Lakers: Kobe with another great quote, Wojnarowski droppin truth bombs

[Cry Havoc]

After all of these years on this board, you continue to suck with bball takes and overall assessment of what a delight Kobe is as a player, compe or and athlete. There's a reason Spurs Talk has evolved into Kobe Talk over the last few years.... There is also a reason I don't comment on the Spurs, I don't watch them.

So salty.

[baseline bum]

Marbury and AI shooting 40% and both were bad on D.

Exactly; Duncan had TWO Kobe's on his team and couldn't win.

[baseline bum]

So salty.

The Truce is Over

You'll pay for your basketball reasons

[baseline bum]

Why does everyone hate Dwight though? only got 3 people to pray for his ass

http://www.godvine.com/prayers/54297

[ambchang]

After all of these years on this board, you continue to suck with bball takes and overall assessment of what a delight Kobe is as a player, compe or and athlete. There's a reason Spurs Talk has evolved into Kobe Talk over the last few years.... There is also a reason I don't comment on the Spurs, I don't watch them.

Certainly why you are posting on a place called Spurstalk.

[ElNono]

Kobe and Dwight are both terrible teammates but at this point Dwight takes the mantle of being that cancer in the locker room.

Dwight is a , but if you want to talk cancer in the locker room, #countonkobe

come on son...

[The Batman]

Gotta love these butthurt Laker s think everyone else is insecure. They're the ones who bragged about Mitch making everyone pay, which has yet to happen, so yes we want to see you ers fail.

[MannyIsGod]

False. Duncan won 03 by himself.

Failed miserably so Manu could have his greatest triumph. Just another testament to Tim's amazing leadership and qualities as a teammate.

LOL wtf?!?!?!?! That supporting cast was ing stacked. No real all stars but that team was deep. SMH at this idiocy.

[dunkman]

LOL wtf?!?!?!?! That supporting cast was ing stacked. No real all stars but that team was deep. SMH at this idiocy.

The second best player of the 02-03 Spurs was 19-20 years old TP, but he had some troubles vs Kidd and the Spurs had to use undersized Claxton. The Admiral had lost a step at that point, it was his last season. The backup at C was Malik who was built like Blair. The SF was Bowen, without much offense a part from corner 3's. And at SG the Spurs had Jack who was a TO machine, and Manu who was a rookie and far away from the 6th man status. Plus 4-5 players on their last legs that retired after that season. Kerr hit various big.shots vs the Mavs, though.

[MannyIsGod]

Anyone who thinks Duncan did it alone in 2003 is just re ed. You had David Robinson playing damn good D, you had a better back up big man in Malik than we've had in a long time, you had two you fresh young guards in Tony and Manu who did really well, and you had some cold blooded shooters in Kerr and Jackson. DRob had YEARS left he could have played and done so at an effective level. A team that has Ferry and Steve Smith as the last two off the bench is deep as .

[MannyIsGod]

I mean seriously, who the think that Tim was doing it alone on a team filled with at least 3 other hall of famers? LOL.

[Latarian Milton]

is basically useless in _'antoni's system and the team might even play better w/o him so what's the point in forcing him to play through injuries? like stalin said in another thread, the only reason might be that they want to find a scapegoat for the whole mess of and DH is a perfect target. mavs must be the happiest watching all these tbh, is bored of playing with kobe and dallas will be the only team that has enough cap space to land him as a free agent

[ambchang]

In 03. The spurs were rebuilding and nobody thought thy had a shot. The admiral was clearly at the end of his playing days, Manu was mostly out of control, and Parker had no outside game to speak of. In the playoffs it was Robinson and Jackson as the 2nd best player on the team.

It was about as doing it alone as any other team since the 94 rockets. #2-12 was the weakest of the championship teams since the 70s along w the 94 rockets.

[BigTex342006]

I mean seriously, who the think that Tim was doing it alone on a team filled with at least 3 other hall of famers? LOL.

Obviously Tim didn't do it literally by himself... But he did more heavy lifting than pretty much any other MVP over the last 30 years.

Various spurs had big shots, and contributed along the way, but Tim was the man every way possible.

Here are the playoff shooting percentages for the other players (listed in order of minutes played):

.403

.414

.372

.386

.419

Does this look like a team that won it all?

Robinson played good defense, but was a s of his former self, playing 23 minutes a game. And give me a friggin break calling Parker and Ginobili hall of fame players in 03! Both had deer in the headlight syndrome half the time.

Duncan led the team in scoring, rebounding, assists, and blocks.

The all important first game in the finals he went for 20 pts 17 rbs 7 blks 6 asts 3 stls 1 foul 1 turnover, and in the clincher he rolled to 21 pts 20 rbs 10 asts 8 rbs, holding Martin to 3-23 shooting. (of course 29/17, 23/16, 21/16 isn't bad either). Nets had the number defense that year.

Tim was simply the man that series and playoffs. Could Kobe have pulled a run like that? No.

[Latarian Milton]

the league was suffering a drought of talents during the post-jordan era and the league le was open for 5-10 teams to compete for at that time. spurs got a prime duncan who could dominate the paint with ease and a few amazing wonderkids. lakers might be the next best team back then but they looked complacent after winning 3 in a row. take the 03' nets or 76ers to today's league and they'll struggle to get through the 1st round tbh

[BigTex342006]

...as opposed to all the talent today? How many teams have a chance to win it all this year? How many scrubs are there right now? The answers are few and a lot...

Theory fail

[StrengthAndHonor]

Dwight is a , but if you want to talk cancer in the locker room, #countonkobe

come on son...

I don't know about that son. Dwight has been a drama queen since his Orlando days and everyone in that locker room hated him at the end.

And now this...

Kevin Ding Editorial: Why Kevin Ding thinks Steve Nash might be FED UP With Dwight Howard

[Koolaid_Man]

So here's the 10 ton elephant in the room...what happens to Duncan's legacy if Lebron goes back 2 back...it's widely and generally that any les won that were not successfully defended are fluke...

Duncan was good but he was never good enough to repeat..rendering all of his les pretty much flukes....just like Boston, Detriot, Miami, and Dallas...all ing flukes...