he needs 29
I remember back in high school, when Kobe was sitting on the bench...
...dudes hated the ground he walked on, then. A few years later in college, every time the Lakers would play on TV, dudes would be mean-mugging the TV every time he touched the ball.
I've heard more excuses than I can even remember for why people hate him. Hell, I know people who don't even WATCH basketball that hate that dude, and they can't even tell you why.
It's as if their was some mass brainwashing causing people to hate him, because when you have non-basketball watchers that can't even explain why they hate Kobe ... hating him as much as the people who DO watch basketball...
...something's up.
In any case...
....fuck Mr. Clutch. How in the fuck are you Mr. Clutch with one ring, and nine championship appearances?Those White boys get an extra pat on the back when they play at the same level of the elite Black players.
FUCK KOBE!!!!!!!!!
GRIZZ WINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1![]()
All-time Laker leader in points. Nuff said
I bet cranrab is rolling over in his grave.![]()
Yeah, that shit means nothing without the win
He's the all time leading scorer but yet certain idiots on here thinks he's still overrated![]()
He's one of the most dominant athletes in the game. No fucking way Kobe is overrated.He's the all time leading scorer but yet certain idiots on here thinks he's still overrated
Yours Truly....Professor
Cranrab is always on time with the obscure buried in the back stats![]()
its amazing and sad how so many people could hate someone they dont know personally. its just stupid.
its amazing and sad how so many people could hate someone they dont know personally. its just stupid , congrats to that dude ,plus he got many years left to play.
u know they would be the first in line to trade places with dude. only thing u can do is laugh at 'um and watch um wash down that hate with a nice big glass of haterade....
Great information man. Thanks for that. Very brave and impressive on their parts. Athletes willing to take a stand and risk their livlihood is nothing we see these days.Frustrated by low wages, excessive traveling and the lack of a pension plan, Elgin, Oscar, Russell and others decided to strike at the 1964 NBA All-Star Game in Boston. It was one of the ballsiest and shrewdest decisions in the history of professional sports that nobody ever mentions; every financial development with the NBA (the players' union, escalating salaries, you name it) basically started on this night.
The players told commissioner Walter Kennedy two hours before the game that they weren't playing without a pension agreement in place. With ABC televising the game and threatening Kennedy that any potential TV contract would go up in smoke if the players left them hanging with dead air, Kennedy agreed 15 minutes before tipoff to facilitate a pension deal with the owners. This was the first instance in American history of professional athletes risking their careers and paychecks for a greater good. And ultimately, you had what turned out to be the first pension plan of the modern sports era, the first real victory for a players' union in sports history.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/print?id=3632021&type=story
I added the last part about elgin baylor's contribution to the sport because i know MOST of BGOL has no respect or regard for the GAME. i also know that tobe's girlfriends on BGOL don't know (or won't acknowledge) that tobe was THE ONLY PLAYER IN THE LEAGUE who voted AGAINST a NBAPA bargaining agreement SOLELY BECAUSE HE WOULDN'T GET PAID MORE THAN SHAQUILLE O'NEAL.
Nothing? If this was a deciding championship game, that still wouldn't be true, but I could understand the sentiment. The Lakers are only one game shy of best record in the league and are leading the West. This one game is far less significant than his breaking Jerry West's record. It definitely means something without the win.Yeah, that shit means nothing without the win
tobe isn't close to jerry west in talent. not close.
tobe is probably closer to elgin baylor. but elgin baylor is still more talented than tobe.
because casual fans have poor understanding of the game, and even worse recollection of the players, it's easy to see how fanboys become enthralled with the myth.
hilarious how people who claim to be fakers fans sully the memory of their franchise's greatest actual players.
here's some help:
During the 1961-62 season, Elgin played only 48 games -- all on weekends, all without practicing -- and somehow averaged 38 points, 19 rebounds and five assists a game.
Why was this better than Wilt's 50 per game or Oscar's season-long triple-double? Because the guy didn't practice! He was moonlighting as an NBA player on weekends!
Elgin's 38-19-5 makes no sense whatsoever. I don't see how this happened. It's inconceivable. A U.S. Army Reservist at the time, Elgin lived in a barracks in the state of Washington, leaving only whenever they gave him a weekend pass ... and even with that pass, he could only fly coach on flights with multiple connections to meet the Lakers wherever they happened to be playing. Once he arrived, he would throw on a uniform and battle the best NBA players alive on back-to-back nights -- fortunately for the Lakers, most games were scheduled on the weekends back then -- and make the same complicated trip back to Washington on Sunday night or Monday morning. That was his life for five months.
Frustrated by low wages, excessive traveling and the lack of a pension plan, Elgin, Oscar, Russell and others decided to strike at the 1964 NBA All-Star Game in Boston. It was one of the ballsiest and shrewdest decisions in the history of professional sports that nobody ever mentions; every financial development with the NBA (the players' union, escalating salaries, you name it) basically started on this night.
The players told commissioner Walter Kennedy two hours before the game that they weren't playing without a pension agreement in place. With ABC televising the game and threatening Kennedy that any potential TV contract would go up in smoke if the players left them hanging with dead air, Kennedy agreed 15 minutes before tipoff to facilitate a pension deal with the owners. This was the first instance in American history of professional athletes risking their careers and paychecks for a greater good. And ultimately, you had what turned out to be the first pension plan of the modern sports era, the first real victory for a players' union in sports history.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/print?id=3632021&type=story
I added the last part about elgin baylor's contribution to the sport because i know MOST of BGOL has no respect or regard for the GAME. i also know that tobe's girlfriends on BGOL don't know (or won't acknowledge) that tobe was THE ONLY PLAYER IN THE LEAGUE who voted AGAINST a NBAPA bargaining agreement SOLELY BECAUSE HE WOULDN'T GET PAID MORE THAN SHAQUILLE O'NEAL.
I remember back in high school, when Kobe was sitting on the bench...
...dudes hated the ground he walked on, then. A few years later in college, every time the Lakers would play on TV, dudes would be mean-mugging the TV every time he touched the ball.
I've heard more excuses than I can even remember for why people hate him. Hell, I know people who don't even WATCH basketball that hate that dude, and they can't even tell you why.
It's as if their was some mass brainwashing causing people to hate him, because when you have non-basketball watchers that can't even explain why they hate Kobe ... hating him as much as the people who DO watch basketball...
...something's up.
In any case...
....fuck Mr. Clutch. How in the fuck are you Mr. Clutch with one ring, and nine championship appearances?Those White boys get an extra pat on the back when they play at the same level of the elite Black players.
fuck Mr. Clutch. How in the fuck are you Mr. Clutch with one ring, and nine championship appearances?Those White boys get an extra pat on the back when they play at the same level of the elite Black players.