These are the conditions "yall" set. shyt Durant fcked up his name in the top 10 bc of yall. Even tho he belongs there . Nikka left the perfect team for him
Without Kobe and Steph he would be known as LeBronze
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Without Kobe and Steph he would be known as LeBronze
Without Kobe and Steph he would be known as LeBronze
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You guys over complicate everything . Stats don’t matter if you’re a loser before Kobe joined . Brons stats were fine when he was a bronze winner .
"Everyone knew it," says one Team USA staffer. "They know when another player is being selfish. Players can police themselves, but in this instance, as LeBron was coming out of the game, he said to Mike, 'Yo, Coach, you'd better fix that motherf-----,' as he walks by. He was talking about Kobe."
The Redeem Team was supposed to be all about accountability, and this was James holding Coach K and Bryant accountable. Krzyzewski told LeBron that he would talk to Kobe and asked that he trust him. The coaching staff met through the night. This time they talked only about how to handle Kobe.
The next morning, before leaving Shanghai, Krzyzewski asked Bryant, a three-time NBA champion with the Lakers, for a private meeting. "Coach was nervous," says one of his staffers. "He knew he had to do it."
Coach K pulled out a laptop and sat with Bryant in a room. He showed Kobe a few examples of questionable shots and pointed out his teammates standing around and watching him on some drives to the basket. Krzyzewski told Bryant to his face that these were "bulls--- shots." Coach K added: "There has to be more movement." And then he held his breath.
According to a team source, Bryant looked at Krzyzewski and said, "I got it, Coach. I got it. Don't worry about it. Sorry about that."
Krzyzewski told James that he'd followed up and confronted Bryant, and that Kobe was back on board with the program. Against the odds, the college coach had reached an accord with the NBA's biggest stars. "Kobe, LeBron and Coach K all did what they had to do," says one Team USA staffer. "It made going to Beijing a lot easier."
This isn't the gotcha you think it is.
"Everyone knew it," says one Team USA staffer. "They know when another player is being selfish. Players can police themselves, but in this instance, as LeBron was coming out of the game, he said to Mike, 'Yo, Coach, you'd better fix that motherf-----,' as he walks by. He was talking about Kobe."
The Redeem Team was supposed to be all about accountability, and this was James holding Coach K and Bryant accountable. Krzyzewski told LeBron that he would talk to Kobe and asked that he trust him. The coaching staff met through the night. This time they talked only about how to handle Kobe.
The next morning, before leaving Shanghai, Krzyzewski asked Bryant, a three-time NBA champion with the Lakers, for a private meeting. "Coach was nervous," says one of his staffers. "He knew he had to do it."
Coach K pulled out a laptop and sat with Bryant in a room. He showed Kobe a few examples of questionable shots and pointed out his teammates standing around and watching him on some drives to the basket. Krzyzewski told Bryant to his face that these were "bulls--- shots." Coach K added: "There has to be more movement." And then he held his breath.
According to a team source, Bryant looked at Krzyzewski and said, "I got it, Coach. I got it. Don't worry about it. Sorry about that."
Krzyzewski told James that he'd followed up and confronted Bryant, and that Kobe was back on board with the program. Against the odds, the college coach had reached an accord with the NBA's biggest stars. "Kobe, LeBron and Coach K all did what they had to do," says one Team USA staffer. "It made going to Beijing a lot easier."
If he was 4-0 instead of 4-6 folks would say he underachievied which makes no sense.. he aint the goat tho
OR MAYBE BRON WAS
THE FIRST PLAYER EVER TO
FORM A SUPER TEAM WITH
TWO OTHER 26-28 YEAR OLDS
AND SOME PEOPLE ARENT GOING
TO PRETEND TO FORGET ABOUT THAT?
THEN TURN AROUND AND
FORM ANOTHER SUPER TEAM
WITH A 23 AND 26 YEAR OLD...
THEN TURN AROUND
AND GO GRAB ANOTHER TOP 5
27 YEAR OLD PLAYER...
HE DID ALL OF THAT
JUST TO WIND UP 4-6 IN THE FINALS
AND START DOWNPLAYING RINGS
You guys over complicate everything . Stats don’t matter if you’re a loser before Kobe joined . Brons stats were fine when he was a bronze winner .
Kobe made LeBron into an Olympic gold medalist. Keep denying reality
I appreciate Kobe’s maturity. 2004 Kobe woulda went 4-20 and the US loses to Angola in the 1st round.This isn't the gotcha you think it is.
Never won an Olympic MVP or carried the American flag eitherShoulda woulda coulda...
Kobe never lost in the Olympics/FIBA.
Never won a bronze medal either.Never won an Olympic MVP or carried the American flag either
