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Jordan was an ass to his teammates. A complete ass. he kept the knife in their backs, and throats. How many years did he gun before they won it all?
You guys put MJ on mount Olympus and Kobe and the Lakers in the gutter.
Even though Blunt went into the gutter about the father comments, Kobe played with his life on the line and excelled. Does that mean Kobe is more of a competitor? Fuck no, different people.
Faced with an unwindable game, he bitched some, but he also tried to keep running the O. The stats I posted backed up this fact. 3 huge games with individual efforts resulted in 3 ass whoopings. It would not have mattered and you know it.
Kobe's 81 in a win mean nothing in this thread
Mike 63 in a loss mean everything
Kool.
If he gets 7, the media will crown him and the Lakers king and i wont say shit.
If he doesn't get to 6, I will never say he's better than Mike, but right now, he's close. Closer than anyone else.
Jordan was a dick because he was the most competitive man in the NBA who also was the most talented. imagine having to deal with that on a TEAM sport. he forced his team to play to his level and helped them win. it wasn't Jordan alone that did it though, evident by Kerr and Paxson's game-winning shots that were passed to them by Jordan.
Kobe isn't in the gutter, but the way people keep comparing him to Jordan cause of the superficial stuff (height, position, game) while ignoring what made Jordan Jordan is where the problem arises. keep in mind, they invented a word 'Jordanesque' to describe what Mike did. Kobe isn't on that level.
Ignore the troll and it's left field rantings that have shit to do with shit. dude's pops got killed. he was under scrutiny for gambling. he was tired of it all. he needed a reset.
My issue with Kobe is have contrived he is. the whole last minute fly back from Denver during the trial so i can save the day shit was phoney. he wanted to be viewed as Superman flying in, caping the team. the Spike documentary proved how full of shit he was, trying hard to be the good, fun teammate, talking it up and having laugs. Radmonvic was surprised when Kobe was talking to him. it was all for the cameras.
what makes that game 7 against Phoenix so disgraceful was that the Lakers were up in the series 3-1. and then they got blown out in the final game. THE FINAL GAME! was the point (whatever it was) Kobe trying to make worth ending your season over? would Mike let that happen to his team?
in phil jackson's first Lakers book, he said that he thought that Kobe would dog it in his HS games so he could come in and save the day at crunch time. i still believe that shit.
everything Kobe does is about him and centered around people's perception of him just like ARod. Kobe and ARod are 2 of the biggest frauds in the game. and i'm a yankees fan!
In the Eastern Conference Finals, James led the Cavaliers from an 0–2 deficit against the Detroit Pistons to win the series in six games. His performance in Game 5 was especially memorable. James recorded a franchise-record 48 points on 54.5% field goal shooting, to go with 9 rebounds and 7 assists. In addition, James scored 29 of Cleveland's last 30 points, including the team's final 25 points in a double-overtime victory. He concluded the night with the game-winning lay-up with 2 seconds left. NBA analyst Marv Albert referred to James's performance as "one of the greatest moments in postseason history," while color commentator Steve Kerr called it "Jordan-esque."
Hmmmmm
Funny pic, the TRUTH isn't funny for those Laker fans that watched the entire game
PHOENIX (AP) -- The Phoenix Suns went from the brink to a blowout, from the edge of elimination to one of the most impressive turnarounds in NBA playoff history.
So much for the nail-biting suspense of a Game 7. The fast, feisty Suns won in a 121-90 laugher over the listless Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday night.
Leandro Barbosa led the layup parade with a career playoff-best 26 points on 10-of-12 shooting and the Suns became the eighth team in NBA history to win a series after trailing 3-1.
"I am going to steal a line from Disney and say it's a small world after all," Phoenix coach Mike D'Antoni said. "I guess small guys can play. That's about as good as we could play. Every one of our guys, I can't pick out one, all of them had an amazing game."
That all-L.A. second-round series that looked so probable a few days ago vanished in a blur of Suns' fast breaks and repeated drives to the basket.
Instead, the Clippers will come to Phoenix for Game 1 of the second-round series on Monday night.
"It's a shame we couldn't have given them a better game," said the Lakers' Phil Jackson, who lost a first-round series for the first time in his coaching career.
Kobe Bryant scored 24 points of 8-of-16=50% shooting, but the rest of the Lakers starters were 17-for-50 =34%. Bryant scored only one point and took just three shots in the second half.
