Kobe's classic game 7 against the Suns

[Remote]

Class doesn't help you defend your title and prevent you from losing to 8 seeds.

I’m not surprised you miss the point.

 

[bl2k8]

I’m really curious if these dikkriding fakkit Ass LeBron stans gonna be rooting for the purple and gold if their king goes there they have no shame

 

[GPBear]

Let Kobe stans tell it, and he elbowed Mike Bibby in the face because he saw a fly on his nose and wanted to kindly swat it away.

 

[Rakim Allah]

I’m not surprised you miss the point.

That's your subjective evaluation.

I'll take the objective approach.

You either defended your title or you didn't.

You either lost to an 8 seed as 1 seed or didn't.

Kobe failed to will his 7th seed Lakers against the 2nd seed Suns.

 

[KRiLL (+)]

DIscounting a black man’s achievements is very cac like

nah im just putting some respeck on Shaq name unlike some who would rather stan a wannabe euro-black who snitched on him & was scouting underaged HS puss...

some would say that's "very cac-ish" sir...

 

[Bilz]

Considering the fact that a lot of the same players on that team went on to win two championships, looks like he figured it out.

Oh and btw read this Suspicions of Bryant's play were unfounded and try to jog your memories on what actually happened in Game 7 instead of parroting the same fake news. The only reason we were up 3-1 was because Kobe got the team involved instead of going iso. I thought that was playing the right way tho? I thought y’all said Kobe should pass the ball more brehs? Is it oochie Wally or is it one mic you dirty little stains?

It wasn't the same and you know it. He was leading the way in the early games. In the second half of game 7, he was just waiting for traps and giving the ball up and not looking to get it back. He was even handing it off when he wasn't pressured.

 

[CrimsonTider]

I read something back then that he got mad a Smush at halftime and punched a chalkboard and practically, maybe, possibly, potentially broke his hand. That’s why he was so passive in the 2nd half

 

[ISO]

Smush Parker
Luke Walton
Kwame Brown
Brian Cook
Devin George

Conveniently leave out Lamar Odom, brehs

 

[2Quik4UHoes]

It wasn't the same and you know it. He was leading the way in the early games. In the second half of game 7, he was just waiting for traps and giving the ball up and not looking to get it back. He was even handing it off when he wasn't pressured.

Because by Game 7, the sons put Kobe and the Lakers into a corner. You damn sure were following the team then so how could you forget the other guys playing like deers in headlights after battling the past 6 games? They had no business even taking it 7 but Kobe and Phil made that big of a difference which speaks volumes about their talents. Sons were keyed in on Kobe in that game and they knew he was going to live and die by the production of his teammates.

Now let me ask, and this is a question for everyone that loves to bring up Game 7. If Kobe had decided to simply shoot the rock and go away from what had been working all series wouldn’t the narrative then be that Kobe was selfish and didn’t trust his teammates/the system? That’s why y’all even bringing it up makes y’all agenda look so transparent.

That Game 7 was a damned if you do, damned if you don’t situation. He had a season where he scored godly numbers but in the end he needed his teammates to get involved to win and he fell on the sword for it. Only way we would’ve won Game 7 was the same way we won the other games, by controlling time of possession, dominating in paint points, make a decent amount of open shots, decent production from the bench, and solid defense. How much of that was available in Game 7? Lakers lost that series in Game 6 when Odom didn’t get the board over Matrix and Kobe couldn’t deliver on those game winning shots.

 

[Remote]

That's your subjective evaluation.

I'll take the objective approach.

You either defended your title or you didn't.

You either lost to an 8 seed as 1 seed or didn't.

Kobe failed to will his 7th seed Lakers against the 2nd seed Suns.

Made up standards like “defending titles” is what separates individuals?

 

[Trojan 24]

I know it gotta hurt Suns fans to never win a chip with that Squad, then they panicked and traded for Shaq to matchup with us a couple years later

 

[LordDeathwatch]

A lot of you internet nerds will never be able to understand the decisions that athletes make, because the biggest competition you ever faced was racing downstairs to get the last piece of cake before your little brother.

Kobe was killing in the first half and they were still getting spanked. He figured "keep going hard and leave with a more victory, or protest and apply pressure and make the front office step up"

They got 2 more rings, so it looks like he played it right.

No refutation to this ether.:MJ100_:

Guess they missed it.

 

[Rakim Allah]

Made up standards like “defending titles” is what separates individuals?

It's what separates GOATs

 

[TheNig]

Excuses dont work. It's not about narrative. He shoulda figured out a way to win with those guys. Just gotta figure it out.

It wasn't the Finals tho.

 

[2Quik4UHoes]

I know it gotta hurt Suns fans to never win a chip with that Squad, then they panicked and traded for Shaq to matchup with us a couple years later

It was a beautiful day when we finally sonned those chumps once and for all. Phil told f’ucktoni and their whole existence to sit the fukk down. Always warms the Laker fan inside me to know them hoes ain’t win shyt.