs.nba.com/2016/0...g-13-3/#Lakers

Quit riding his , he's done, so is your team, and your weak ass trolling attempts.

[Buddy Mignon]

Quit riding his , he's done, so is your team, and your weak ass trolling attempts.

He's done but I'm not. You guys are going to suck something major this year. Not like in years past... but major.

[poeticism707]

Carlos Delfino,		Andrés Nocioni,
Gabriel Fernández,		Fabricio Oberto,
Emanuel Ginóbili,		Juan Ignacio Sánchez,
Leonardo Gutiérrez,		Luis Scola,
Walter Herrmann,		Hugo Sconochini,
Alejandro Montecchia,		Rubén Wolkowyski

[DMC]

Good luck in the lottery.. (4th rendition).

[benefactor]

He's done but I'm not. You guys are going to suck something major this year. Not like in years past... but major.