"If we were going to get back in this type of game, we have to have everybody contributing," Bryant explained.
The Suns started the first quarter with a 16-6 run and ended it with a 12-2 spurt. They made 14 of 20 shots for 70 percent, while the Lakers were a bumbling 6-for-20.
With the Suns leading 20-13, Barbosa sank a 13-footer and a layup, then dished off to Marion for a stuff in an 8-0 surge that put Phoenix ahead 28-13 with 1:15 left in the first.
After Kwame Brown, who was 1-for-5 in the first quarter, made two free throws, Bell made a 20-footer and Barbosa two free throws to put Phoenix ahead 32-15 after one.
Barbosa's layup to start the second quarter made it 34-15. Bryant cut the lead to single digits, 45-36, with a 3-pointer 6:21 before halftime. But Bell followed with a 3, then Bryant was called for an offensive foul. Replays showed Bryant elbowed Bell to the face, the kind of play the Suns' guard had complained about throughout the series.
Tim Thomas' stuff with 5:32 remaining in the half put Phoenix ahead 50-36.
Bryant's 21-footer as the shot clock expired cut the lead to 50-40, but the Suns scored the next six with Diaw's two free throws making it 56-40 with 51 seconds to go.
Nash left the court with a slight limp after stepping on Marion's foot on the play but returned in the second half.
Bryant made a 3-pointer with 24 seconds remaining, then Diaw sank a 20-footer with 1.1 seconds to play and Phoenix led 60-45 at the break
You say he quit? Hmmmmmm
12:00 Start of the 3rd Quarter
11:37 45-60 Steve Nash misses 27-foot three point jumper
11:36 Luke Walton defensive rebound 45-60
11:15 Smush Parker misses two point shot 45-60
11:12 45-60 Steve Nash defensive rebound
11:03 45-62 Shawn Marion makes 17-foot jumper (Boris Diaw assists)
10:37 Luke Walton makes 25-foot three point jumper (Smush Parker assists) 48-62
10:29 48-65 Raja Bell makes 25-foot three point jumper (Boris Diaw assists)
10:17 Kwame Brown misses jumper 48-65
10:15 Smush Parker misses tip shot 48-65
10:15 Smush Parker offensive rebound 48-65
10:14 Kwame Brown misses tip shot 48-65
10:14 Kwame Brown offensive rebound 48-65
10:11 48-65 James Jones defensive rebound
10:03 Kwame Brown shooting foul (James Jones draws the foul) 48-65
10:03 48-66 James Jones makes free throw 1 of 2
10:03 Ronny Turiaf enters the game for Kwame Brown 48-66
10:03 48-67 James Jones makes free throw 2 of 2
9:47 Luke Walton misses layup 48-67
9:45 Lamar Odom misses tip shot 48-67
9:45 Lamar Odom offensive rebound 48-67
9:44 Ronny Turiaf makes layup 50-67
9:44 Ronny Turiaf offensive rebound 50-67
9:36 Ronny Turiaf personal foul (Boris Diaw draws the foul) 50-67
9:21 50-69 Boris Diaw makes two point shot (Steve Nash assists)
9:02 Luke Walton misses 14-foot jumper 50-69
9:00 50-69 Steve Nash defensive rebound
8:52 50-71 Raja Bell makes layup
3 minutes of team ball, the Laker "TEAM" is down by 21.
They were down by 15 at the half with Kobe over 50%.
Jacking it up would have netted the same result.
Tell the truth and shame the devil.
Jordan was a dick because he was the most competitive man in the NBA who also was the most talented.
Same thing Kobe is now.
what makes that game 7 against Phoenix so disgraceful was that the Lakers were up in the series 3-1. and then they got blown out in the final game. THE FINAL GAME! was the point (whatever it was) Kobe trying to make worth ending your season over? would Mike let that happen to his team?
No.
Mike never took a 7th seed team against a 2 and go up 3-1
he was swept out of the playoffs
A Kobe LED team has never been swept out of the playoffs
This is the Truth, but I am still admitting Mike is better now
in phil jackson's first Lakers book, he said that he thought that Kobe would dog it in his HS games so he could come in and save the day at crunch time. i still believe that shit.
That's why Phil didn't ran back to coach him.
everything Kobe does is about him and centered around people's perception of him just like ARod. Kobe and ARod are 2 of the biggest frauds in the game. and i'm a yankees fan!
