The Difference between Kobe and Durant

[jwinfield]

Ironically, that's exactly how these olympics have played out so far. Kevin Durant taking part in the heavy lifting while Kobe isn't even carrying his own shyt.

 

[LittleLordBboy]

Maybe its me. Im passed the point hating these dudes. shyt does nothing for me and its pathetic. I can't remember the last time i had something bad to say about LeBron..i just don't care.

 

[No1]

Jesus Shuttlesworth you get hated on because you have the basketball analysis skills of a peon. I stopped reading the second you said LeBron's post game was better than Kobe's. He would slap you for that shyt.

 

[shoo_laced]

Its simple brehs...we play the game to win, not just the season but to win it all. This is why players like Barkley, Stockton even Malone dont crack the top 10 because they are not Winners plain and simple...Hypothetically speaking if LeBron's career were to end today would anyone put him in the top 10 all time? nikkas need to let him play his career out before making these crazy lists putting him over Jordan, Kareem, Shaq etc these guys have won multiple times and have accomplished more than LeBron...we can throw those regular season MVPs in the bushes because in the grand scheme of things they dont really mean shyt honestly. As of right now from a historical aspect LeBron has a long way to go before we start mentioning him in the Top 10 convo, there are players who have put in more work and achieved more than him.

 

[Freestyle Phantom3.0]

im a diehard celtics fan, but kobe > everyone....my favorite player not on the celts. I dont get caught up in the LA-Boston thing because of kobe and kobe alone....you haters better recognize greatness RIGHt NOW before he retires and were all wishing he was back.

 

[CantStop]

you guys ever get tired of arguing the same shyt

 

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Jesus Shuttlesworth you get hated on because you have the basketball analysis skills of a peon. I stopped reading the second you said LeBron's post game was better than Kobe's. He would slap you for that shyt.

You hate on me? You stopped reading?

That's nice to know. Now if I only knew who you were.

Nice font though. It helps you stand out, because your words certainly don't. If you are lucky, maybe I'll remember you next time you address me.

Keep it moving, loser. There are much greater things going on here than you (whoever you are).

 

[No1]

You hate on me? You stopped reading?

That's nice to know. Now if I only knew who you were.

Nice font though. It helps you stand out, because your words certainly don't. If you are lucky, maybe I'll remember you next time you address me.

Keep it moving, loser. There are much greater things going on here than you (whoever you are).

You're boring me and you're and a C level poster who stands out because of your stupidity. Please only post between 2AM and 8AM EST when I'm asleep. Deuces.

 

[Kunty McPhuck]

Kobe got Ric Flair to carry his bags for him

 

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

You're boring me and you're and a C level poster who stands out because of your stupidity. Please only post between 2AM and 8AM EST when I'm asleep. Deuces.

Ok guy.

 

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Jesus Shuttlesworth

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How come my dap per post ratio is killing yours? Even with your gay ass "look at me" font.

 

[No1]

Jesus Shuttlesworth

Total Posts - 1,352
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BarNone

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How come my dap per post ratio is killing yours? Even with your gay ass "look at me" font.

I won't even bother to explain the amount of things wrong with this post. You're entertaining me though champ.

 

[Reggie]

Bron is and has been a better player than Kobe for at least three years (more like the past five in reality now. Numbers don't tell the whole story but they damn sure don't lie either. Everybody harps on the fact that Lebron ain't a pure shooter but year in and year out he shoots a higher percentage than Bean. Why, cause he can get to the rack at will and has a decent although streaky jumper. His only downfall was shooting those extra heat check threes in games that he has seem to toned down on. And for the question has to what he'll do when he loses his athleticism. shyt, he already showed u the beginning of that in the Finals. Playing the triple threat position from the mid to high post. He doesn't have to necessarily be in the low post to dominate. He'll always have that court vision to find the open man, cause u know the double gonna come cause he'll also always be bigger and stronger than the man who is guarding him in the post.

 

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

I won't even bother to explain the amount of things wrong with this post. You're entertaining me though champ.

No, no, please explain.

I'm just having fun out here but I would LOVE to hear your "explanation".

And while you're at it, explain how Bean is over Bron. You do a whole lot of shyt talking but lack real substance. In other words: you haven't said a mothafukkin thing yet.


Oh and I see you added the bold too.

You're like an ugly whore. You're begging for attention but ain't nobody fukking with you, breh.

 

[Premeditated]

this has absolutely nothing to do with the thread premise, but neither do the posts in here so we even.


Kobe the star, when team goes abroad

BARCELONA, Spain -- They carry cameras and microphones, sprinting toward Kobe Bryant like Christmas shoppers who just spotted the "it" gift sitting on shelves.

