Why Isnt The Media Running Kobe Out The League Like They Did Iverson?

[Illin Degenerate]

the media didnt cut iverson or cause him not to get signed. just like the media didnt force the lakers to offer kobe a ridiculous contract coming off a major injury nor can the media make that contract magically disappear or force kobe to retire.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

@Wacky D

Show me where "the media" aren't acknowledging how bad Kobe is playing?

 

[100Percent]

the lakers front office are idiots for giving kobe that contract.

they might as well have given shaq a contract too, since he was the actual star of the 3-peat. and lets not act like kobe did a carry job with those other 2 titles either.

people in here talking about rings. let kobe & iverson switch places in '96 and see what happens. lol.

What exactly could iverson do that kobe could not? These stans breh...

 

[Wacky D]

Kobe and Iverson had their respective places in the media before Kobe even had a starting job, much less a championship. Rings would have forced them to soften up on Iverson over time, but he still would have never fit the image that the media finds palatable. Iverson fukked up at the end, but he was made out to be the bad guy from day one in the league. He was portrayed as a fukking criminal. It was tragic

remember the commercials coronating kobe as the future of life itself when he was still coming off the bench?

that commercial for the bulls/lakers game that the nbc was running for like a month back in like '97.

 

[42 Monks]

Remember when teams were begging Larry Brown and AI's Georgetown coach to come and give him an intervention?

When did Kobe need that?

 

[Wacky D]

@Wacky D

Show me where "the media" aren't acknowledging how bad Kobe is playing?

you have no choice but to acknowledge how bad kobe is playing.

youre missing the point by miles & miles.

how about this? how about you show me an iverson game as bad as the countless kobe stinkers we've been seeing the past few seasons? dude started stinking it up before they gave him that big contract too.

 

[Wacky D]

What exactly could iverson do that kobe could not? These stans breh...

i dont stan any man.

dont get me confused with you lil dweebs.

 

[100Percent]

i dont stan any man.

dont get me confused with you lil dweebs.

Were you implying the lakers would have won more with AI? If so ima need you to answer the previous question

 

[42 Monks]

you have no choice but to acknowledge how bad kobe is playing.

youre missing the point by miles & miles.

how about this? how about you show me an iverson game as bad as the countless kobe stinkers we've been seeing the past few seasons? dude started stinking it up before they gave him that big contract too.

It wasn't about basketball at all AI was getting kicked out of casino's during the regular season AIs life was in shambles

 

[Wacky D]

kobe was starting in the all-star game, thanks to the league's hype machine, before he was starting for the lakers.

meanwhile, iverson who actually deserved an all-star spot, was getting snubbed left & right demarcus cousins.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

you have no choice but to acknowledge how bad kobe is playing.

youre missing the point by miles & miles.

He's been playing bad for the last few seasons, I mean, this shyt is common knowledge and has been acknowledged by everyone.

how about this? how about you show me an iverson game as bad as the countless kobe stinkers we've been seeing the past few seasons? dude started stinking it up before they gave him that big contract too.

WHAT THE fukk DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH THE MEDIA?

There's a reason why ESPN ranked him the 93rd best player in the league coming into this season.

 

[Wacky D]

It wasn't about basketball at all AI was getting kicked out of casino's during the regular season AIs life was in shambles

so?

you know how much f*ck chit these athletes have going on that isnt publicized?

kobe caught a rape charge. how bout that one?

not saying he raped the broad, but i'd rather get kicked out of a casino instead of getting caught running up raw in some random hotel maid in f*ckin colorado. you tell me whose life was in shambles.

 

[42 Monks]

kobe was starting in the all-star game, thanks to the league's hype machine, before he was starting for the lakers.

meanwhile, iverson who actually deserved an all-star spot, was getting snubbed left & right demarcus cousins.

Kobe travels international all the time. When was the last time AI did a tour through Asia?

shyt - AI was getting booed in Turkey for doing the same shyt that got him ran out of Detroit

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

Kobe and Iverson had their respective places in the media before Kobe even had a starting job, much less a championship. Rings would have forced them to soften up on Iverson over time, but he still would have never fit the image that the media finds palatable. Iverson fukked up at the end, but he was made out to be the bad guy from day one in the league. He was portrayed as a fukking criminal. It was tragic

If Kobe won as many titles as AI [zero], would this thread even exist?

 

[Wacky D]

He's been playing bad for the last few seasons, I mean, this shyt is common knowledge and has been acknowledged by everyone.

WHAT THE fukk DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH THE MEDIA?

There's a reason why ESPN ranked him the 93rd best player in the league coming into this season.

what does it have to do with the media? EVERYTHING.

nobody gives a f*ck about some lil espn rankings. be smart son.