"Jordan even flew in his old high school teammate—who his high school coach chose over Jordan for the varsity basketball team—to his Hall of Fame speech just to make fun of him, and he even insulted Dean Smith for leaving him off the Sports Illustrated cover because he was a freshman." Excerpt from a MJ/Kobe article
LordSinister,
2006 - 2007 Season - LeBron James
they were down 0-2 in the series and that ninja refused to let his team lose even if it meant doing ALL the heavy lifting himself. no one said he was selfish because we all could see he had to do it by himself. he willed his team to victory as he carried them ninjas on his shoulders.
that is a player.
i'm sure jordan was proud.![]()
This is quite relevant. this was the de-facto way the Lakers were playing. jacking the ball didn't work!! So your argument is based on he quit cause he didn't jack it up?That is beneath you.
I posted facts from the season to establish precedent.
Jordan went down gunning, and he still lost. it wasn't until he evolved that he started to win.
Faced with an unwindable game, he bitched some, but he also tried to keep running the O. The stats I posted backed up this fact. 3 huge games with individual efforts resulted in 3 ass whoopings.
Kobe's 81 in a win mean nothing in this thread
not quoting it all, just hitting some points.yes, great move by Le Bronze, who refused to shake hands after he was swept out of the finals.
his Momma should be proud.
man, some teams (Dallas mavericks) quit when 1 guy goes nuclear on them (Kobe, Hott Lipps)
Some teams relish that. That outburst would not have worked against the suns. They would have kept scoring.
You have the Nerve to post 1 game where Smush parker showed up. You didn't mention the fact that THAT bitch Ninja shot .333 for the series.
You only talk about 1 game. So kobe should have put his faith in Smush?
Why?
No one else ever has or ever will. The Bum is out of the League.
Matter of fact cranrab, the only Laker that shot a better percentage for the series was Kwame Brown. maybe Kobe should have put all hope and trust in him?
You really need to stop with the hate and tell the truth. That team sneaked into the playoffs as a seventh seed with an WNBA roster and took the Suns to 7
I already posted the cold hard stats of the "players" on that team.
Only 1 player on that Laker team (besides ratboy) is logging significant minutes in the NBA right now.
wrong.
it wasn't until he got rid of the chucker head coach that he started to win.
Sooooo it's the coaches fault?
you did it again. start off the paragraph talking about G7, but only 2 sentences later, you take yourself back to 3 irrelevant regular season games. why not just use G6 as an example.
is it because you don't want to talk about the series in context?
about how raja bell got into tobe's head? about how raja bell unhinged tobe and caused him to implode and derail the fakers' train?
G5 with nothing to lose, raja bell pulled the "dirty play" card and got into the fakers head. fakers pucker down the stretch, and lose G5, making the series 3-2.
Yes, the team fails, yes, you're on the right track.
G6 tobe abandons the PREVIOUSLY SUCCESSFUL game plan because his fragile ego needs to show how he can "impose his will" on a game. well he did, didn't he. instead of closing out the suns and taking care of TEAM business, he put his personal agenda ahead of all else jacking up 35 FGAs and earning the L. series tied 3-3. and we all know how that story ended.
yes, his team reverts to form and they lose.
correct.
and it shouldn't. are you suggesting otherwise?
because the reason michael jordan is considered among the best (if not the best) is not due to any singular scoring performance. so neither then, should tobe be considered near the best due to any singular scoring performance.
I've addressed all of this in the very reply your replying to.Fam, I respect your posts, but this is a cop out. I didn't think it could be done. You are one of the posters who would be able to do it, if at all possible.
In just replying to your first paragraph, i'm not looking at Jordan's cultural icon status. That's why I want someone to provide stats to back up the claim that Kobe is not far behind (please, someone provide us with the stats to solidify this claim).
Much of his lore? Please explain.
But his mystique can be deconstructed... Just like his stats.
His mystique can be deconstucted, but his stats? Seriously, I just want someone to do this in a convincingly way.
