Kobe Bryant is Hurting The Lakers

[The War Report]

https://medium.com/the-cauldron/kobe-bryant-is-hurting-the-lakers-7dd5b3b3fa13

If you’re wondering about the marks clustered loosely around him, several belong to Allen Iverson.

 

[Drones]

Kobe keeps the Lakers entertaining, in the spotlight and culturally relevant. Kobe is the main attraction of the Lakers, at home or away. He generates revenue by putting butts in seats, and that's really the only thing that matters to the Lakers right now. The worst thing you can be is boring.

 

[CantStop]

No one gives a shyt.

 

[BXKingPin82]

When, at what point in time did he gain all these dikkriders tho?
Muthafukka is THE most frustrating player to watch of all times

 

[Bilz]

Kobe keeps the Lakers entertaining, in the spotlight and culturally relevant. Kobe is the main attraction of the Lakers, at home or away. He generates revenue by putting butts in seats, and that's really the only thing that matters to the Lakers right now. The worst thing you can be is boring.

Basically. He definitely isn't making them a better team and it's not hard to imagine winning a few of those close losses if he wasn't there, but no one would be watching.

 

[bl2k8]

lakers are losing competitively in 80% of their games, Kobes still entertaining the people and keeping the Lakers name in the news, all while ensuring we don't lose our top 5 pick. I'm sure the Bus family is happy

 

[2Quik4UHoes]

When, at what point in time did he gain all these dikkriders tho?
Muthafukka is THE most frustrating player to watch of all times

What the fukk sport you been watching?

 

[waltthizzney]

kobe the only reason they won even a game... meaningless stats once again... this article aint working for me mitch

 

[BXKingPin82]

What the fukk sport you been watching?

The one Tobe plays
seriously tho...
when did it become cool to jerk this sucka's dikk?
Is there an answer?

 

[Da_Eggman]

He destroyed them 3 years ago when he didn't retire

 

[2Quik4UHoes]

The one Tobe plays
seriously tho...
when did it become cool to jerk this sucka's dikk?
Is there an answer?

You must want to jerk that nikka dikk since you bring that faggit shyt up. But yeah, you musta been watching lacrosse or some dumb shyt like that cuz in basketball it's only a handful of nikkaz all time as entertaining and great as him. Don't even say bum ass wack ass leHGH cuz I'ma take you even less serious than I do now.

 

[BXKingPin82]

You must want to jerk that nikka dikk since you bring that faggit shyt up. But yeah, you musta been watching lacrosse or some dumb shyt like that cuz in basketball it's only a handful of nikkaz all time as entertaining and great as him. Don't even say bum ass wack ass leHGH cuz I'ma take you even less serious than I do now.

Is he related to you or something?
Why you muthafukkas get so defensive in regards to this guy?
Why?
You aint hurtin noone feelings over here
just why do yall suck this goofy muthafukka dikk?
And why the fukk you almost lose your mind in this mans defense?
Why?
muthafukkin weirdos

 

[GoddamnyamanProf]

He is a one-way player, and his team is better at that one way when he’s not a part of it.

Basically

 

[Da_Eggman]

Sadly, Kobe seems incapable of recognizing his basketball environment for what it is: a barren wasteland devoid of any measurable signs of life.

Statistics always have had a rocky relationship with Kobe. He is in the all-time top 15 in minutes played, field goals made,field goals attempted, free throws made and attempted,steals and points. But once you start adding denominators — turning his mountainous, voluminous achievements into ratios of opportunity — things start to look a little different. Bryant is generally regarded as one of the greatest scorers of all time, yet his career-best season (2005–06) by Offensive Box Plus-Minus (a box score-derived per-100 possession estimate of a player’s offensive impact) ranks just 37th all-time. (For what it’s worth, Tracy McGrady, Chris Paul, Stephen Curry and Dwyane Wade all make multiple appearances above him on that particular list.)

 

[Da_Eggman]

The argument is no longer, “Is Kobe still one of the best shooting guards in the league.” It’s whether he is even a positive on the floor.

Los Angeles’ offense is 5.1 points worse per 100 possessions when Kobe is on the floor. (The Lakers’ defense is also 15.5 points better without Kobe,