NBA: Do Kobe's teammates hate playing with him?

[HarlemHeat37]

This is true, yet they all went there of their own free will, some resigned, some didn't.

I'm pretty sure there are a few on that Lakers team that aren't any joy to play with or be around.

True, but playing in LA also implies that you'll be on a perennial contender that will spend more money than any other team, along with the appeal of living in California and enjoying all the perks, tbh..

[irishock]

Nick Young description imo.

[Latarian Milton]

NBA is more than just a sport and kobe is still a top3 in terms of marke value (together with my bron and jeremy Rin). kobe must be an alpha wherever he plays, whether on the lakers or team USA, as long as he's still a professional basketball player. the league can't afford to lose him to the club of TOSBs even though he's already one of them.

[Bynumite]

ehhh.. Kirby is easily the most overrated player of his generation, but he's definitely in the 10-20 range...

Still wrong about Kobe and dem Lakers though.

[Bynumite]

Don't know about Kobe but several 2011 champs left the TOSB Nazi and Cuban in the ter asap and never looked back.

[bluebellmaniac]

if you're such a player who only cares about paycheck and who doesn't give a how the team performs, you should feel it a bliss to play with kobe because you don't have to do much else on the court except running line-to-line. however, if you're not such a player but happen to play on the lakers, you have to learn to be one imho

Actually, you can rest on Offense, but you're gonna earn your salary every time on defense bc it's going to be 4 on 5 all game long until Kirby wants to play hero at the end and actually exert some effort to guard his man. He's effective bc at that point they don't expect him to actually play defense.

[ElNono]

Still wrong about Kobe and dem Lakers though.

Never been wrong bout Kobe, tbh... as far as the Lakers is concerned, there's still games to play...

[DMC]

True, but playing in LA also implies that you'll be on a perennial contender that will spend more money than any other team, along with the appeal of living in California and enjoying all the perks, tbh..

I'd do it, still waiting on the call tbh

[DMC]

Don't know about Kobe but several 2011 champs left the TOSB Nazi and Cuban in the ter asap and never looked back.

Just the same as they left Phil Jackson to retire a loser, swept into oblivion like the legrider he is, exposed as a fraud.