Kobe's classic game 7 against the Suns

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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.

The front office abd Phil figured it out. The front office figured out how to get the talent around Kobe and Phil was able to figure out how to mold them into a championship team. Kobe didn't change anything. He was the same kind of player in 2009-20-10 as he was in the first few years post-shaq.

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?

Which is exactly why he was criticized for gunning going "psycho-bean" in that game 6 loss despite the fact that he scored 50. He then came out and started the same shyt in game 7 and I suspect Phil said something to him at halftime which lead to him pouting and refusing to shoot/play hard in the second half. It wasn't just about him not shooting. He was clearly out there just coasting going through the motions. He wasn't playing hard. He was not setting teammates up, hustling for rebounds and lose balls or any of that. He quit in that second half and everybody saw it. You clowns do nothing but lie.

 

[BigTyme Records]

Kobe quit in 2004 also, trying to stat pad while ignoring the best player on the team Shaq.

 

[ALonelyDad]

He had 50 in game 6 he was tired and hand was broken

 

[2Quik4UHoes]

And LeBron wasn’t

You nikkas man

As close as those games were and as lackadaisical as the Warriors were playing you can’t tell me LeBron wasn’t good enough to at least steal a game or two. Kevin Love isn’t an excuse because he actually showed up for once. You acting like every game was a blowout by halftime.

No one is even saying win the series. But notice how Kobe was clearly overmatched and still figured enough out with his coach to take it to 7 while LeBron couldn’t even get one when he supposedly a superior player and better than Jordan according to some. How does that look breh? No hate at all, LeBron is talented enough and his team played hard enough to steal a game or two. Why is it a problem to admit that?

 

[10bandz]

This is a deflection. What does any of this have to do with kobe pouting while refusing to shoot in the 2nd half of that game 7 to prove a point? There’s no defense for what he did in that game.

I suspect that Phil went to him and told him that he needed to share the ball more and he got mad and said “fukk it”. Remember, that previous he went for 50 in a loss while his other teammates had it going. Kobe also had a lot of turnovers in that’s game. So he was gunning and turning the ball over despite having 50 and that’s where the criticism came from.

you dont even know wtf you're talking about. The plan going into the game was to get everybody involved and Kobe didnt even shoot that much in the 1st half. Phil didn't tell him at halftime that he needed to share the ball more, he told him to stick to the plan and by the 4th Kobe was like "fukk it".....but it wasn't a thing where he was ballhogging and phil told him to stop

 

[2Quik4UHoes]

clowns do nothing but lie.

Tell me about it. I ain’t read none of that selective bullshyt you wrote either.

 

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you dont even know wtf you're talking about. The plan going into the game was to get everybody involved and Kobe didnt even shoot that much in the 1st half. Phil didn't tell him at halftime that he needed to share the ball more, he told him to stick to the plan and by the 4th Kobe was like "fukk it".....but it wasn't a thing where he was ballhogging and phil told him to stop

Neither one of us were in the locker room so we're both just speculating. The facts are that Kobe took like 13 shots in the first half and only like 3 in the second half. The facts are that he was clearly not giving his all in that second half.

 

[Rakim Allah]

So what you sayin? Duncan ain’t black?
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*is reminded for the umpteenth that a lot of Spurs fans are slow*

Nah, I just substituted "white flag" with "cac flag". Just a simple play on words Corky.

 

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Tell me about it. I ain’t read none of that selective bullshyt you wrote either.

Well that would just make you an even bigger bytch than I initially thought.

How do you judge my comments as being "selective" if you didn't read them?

 

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Neither one of us were in the locker room so we're both just speculating. The facts are that Kobe took like 13 shots in the first half and only like 3 in the second half. The facts are that he was clearly not giving his all in that second half.

its not speculation it's been talked about over and over, Phil Jackson said it himself....

and dont say "Oh Phil was just covering for Kobe" uh no, Phil wrote a whole book shytting on Kobe. So if he says Kobe was just following the game plan (which they ran in OTHER games in the series), than thats what happened. However I still think Kobe tried to prove a point, he exaggerated the game plan and didn't take many shots at all in the 2nd half probably to show he needed 2nd option. But the narrative that he was ball hogging and Phil told him "stop!" and Kobe got mad and tried to get back at him isn't true....

