Coach Pop On Kobe: "All My Kobe Memories Are When He Beat Us. They're Not Very Fun."

[Miggs]

I see what Pop is trying to do..he knows alot of these fakkit ass writers respect him as a coach and respect his opinion and by defacto will listen to him if says Kobe destroyed him...whether its actually true or not or he believes it is irrelevant...Hes from that Stan Van Sertima cloth,he wont align himself with the infidels (media)

 

[Truth Hurts]

Kobe didn't have to take a backseat in his 30's to win titles..he got them his way and made more money in the process...and his legacy will forever be greater than Duncan's based off his global influence. He won.

so by the global influence logic Yao Ming > Duncan

 

[theoretic]

Duncan bout to be 40 still putting in solid work.

Kobe died at age 35.

Duncan damn near 40 still waiting on that repeat.

 

[Long Live The Kane]

Some of my favorite kobe playoff performances were against pop's spurs...in '01 with Shaq and Duncan in their primes he was the best player in the series...in '08 going through them to make it to the finals and start the 2nd run...got nothing but respect for them as the other prolific winning franchise of the era...and I recognize pop as the era's best coach

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

Duncan damn near 40 still waiting on that repeat.

I guess you like dealing in irrelevant concepts.

 

[Maximus]

Well, everybody knows that the Spurs were Kobe's bytch for the most part in the playoffs. He pretty much owned them in the 2000s, and they dodged a bullet by not facing him in 2013.

Duncan is great, but he was never as good as Kobe. And that was proven by the many, many, many beatdowns he and his team suffered at the hands of the Black Mamba. But he has managed to recover since then, and has managed to prove what a great role player he can be. Too bad he could never repeat like Kobe could.

Kobe>Duncan.

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

Well, everybody knows that the Spurs were Kobe's bytch for the most part in the playoffs. He pretty much owned them in the 2000s, and they dodged a bullet by not facing him in 2013.

Duncan is great, but he was never as good as Kobe. And that was proven by the many, many, many beatdowns he and his team suffered at the hands of the Black Mamba. But he has managed to recover since then, and has managed to prove what a great role player he can be. Too bad he could never repeat like Kobe could.

Kobe>Duncan.

 

[FAH1223]

Well, everybody knows that the Spurs were Kobe's bytch for the most part in the playoffs. He pretty much owned them in the 2000s, and they dodged a bullet by not facing him in 2013.

Duncan is great, but he was never as good as Kobe. And that was proven by the many, many, many beatdowns he and his team suffered at the hands of the Black Mamba. But he has managed to recover since then, and has managed to prove what a great role player he can be. Too bad he could never repeat like Kobe could.

Kobe>Duncan.

If Kobe didn't tear his Achilles, the Spurs win that series in 5 rather than in 4.

 

[VBM]

Well, everybody knows that the Spurs were Kobe's bytch for the most part in the playoffs. He pretty much owned them in the 2000s, and they dodged a bullet by not facing him in 2013.

Duncan is great, but he was never as good as Kobe. And that was proven by the many, many, many beatdowns he and his team suffered at the hands of the Black Mamba.

So Steve Nash > Kobe since he's 2-1 vs. him in the postseason? Nash made Kobe quit on his team, then trojan horsed him by joining the Lakers years later and stealing money from the organization

Dirk > Kobe since he's 1-0 vs. him in the postseason? Hell Kobe couldn't even win a game against Dirk.

 

[Maximus]

If Kobe didn't tear his Achilles, the Spurs win that series in 5 rather than in 4.

I'm not interested in playing the guessing game. You have your opinion and I have mine.

So Steve Nash > Kobe since he's 2-1 vs. him in the postseason? Nash made Kobe quit on his team, then trojan horsed him by joining the Lakers years later and stealing money from the organization

Dirk > Kobe since he's 1-0 vs. him in the postseason? Hell Kobe couldn't even win a game against Dirk.

Nash, hell no! His teams beat a Laker team that featured Kobe and a bunch of D-Leaguers, and they still struggled to get by them in '06. Pathetic.

