The most embarrasing moment in American history

[Jodelo]

Can you post the video to his great game against Angola?

[21_Dickings]

Kobe was lucky he found his stroke in the gold medal round, or his Olympic campaign would've gone down as one of the worst of all time for a player of his stature.

"USA Rolls Over Angola and How I'm Not a Fan of Olympic Kobe"

I'm not a big fan of Olympic Kobe. In fact, I'm very close to saying that Olympic Kobe might be... this is tough to say especially as a nine-year Lakers season ticket holder... Olympic Kobe might be overrated.

We heard last summer how much of an influence Kobe had on Team USA. Players raved about his tenacity and training regimen in practice. We especially heard (and continue to hear constantly) about his defensive intensity and that he dove for a lose ball in the first minute of the Tournament of the Americas last summer in Vegas. Kobe was supposed to bring a type of swagger and confidence that Team USA has lacked over the past six years. He was to dominate Team USA on their way to the gold.

So far he's shooting an atrocious 1-15 from beyond the arc against Angola and China. And instead of driving the lane and establishing some sort of offensive rhythm with a few easy hoops, Kobe simply passed off many uncontested layups and dunks.

Plus his defense has been worse. Instead of breaking out a "not while I'm on the floor" lock-down defense that was hyped last summer, Kobe's been sagging heavily off his man and cheating in the passing lanes (a lazy defense in my opinion). This may work in the NBA but not against teams like Spain, Germany and Argentina where players 1-12 can hit outside J's with consistency. And the few times Kobe did choose to man-up the ball-handler, he was too close and got beat off the dribble. Basically he underestimated his opponent's skill with the ball.

http://theassociation.blogs.com/the_...olls-over.html

It was funny, I remember posting on the ESPN boards during this time, and practically every thread started was laughing at how pathetic Kobe was playing in the Olympic tournament. Kobe homers were nowhere to be found, of course.

Then the gold medal game happened, Kobe hit a few clutch shots, including that 4 point play, and the Kobe suckers once again found their voice, which is to be expected, since it's their m.o. to reduce everything to singular moments while ignoring the bigger picture.

He had one good quarter the entire tournament, that's it, and even still, Wade outperformed him.

[Koolaid_Man]

Kobe Gold and 5

Duncan Bronze and 4

lol

[Jodelo]

Kobe Gold and 5

Duncan Bronze and 4

lol

No arguments

lol

Still waiting for the videos of his other games at the olympics!

[midnightpulp]

Kobe Gold and 5

Duncan Bronze and 4

lol

Team accomplishments

[BRHornet45]

Tim Duncan is Barack Hussein Obama ... neither of them are from here, both are porch monkey/uncle tom's, and neither of them deserve all of the praise and worship they receive from the media. they even look a bit alike as well.

lolz I crack myself up sons

[midnightpulp]

Tim Duncan is Barack Hussein Obama ... neither of them are from here, both are porch monkey/uncle tom's, and neither of them deserve all of the praise and worship they receive from the media. they even look a bit alike as well.

lolz I crack myself up sons

Hey son, what do you think about Kobe divulging LSU great Shaquille O'Neal's personal information, which had nothing at all to do with the case, to the police?

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

Tim Duncan is Barack Hussein Obama ... neither of them are from here, both are porch monkey/uncle tom's, and neither of them deserve all of the praise and worship they receive from the media. they even look a bit alike as well.

lolz I crack myself up sons

Son Tim Duncan never pimped the American population and lied to America.

Hussein Obama is pure evil.

[BRHornet45]

Kobe just being the rat little that we all know him to be. O'Neal had it coming though tbh

[BRHornet45]

Son Tim Duncan never pimped the American population and lied to America.

Hussein Obama is pure evil.

son the honorable Pastor/Doctor James David Manning addresses this many times. this is one of the best and he speaks of Obama's pimping of black people ...

[midnightpulp]

son the honorable Pastor/Doctor James David Manning addresses this many times. this is one of the best and he speaks of Obama's pimping of black people ...

Great video. God bless you and your family, son.

[midnightpulp]

Another James David Manning gem (speaks the truth, tbh):



Listen up, Kool and Luva. Both of you are card carrying black men.

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

son the honorable Pastor/Doctor James David Manning addresses this many times. this is one of the best and he speaks of Obama's pimping of black people ...

Manning is right and explains perfectly why Obama is the Long Legged Mack Daddy. He's the most long legged/most accomplish pimp in the world, he pimped an entire country by selling them on a bill of lies.

[midnightpulp]

Manning is right and explains perfectly why Obama is the Long Legged Mack Daddy. He's the most long legged/most accomplish pimp in the world, he pimped an entire country by selling them on a bill of lies.

Obama done gon' pay for mah mortgage!

[BRHornet45]

Manning is right and explains perfectly why Obama is the Long Legged Mack Daddy. He's the most long legged/most accomplish pimp in the world, he pimped an entire country by selling them on a bill of lies.

son he also addresses Mic e "King Kong's baby sister" Obama as well. lol "this woman is a weirdo! dressed like a Spanish Madonna!"

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

Obama done gon' pay for mah mortgage!

Tbh it's funny watching Al Sharpton trip over himself to defend Obama and contradict everything he said in 2008. All the black people he promised would get their mortgage paid by Obama are now being told by Sharpton Obama can't be helping them and he has more important things to do.

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

son he also addresses Mic e "King Kong's baby sister" Obama as well. lol "this woman is a weirdo! dressed like a Spanish Madonna!"