 

[2Quik4UHoes]

Well that would just make you an even bigger bytch than I initially thought.

How do you judge my comments as being "selective" if you didn't read them?

Lol, it’s usually a bytch ass nikka that’s quick to call people out their name on the net during an argument but whatever. All I know is you’ve never had an unbiased thing to say regarding Kobe. You’re saying he clearly quit when that’s not clear at all. For the record, I’ll always be mad Kobe didn’t just shoot it but I also understood the game plan Phil put forth. So was going out of that plan a better move for the team? How bout to answer the question I posed to @ISO

If Kobe decided to just shoot it instead (since we can all agree involving his teammates wasn’t working at that point) then would that then absolve him or no? If you were in his shoes under the same circumstances what would you do? Mind you, I don’t expect an honest answer so you don’t really have to bother.

 

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its not speculation it's been talked about over and over, Phil Jackson said it himself....

and dont say "Oh Phil was just covering for Kobe" uh no, Phil wrote a whole book shytting on Kobe. So if he says Kobe was just following the game plan (which they ran in OTHER games in the series), than thats what happened. However I still think Kobe tried to prove a point, he exaggerated the game plan and didn't take many shots at all probably to show he needed 2nd option. But the narrative that he was ball hogging and Phil told him "stop!" and Kobe got mad and tried to get back at him isn't true....

If you can acknowledge that their game plan was for Kobe to play within the system and keep the others involved then you should also be able to acknowledge that Kobe completely scrapped that game plan for game 6 when he took 35 shots while only 2 other lakers got 10+ fga.

I don't care what Phil aid publicly while still coachin Kobe. Kobe caught criticism for that game 6 and I have little doubts that phil reminded him of gen fame plant and what was best for the team.

 

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*is reminded for the umpteenth that a lot of Spurs fans are slow*

Nah, I just substituted "white flag" with "cac flag". Just a simple play on words Corky.

Nice save.

 

[Dilltastic VolWon(derful)]

I remember this game, it is not what you guys think. He played that game with a broken hand.

This is good

 

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Lol, it’s usually a bytch ass nikka that’s quick to call people out their name on the net during an argument but whatever. All I know is you’ve never had an unbiased thing to say regarding Kobe. You’re saying he clearly quit when that’s not clear at all. For the record, I’ll always be mad Kobe didn’t just shoot it but I also understood the game plan Phil put forth. So was going out of that plan a better move for the team? How bout to answer the question I posed to @ISO

Save that simple psychology. If you act like a bytch then I'm going to call you a bytch. That "I didn't read your post" comment was the epitome of bytchmade. If you're not going to read a person's comment then simply ignore them. Responding just to say "I didn't read" is feminine. That reminds me of when girls in middle school used to call me just to "I'm not talkin to you". Take your hand off of your hips my dude.

If Kobe decided to just shoot it instead (since we can all agree involving his teammates wasn’t working at that point) then would that then absolve him or no? If you were in his shoes under the same circumstances what would you do? Mind you, I don’t expect an honest answer so you don’t really have to bother.

Like I've said. It's not about Kobe not shooting it's about him not playing hard. It was clear that gen had quit. Obviously you're not going to admit that but you know the truth. You know that he wasn't out there playing as hard as he could. It wasn't about him out there following some game plan, he quit. He wasn't trying to set teammates up, he wasn't hustling on defense or for lose balls and rebounds.

Your question is a deflection. This is about how he played in that 2nd half. Not just about him not shooting.
To be honest, I don't even give a fukk that he quit. It wasn't that big of a deal to me. The only reason it's relevant now is because of how he has passive aggressively trolled Lebron. This is being brought up to illustrate kobe's hypocrisy and how he has contradicted himself.