Their questions come quickly, some in English, many in Spanish, and Bryant gives the perfect answer every time.

Yes, Spain is an incredible team that can pose problems for the U.S.

No, Pau Gasol isn't getting traded from the Lakers as long as he is there.

The only thing Bryant can't seem to explain to reporters is why he's so much more popular than his teammates on the Olympic basketball team.

"I don't know. I don't know where it comes from or how that happens," he said Saturday with a laugh. "It all started with the Dream Team in terms of basketball becoming so global. When I came into the NBA, I kind of inherited kind of the globalization of the game, and then having grown up overseas they really kind of laid claim to me because this is where I learned how to play the game, is overseas."

Chris Paul figures Bryant owes it to the way he's won and carried himself through the years -- along with one other thing.

"A lot of it's got to do, too, that he plays for the Lakers. I learned that, too, I learned that quick," Paul said. "Everywhere you go, shoot, the Lakers, they never play a road game. Only time they might play a road game now is in Oklahoma City."

Bryant is not the best player on the U.S. team, probably just cracking the top three at this stage of his career. Yet for as good as LeBron James, Kevin Durant or any other U.S. player is, none draws the attention of Bryant once the Americans leave home.

"Well, he's been doing it for 16 years in the NBA and in those 16 years the accomplishments are incredible. I mean, they're worthy of a top-five player in the history of the game, really," U.S. coach Mike Krzyzewski said. "And then he's been so visible, been all over the world. In others words, he's traveled all over in the offseason. Even when we're on this tour, he's a guy that gets out, meets people. I think he has just made a commitment to being out there and as a result, you know, people follow him."

The Americans still marvel at the frenzy surrounding Bryant four years ago in Beijing. U.S. assistant Mike D'Antoni once joked that the thunderous "Kobe! Kobe!" chants during the opening ceremonies had even James, Dwyane Wade and Carmelo Anthony going, "What are we, potted plants?"

Bryant had made multiple promotional trips to the Far East by then and kept going out even during the Olympics to see other sports. He was already better known than most players because of all his All-Star appearances and five NBA championships.

"So he has all this equity in the game and has been so successful, that's why he's still bigger than life," USA Basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo said. "That was really true in Beijing when we were there in `08. He was like a Pied-Piper."

Bryant isn't always so engaging during the tough times back in the NBA. His interviews during the postseason when things are going poorly for the Lakers can be a wasted 10 minutes of a reporter's life, knowing the one passionate answer Bryant may give will include profanity and can't be used.

But while most of his U.S. teammates can battle the same moodiness during the lengthy summer with the national team, Bryant leaves his in Los Angeles. He's emerged as something of a team spokesman, able to be humorous (poking fun at President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama's "Kiss Cam" struggles) one minute and controversial (insisting this squad could have taken a game from the Dream Team, attacking Commissioner David Stern's proposal to limit Olympic participation to younger players) the next.

He's best with the international media, which often gets all the photos it wants of American players but not the answers. Bryant spent eight years of his childhood in Italy while his father, Joe, played professionally, and he can speak Italian and Spanish.

"I think a lot of it has to do with luck," Bryant said. "Like I said, where I was raised and my ability to communicate with them and kind of understand the culture because I grew up in that culture, in that environment, so it's probably a little bit easier for me to communicate globally than it is for everybody else."

Imagine how big Bryant would be if the international audience saw his usual game.

The NBA's fifth-leading career scorer enjoys, as he puts it, not having to do very much with the national team. He has averaged 5.7 points in three exhibition games, tied with a couple of guys getting minor minutes for third-worst on the team. He seems satisfied, knowing his number may be called if there's ever a real need.

"If you would watch him work on defense, fighting through screens, he looks like a rookie trying to make a team and I think he likes that," Krzyzewski said. "It kind of juices him up, makes him have empathy for the guys who eventually will be playing with him on the Laker team and probably he's asking someone else to do that with the Lakers, because you couldn't do that and try to score 30 points a ballgame for 80-something games. There's no way. But here he does everything we ask him to do and more."

Colangelo met with Bryant about a week after his 81-point performance, second-best in NBA history, in January 2006, asking him how he would handle it if the Americans asked him to do something besides score. Bryant responded that it would be no problem, then came through with some big shots down the stretch to help hold off Spain 118-107 in the 2008 gold-medal game.

"His senior leadership is very, very important. The fact that he's willing to kind of acquiesce in some ways is significant," Colangelo said. "But when it's all said and done, I mean when you get down to the last game and the last shot, I think you're going to consider Kobe having the ball. And I think Kobe is the guy, because of his track record, is the guy who will make the shot."

He'd sure be a hit in the interview afterward.