I like his sermon comparing her to Jezebel

[Nathan89]

I've said time and time again that TD without NBA refs is no superstar. International play has proved my theory.

As much as Kobe gets bashed on here, how can anyone explain a TD-led team not winning a gold medal? People say Kobe shot ty during the games. I say his intensity brought Melo, Wade and LeBron to another level defensively. He led by example and the class of 2003 followed suit. Tough shots with the game on the line? No sweat. Kobe took and made those shots. Although that won't be talked about around these parts.

Lastly, for those that say if TD replaced Kobe, he would have led the 2005-2006 Lakers to at least the WCF, the 2004 Olympics' Bronze medal laughs at you. How could he not win at least Silver with LeHype, D-Whistle and Melo on the same roster. And you think he could get Smush, Brian Cook, and Kwame out of the first round against the loaded Suns? He had to cheat (Horry) to get by them with his own team in 2007.

Hey, I was just wondering why so many re s become Lakerfans. Do you know?

Did he shoot ty or not?

Typical of Kobe not maximizing the abilities of a stacked team. I see that you're paying attention to Kobe hitting some shots at the end of the game.(BTW,statistics show Kobe isn't clutch) What you're missing is the fact that a game was in jeopardy because Kobe couldn't lead a stacked 08 team. It really show his ability to lead a team. If he was half the player you think he is all those games would have been blow outs like in 1992. LMAO barely winning with a stacked team and thinking that's a positive for Kobe. Prime Duncan on that team and you would have seen scores similar to this.

USA 116 Angola 48
USA 103 Croatia 70
USA 111 Germany 68
USA 127 Brazil 83
USA 122 Spain 81
USA 115 Puerto Rico 77
USA 127 Lithuania 76
USA 117 Croatia 85

They weren't in their prime in 04 like they were in 08. Same name on the jersey but that's it.

Give TD an off-season +82 games and he could have worked wonders with that team. He would have had the team playing as a team to maximize their potential. The problem Kobe had that year is he didn't have a top 10 player(big) to carry him. Duncan always wins even without a top 10 player.

[midnightpulp]

Manning is right and explains perfectly why Obama is the Long Legged Mack Daddy. He's the most long legged/most accomplish pimp in the world, he pimped an entire country by selling them on a bill of lies.

Yep. Just look at the morons in the video:



Of course most blacks would naturally vote for Obama because they share his skin color and believe that once he's in office, the welfare tap will be turned on full blast, showering them with free money and granting them a carte blanche access to a variety of social services. But the white people featured here enrage me far more. The two honky s in the video are a perfect example of your garden variety pseudo-intellectual lib hipster, who think voting for Obama is some kind of edgy, rebellious statement against a conservative hegemony, as well a celebration of their "tolerance" and "progressive ideals" that anyone over the age of 30 who makes a decent salary can't possibly understand.

And the frightening thing is they still swing from his nuts despite him basically being Bush 2.0.

[Nathan89]

Kobe had legal troubles in 2004. That's why he didn't play. Even with that TD had more than enough help and should have won gold. No excuses.

Your theory that Shaq was their best player during their 3peat years is partially true. Against the likes of New Jersey (Finals), Indiana (Finals) I agree with you. Against the likes of Portland and San Antonio, I disagree with you. Kobe owned you guys and the Blazers. Shaq? Not so much.

Kobe barely won with his stacked team and Duncan had "more than enough" talent to win gold.

[Nathan89]

They obviously weren't all of the best players available, but the talent on that roster should be enough to steamroll any non-US national team ever.

Like the USA steamrolled in 08?

I noticed this under your name.


Trying to justify the legitimacy of the Argentina gold medal.

We took the USA team's best shot.

[Koolaid_Man]

I like his sermon comparing her to Jezebel

Hey es My s in Office ( Obama and Eric Holder) ...Deal With That ...and we gonna win this again in 2012...The Revolution Is On...we taking over this suck a and die...

Word to your mamas...

[Koolaid_Man]

Yep. Just look at the morons in the video:



Of course most blacks would naturally vote for Obama because they share his skin color and believe that once he's in office, the welfare tap will be turned on full blast, showering them with free money and granting them a carte blanche access to a variety of social services. But the white people featured here enrage me far more. The two honky s in the video are a perfect example of your garden variety pseudo-intellectual lib hipster, who think voting for Obama is some kind of edgy, rebellious statement against a conservative hegemony, as well a celebration of their "tolerance" and "progressive ideals" that anyone over the age of 30 who makes a decent salary can't possibly understand.

And the frightening thing is they still swing from his nuts despite him basically being Bush 2.0.

My life is great...them foodstamps coming on a weely basis...I got books of 5s and 10s...this handout I can get used to...

Deal with this homie:

[midnightpulp]

Hey es My s in Office ( Obama and Eric Holder) ...Deal With That ...and we gonna win this again in 2012...The Revolution Is On...we taking over this suck a and die...

Word to your mamas...

What's ironic is that you think we hate Obama because he's some kind of liberal ideal that offends us "redneck conservatives" when in fact we hate him because he's ostensibly Bush 2.0, combining the worst of modern day liberal and conservative philosophy.

[Koolaid_Man]

What's ironic is that you think we hate Obama because he's some kind of liberal ideal that offends us "redneck conservatives" when in fact we hate him because he's ostensibly Bush 2.0, combining the worst of modern day liberal and conservative philosophy.

yet you offer no proof...

Deal with that