Dirk was better than an injured Kobe in that particular 2011 series. But let's cut the nonsense, if Kobe was even 60% healthy in that series like he was in the 2010 Playoffs, he would've destroyed that Mavs squad.

The Spurs and Lakers for the most part were healthy and evenly matched, except in '08 when Duncan had the better team and still got smashed in 5.

Your argument is poor, but I think you know that.

 

[Dwight Howard]

So Steve Nash > Kobe since he's 2-1 vs. him in the postseason? Nash made Kobe quit on his team, then trojan horsed him by joining the Lakers years later and stealing money from the organization

Dirk > Kobe since he's 1-0 vs. him in the postseason? Hell Kobe couldn't even win a game against Dirk.

Sample size too small. Duncan and Kobe faced off alot of times...

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

I'm not interested in playing the guessing game. You have your opinion and I have mine.



Nash, hell no! His teams beat a Laker team that featured Kobe and a bunch of D-Leaguers, and they still struggled to get by them in '06. Pathetic.

Dirk was better than an injured Kobe in that particular 2011 series. But let's cut the nonsense, if Kobe was even 60% healthy in that series like he was in the 2010 Playoffs, he would've destroyed that Mavs squad.

The Spurs and Lakers for the most part were healthy and evenly matched, except in '08 when Duncan had the better team and still got smashed in 5.

Your argument is poor, but I think you know that.

Yes that was such a powerhouse cast Duncan had to work with. You just said Kobe wasn't even 60% against the Mavs (which is complete bullshyt, but we'll ignore that) and you're ignoring the fact that Manu was a corpse out there for that series, with an ankle ligament that showed up swollen 5 times its regular size on an MRI to the point where he could barely get a shoe on, was in a walking boot as soon as the series was over and had offseason surgery on it.

A normal man wouldn't have been on the court. Or did you really think Sasha Vujecic locked him up?

What an explosive, athletic offense Duncan had. Michael Finley in his mid 30's. Brent Barry in his late 30's. Jacques Vaughn. Ian Mahinmi. Matt Bonner. Robert Horry in his late 30's. Bruce Bowen. Fabricio Oberto. Washed up Damon Stoudemire. That was one of the most unathletic teams ever assembled outside of the big 3 (big 2 in the WCFs because Manu was a shell)...and they still got to the WCFs. They had Ime Udoka on Kobe.

 

[EducatedBrothaFromTheBank]

He is being generous...since it was the Spurs who pretty much destroyed the lakers franchise and made them the laughing stock of the nba...

After they got swept...

Dwight left and they have not sniffed a big name free agent since...

Kobe been hurt since...and when he hasn't been hurt he been one of the 20 worst players in the nba...

Lakers have been a bottom 6 team every year since that year...

2001 highlights huh ...got to go back 14 years to find that game when Kobe gave the spurs that work

Go ahead and drop then 2014 season numbers kobe put on spurs

Or then 2013 numbers he put on the Spurs

Actually Kobe is 4-2 vs Spurs in the Playoffs and Kobe is at 27.8ppg vs Duncan's 21.1

 

[Big Boss]

Actually Kobe is 4-2 vs Spurs in the Playoffs and Kobe is at 27.8ppg vs Duncan's 21.1

 

[No1]

So Steve Nash > Kobe since he's 2-1 vs. him in the postseason? Nash made Kobe quit on his team, then trojan horsed him by joining the Lakers years later and stealing money from the organization

Dirk > Kobe since he's 1-0 vs. him in the postseason? Hell Kobe couldn't even win a game against Dirk.

The difference is obviously in the talent on the teams. Also, there's a larger sample size with Kobe versus Duncan's squads. The 08 series was the most even their two teams have ever been and Kobe completely outclassed Duncan. Unfortunately, the Lakers fell apart around Kobe a few years later and the Spurs got stronger around Duncan. Duncan's teams held 4th quarter leads throughout that series and Kobe was literally the difference maker. The role players on both teams played poorly.