he didn’t quit on his team. Phil’s game plan was for Kobe to get his teammates involved . There was no way you were going to keep up the pace with the suns if you weren’t :
A) slowing the pace down with a half court offense
B) relying on one scorer
That was the plan from game one.
It’s not Kobe’s fault Odom sold on his defensive assignment against Tim Thomas . We were one defensive lapse away from advancing . Lmao look at the roster he played with.
Certain fanbase and their player is operating from insecurity with all these recent media outbursts .
They still seething from Caruso shytting on that fake open run ring