Hacksaw Jim Thuggin
Superstar
After riding off Kobe's fame since 2004, it's only right The Sandman has come to collect on his borrowed time.

After riding off Kobe's fame since 2004, it's only right The Sandman has come to collect on his borrowed time.

What are you confused about son?
Wade's stock when up when he became the Shaq's newer, darker, less-arrogant sidekick. People began to cheer for Wade to A) Show that there are other "great" 2-Guards that Shaq made all-stars , B) To show Kobe that there are other "great" 2-Guards, and that Shaq made him.
You have to be an idiot to sit there and post that the intrigue with Wade had nothing to do with Kobe.
....it didnt have anything to do with kobe...maybe in your mind....
how about wade was talented in his own right........
i seem to remember people cheering for wade before shaq came there....
D-Whistle was a phenomenal player, but intrigue in him excelled post the Shaq/Kobe breakup.
Look; Just by virtue of the Miami Heat playing in more nationally televised games after he began playing with Shaq, made his stock organically go up.
Shaq had him playing on Christmas in Staples Center after his arrival, thank us later.

ok...but what does that have to do with kobe?
shaq and kobe are 2 different people.....
this premise is a stretch for even the most hardened kobe stan breh...you out-did yourself this time![]()
Kobe comes into play because he was the player who was said to have leached off Shaq for three championships.
Wades success with Shaq was supposed to be indicative of the fact that Kobe Bryant was no different than Courtney Alexander. "Any" two-guard could play with Shaq and be an all-star.
That is the parallel between Kobe and Wade.
it was? this is news to me....
wades success has nothing to do with kobe....
must everything in the nba have something to do with kobe or jordan?
Of course their individual success has nothing to do with each other.
That was a media-driven story.
Whites makeup 81% of NBA media.
Therefore, that story was driven by the white controlled media.
Since you do not like the stories driven by the white controlled media, please take time, and subscribe to the RTT YouTube channel, like the Facebook page, and follow the Twitter.
Unless you don't really care about continuing to support the white controlled media, in spite of your admission about your disgust with their narratives.
i dont pay attention to that non-sense...and this place is getting to be as bad...just look at the threads that get made here daily....lebron this...kobe that...wade this....etc....
we really have no idea what these cats are thinking...yet cats in here can tell you with certainty what lebron is thinking right now....shyt is crazy....
flat-out making up shyt in a lot of cases....
i duck my head in here to see whats going on (usually more of the same) and head back to JBO or the Lockerroom (which is almost just as bad)
Oh o.k. You're comparing an internet forum to sports media. We obviously have differing agendas here.
....they dont interest me...i can form my own opinions....and have been watching hoops since 1979...so i know and understand the game...dont need it broken down to me...