Geez, fam... Let me rephrase the statement, since you seem to have missed the gist of it: Every generation has a proverbial 'Michael Jordan' (transcendent icon who's tangible achievement are surpassed by their intangibles).wrong, MFH. completely wrong.
every generation couldn't possibly have a michael jordan. the infra-structure didn't exist.
before nike's media campaigns and merchandising, converse barely scratched the surface with julius erving. so there was no blitz which caused the public to be swayed.
but michael jordan was the tip of the iceberg, not the mountain top.
technological developements with internet, mobile communications, satellite broadcasts, etc., all make it now MORE THAN EVER possible to create and disseminate a myth: tobe.
this was all aided (NOT created) along by the NBA itself; as the number of teams grew, and the amount of talent drastically began to wane, the league understood that it would have to expand globally to increase the draw. so now we have stars instead of teams. the marquee matchup used to be team v. team (celtics v. fakers, celtics v. 76ers) with only RARE attention played to the individual (bill russell v. wilt chamberlain, earvin johnson v. larry bird). now EVERY game is billed as the STAR & teammates v. the other STAR & teammates. ex. yao ming & the rockets v. dwight howard and the magic, carmelo anthony & the nuggets v. kevin durant & the thunder.
it's more proof that today's casual fan doesn't really understand the SPORT of basketball, because it's presented to them as an INDIVIDUAL event, like WWF.
The fact that they did change strategy and came away with 3 wins says a lot. It tells me the Kobe you hate was changing. That he wanted to win more than score.
So you admit jacking the pill doesn't win the series?
Tim
I am a Laker fan. Kobe gets the limelight because of the nature of show biz. I would Pick Magic over all these ninjas to start my team.
Kobe packs the place, sells the jerseys and makes the machine money.
As long as he does, he will get the spotlight.
But, without D-Fish and Pau Kobe doesn't win a ring.
Just like without pippen and Grant/Rodman
Jordan doesn't either.
cuzz, stop with the idol worship.![]()
admit it?
i've been saying that chucking isn't a winning formula. period. regardless of the chucker.
for YEARS on BGOL that has been a staple of the criticism. you're just NOW seeing that?
problem is you're saying it didn't work against phoenix IN THIS SERIES. i'm saying it's never a successful game plan for winning basketball.
the irony of this statement![]()
not quoting it all, just hitting some points.
the Lebron Momma reference makes you sound like a certain Troll!tossing irrelevant barbs!!!
BGOL is talking shit and posting pics.
i love how you emphasis a KOBE LED Lakers! knowing full well that he has been swept on more than one occasion.
re:Jordan. i never met the man but i worked with dudes at Nike and Weiden/Kennedy who know Jordan real well. this is who Jordan is. he is the most competitive person you will meet. he bets 5K on balls and strikes in a baseball game. being that competitive makes you a dickhead because you carry around a huge chip on your shoulder. i felt by calling those people out, he was acknowledging them in a way for being the motivation behind making him so great. it's like a left-handed compliment.
i can tell from your posts that you are facing facts that your boy Kobe Bean isn't up to snuff with Michael Jeffery.
it's been fun. and i'm being for real.
LordSinister from page 2 of this thread!! said:Kobe is about 88-93% Jordan. 5 rings will move that to 95%. 6 rings will move that to 97% 7 rings will put him even.
Now, if he continues with the post play, and increasing his FG% up to 50% and upping his assist/turnover ratio, I'll give it to him. Right now, he still has serious flaws.
But he does have 81
Jordan never had 81
understood, but you have to give people time to get over the fact that kobe won a ring after shaq. It hurts them inside. It ruined everything they stood for. You should have known people would start bringing up past situations to make him look bad. They know no better. They are bitter. Let them be.
Yeah, stay off my dick.![]()
Well at least its good to know you think about your own and not just Kobe's........
Exactly. In this series the regular season pointed this out.
That is why I brought it up. Game 7, the rest of the Lakers didn't show up. 16 shots which were sufficient to beat them before ended in a Laker blowout loss.
You can't call him a quitter for taking the same amount of shots he took in a team win as a team loss. That's a bad argument.
Therefore, either he quit, or the team lost by your definition because 16 shots by "Tobe" is an acceptable amount for the team to win.
3 game winners, yes game winners in 29days
he lives in a nice community.I dare him to say 1 good thing about Kobe.![]()
maybe bgol group therapy?
G4, tobe had 14 FGAs in 38.5 minutes and a fakers W. think pace. think rationing.
G7, tobe had 13 FGAs in THE FIRST HALF.
so you really want to compare the 2? you really think those are congruent because the numbers are similar?
he lives in a nice community.
happy?
I bet MJ's house is nicer eh?
What was the deficit before he started jacking?
The funny thing is you're blaming Kobe for the 4 losses and giving no credit for the 3 wins.