Jason Whitlock goes off on Kobe Bryant and his final game

[MikelArteta]

So in Kobe's 20 years with the Lakers they won 5 titles and went to 7 finals.

Yep he really destroyed that franchise...

if thats destroying a franchise SIGN ME UP

raptors been around one more than kobe and weve been out the first round ONCE

 

[Remote]

There is legitimate criticism that goes to Kobe...but I think Jason Whitlock goes too far.
And Jason Whitlock isn't the one in the media to come at Kobe for anything. Whitlock if a piece of shyt.

 

[Rigby.]

Didn't Kobe generate 4 BILLION dollars for this franchise? I couldn't give a shyt less if he did fukk them dry financially, they never had a problem paying guys' contracts because of Kobe.

And if you outchea comparing Kobe's money making abilities to guys like Duncan or Dirk or someone like that just because they played about the same span of time, you're stupid. I'd wager Kobe's revenue for LAL is at least twice either of those two

Same situation for LeBron, although he is playing in Cleveland instead of LAL. Honestly if LeBron could've reset and do what people like to say is "LeGMing" for a blank Los Angeles roster, that shyt would be p scary.

 

[Bilz]

Stop it breh. Dwight is regressing, is having injury problems, and still cant score in the post

Now tell me more about how Dwight would've been a great start

He would only have a year or two left by now. They have set their franchise mark for worst season three years in a row and instead of Dwight, the money was given to Carlos Boozer, Roy Hibbert, and Jordan Hill. I don't know how anyone can claim that the Lakers dodged one

 

[Biscayne]

So in Kobe's 20 years with the Lakers they won 5 titles and went to 7 finals.

Yep he really destroyed that franchise...

I'll never get the "Kobe destroyed the Lakers" narrative. Can someone explain this to me? Someone explain what Whitlock and others mean by this?

 

[CantStop]

He would only have a year or two left by now. They have set their franchise mark for worst season three years in a row and instead of Dwight, the money was given to Carlos Boozer, Roy Hibbert, and Jordan Hill. I don't know how anyone can claim that the Lakers dodged one

You just said it yourself, he'd have 2 years left on his contract. How is that not dodging one?

 

[Bilz]

You just said it yourself, he'd have 2 years left on his contract. How is that not dodging one?

Have you watched the Lakers play defense since Dwight left town?

 

[Taadow]

Set them back? How do you say that while ignoring the body of work that he left them with?

Easy...look at them now.

 

[NYC Rebel]

Easy...look at them now.

And that's the fault of the GM.

 

[Taadow]

And that's the fault of the GM.

...so Kobe never tried to force the front offices' hand to make any personnel decisions?

 

[Real]

This nikka already admitted that the main reason he hates Kobe was because he was a serious threat to magic's throne as the goat laker.

 

[Field Marshall Bradley]

His body of work has nothing to do with the franchises current make up. Lakers should be in the same place the spurs are currently in. Instead they invested in a player over the franchise which is fine i suppose . As a fan of kobe you probably appreciate that.

But the Lakers used to spank San Antonio.... San Antonio has had the luxury of keeping the same HOF coach for the last 18 years......

 

[The Devil's Advocate]

why this nikka got a damn million dollar set just to watch him sit there and talk into a mic?

i see what he means... he ran shaq out.. and him taking the full amount and still chucking up shots fukked them up the last couple years

but a man with 5 rings in your franchise being that beloved and packing every fukking seat in every stadium every night... is not what i'd call a destroyer of a franchise

 

[Field Marshall Bradley]

i see what he means... he ran shaq out..

Kobe didn't run Shaq out.... Dr. Buss did....

 

[Saint1]

Didn't Tim Duncan take the money last year?