Let's talk about when the Lakers were doodoo and Kobe asked for a trade

[FTBS]

bruh that roster was garbage. what was he supposed to do, waste away contently like a good little shooting guard? dude got what he wanted (some pieces) and won 2 championships. this thread is retarded.

He chose to play on that roster though. People talk about the Smush years as if Kobe didn't choose that situation. He forced the Lakers hand with Shaq and signed to a team with no cap room and no other superstars and then had the audacity to be when they didnt' turn into a title contender overnight. You can't make this shyt up. Ironically the same squad he was ready that he was ready to wash his hands of came out the next year and competed for the top spot in the west before the Pau trade even happened. Wonder how that would have gone if they had traded Bynum and Odom or Kwame for Kidd.

 

[SanchoPanda]

The current squad is trash as well. Why should D. Howard stay and rot away?

They aint winning with Kobe off an injury and Gasol. And when Kobe retires they might be irrelevant again. Then lets say after 5 years they snag a Jabari Parker or Julius Randle. They still fighting against an experienced GSW at the very least (no telling what happens to the Thunder in a couple years).

So whats wrong with Dwight leaving? Let him cook up with Harden

Dwight Howard took a garbage squad to the finals.
Lebron James has done so.
Allen Iverson

Why didnt Kobe?

All those squads are in the weak ass eastern conference

What happened to them when they met up in the finals with the west?

 

[rapbeats]

Who is he to talk?

nikkas act like Kobe is some diplomat who bleeds purple. NO. He is just like your average whiny ass player and he was literally one no-trade clause and Luol Deng away from being a Bull and fading into obscurity. Yet you nikkas defend him as if he is your father. He is no less a bytch than Dwight Howard and the fact he took to instagram and twitter to voice his displeasure proves this. Social Networking has exposed a lot of bytchassness; am I wrong?

Kobe objecting to Deng's inclusion in Bulls-Lakers trade - NBA - ESPN

Conversely...when Michael Jordan departed what did Scotti Pippen and the rest of the gang do? Take the Bulls to the eastern semi-final with 55 wins.

After the Admiral retired...didnt Duncan do the same thing... beast it without a complaint and eventually return the Spurs to prominence?

Lebron took a flabby David Wesley, Eric Snow and Larry Hughes to the finals and didnt leave until his contract was up. Remember that nikka Ira Newble?

etc etc.

Lakers after Shaq? Missed the playoffs. .

Keep hailing this nikka. He has ya'll fooled.

Kobe lost it and went at the FO about getting him some help. but thats after kobe went MVP mode for all those loser years.

did dwight give us that kind of EFFORT ? HELLLLL NO.
so dwight cant go at the FO about help.

kobe's teammmates: smush parker (playing overseas some where) not in the nba.

brian cook-not in the nba

luke walton-barely hanging in the nba

kwame brown- cant catch to save his life


these guys were all healthy, and they were so bad that kobe had to drag these clowns into the playoffs TWICE.

dwight played with kobe, nash, gasol, mwp.

the only problem with those names are they got hurt like never before, all in one season all at the same time. that has nothing to do with the front office. the FO had cp3, and was trying to pair him with dwight. dwight knows this. stern blocked the deal.

So dwight has no leg to stand on if he wanted to demand the FO DO SOMETHING. kobe on the other hand had everything to stand on. since he gave his all while playing with a terrible pick up team let alone a nba team.

APPLES and ORANGES.

 

[GoddamnyamanProf]

link to that? or is this just another made up story like Manny said he was scared of needles?

Common knowledge, faggit. Lol at you not even knowing any history about the player you worship.

 

[Ohene]

All those squads are in the weak ass eastern conference

What happened to them when they met up in the finals with the west?

True but I dunno breh...in the last 10 yrs though, Spurs, Mavs and Lakers have dominated the playoffs in the West so thats besides the point.

I am not sure another team has made the finals besides OKC since the millenium

 

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

It's really a shame we even have to acknowledge this bum.

Dwight forced to play with a broken back and this bytch nikka sits out the playoffs cuz somebody stepped on his foot.

 

[MVike28]

my heatwave brehs let these mere mortals defend their messiah.


we enjoyin the summer...they got weaker and life is good

 

[Kobes Two Jerseys]

Common knowledge, faggit. Lol at you not even knowing any history about the player you worship.

if its common knowledge, it should be easy for you to link the story. so where is it?

 

[Wacky D]

bruh that roster was garbage. what was he supposed to do, waste away contently like a good little shooting guard? dude got what he wanted (some pieces) and won 2 championships. this thread is retarded.

kobe had caron butler & lamar odom but still managed to miss the playoffs, and followed it up with 2 first round departures....I believe both as an 8th seed.

 

[Kobes Two Jerseys]

kobe had caron butler & lamar odom but still managed to miss the playoffs, and followed it up with 2 first round departures....I believe both as an 8th seed.

These guys are not even worthy being starters. Their best role is coming off the bench. Sadly, these were Kobes starters, along with Chris Mihm, Kwame Brown, Chucky Atkins, Smush Parker, Luke Walton, Brian Cook, etc. Starters in the western conference. Let me say that again, starters in the western conference. If your point is to big up Lamar Odom and Caron Butler, whose best roles are to come off the bench, you just had an epic fail.

 

[Ohene]

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[Wacky D]

These guys are not even worthy being starters. Their best role is coming off the bench. Sadly, these were Kobes starters, along with Chris Mihm, Kwame Brown, Chucky Atkins, Smush Parker, Luke Walton, Brian Cook, etc. Starters in the western conference. Let me say that again, starters in the western conference. If your point is to big up Lamar Odom and Caron Butler, whose best roles are to come off the bench, you just had an epic fail.

man yall bringing the quality down with some of this chit.

 

[Goatpoacher]

man yall bringing the quality down with some of this chit.

D.Wade took Butler and Odom to the second round AS A ROOKIE

Kobe went on a 3-17 streak to close to the season to miss the playoffs. The lakers were in the playoff race in 2005 when KOBE WAS INJURED, then he came back and the team fell apart

 

[Goatpoacher]

It's really a shame we even have to acknowledge this bum.

Dwight forced to play with a broken back and this bytch nikka sits out the playoffs cuz somebody stepped on his foot.

He tripped on his own feet, nobody touched that fakkit.

Yes, I'm still pissed off about that game.

 

[Malik]

One wife divorces her husband and leaves him high and dry.

The other wife tells her husband they need to see a therapist. They work it out and stay married.



Yep. Same situation exactly