in NBA history: Kobe dropping 55 points....






in the 2nd half. That's Kareem's career high in a game.

here's all 81 of his points in a 3 min video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?x-yt-ts=1421828030&v=FeXZY4eVLlo&x-yt-cl=84411374

funny thing is I 100% believe this actually could have been the second 80 point game of his career, I blame Phil for pulling him from the Dallas game a month prior when he had 62 points in 3 quarters.

I remember after 62 somebody made a thread on here asking if we'd see a 80 or 90 point game and almost everyone said it would never happen...just a month later, we get 81 in a game that didn't even go to OT.

ALL HAIL THE GOAT SCORER!!

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because Sam Mitchell was somehow trying to teach them a lesson and made them eat it against Kobe as part of his grandstanding. This was the year Skip to My Lou was apparently spending whole games freezing Jalen and some other guys out and there was a physical altercation between Vince and Mitchell in the locker room at some point.

So anyway Kobe torched a defense not even trying to play appropriate defense, but hey you'll have that DVD of horrible NBA coaching to enjoy forever.

The points he put up against Dallas will always be the superior performance and as a total aside I've started to wonder if the idea of having a 30 point scorer on your team being a good thing might be a relic in the NBA overall.



PS -- fuck Kobe.

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Forcing players to play man to man vs the Knicks basically letting Wilt have his way isn't even a contest.

The truth is even without the Jalen anecdote a lot of you would still search high and low for a wag to shit on an absolute awesome offensive performance.

fuck, i'm old.

Coach was on some bullshit that day.

Off the top of my head he hit 28 out of 46 and if those misses turn into points then we have a new record holder.

>Off the top of my head he hit 28 out of 46 and if those misses
>turn into points then we have a new record holder.

Generally speaking, if Kobe's misses turned into points, he'd be a terribly effective player.

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>Generally speaking, if Kobe's misses turned into points, he'd
>be a terribly effective player.

FG%: 100

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"have fun reveling in your pettiness tho" (C) Dula summing up 98% of OKS

"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left."
-Kobe speaking to investigators

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>Off the top of my head he hit 28 out of 46 and if those misses
>turn into points then we have a new record holder.

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"have fun reveling in your pettiness tho" (C) Dula summing up 98% of OKS

"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left."
-Kobe speaking to investigators

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if those misses
>turn into points then we have a new record holder.

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>Coach was on some bullshit that day.
>
>Off the top of my head he hit 28 out of 46 and if those misses
>turn into points then we have a new record holder.

David Thompson scored 73 without the benefit of the 3 point line: 28-38 from the field, 17-20 from the free-throw line meaning he scored only ONE less point while taking 8 LESS shots than Kobe (28-46 from the field, 7-13 from three, 18-20 from the free-throw line). YOU MAD!

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esp. in the last 2 seasons or so.

and the one other player besides Kobe to try it went to double OT and was traded shortly thereafter because he was a black hole on offense who the team felt was hampering the development of other young players:

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Rk Player Age Pos Date Tm Opp GS MP FG FGA FG% 2P 2PA 2P% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS GmSc
1 Kobe Bryant 27-152 G 2006-01-22 LAL TOR W 1 42 28 46 .609 21 33 .636 7 13 .538 18 20 .900 2 4 6 2 3 1 3 1 81 63.5
2 Kobe Bryant 28-128 G 2006-12-29 LAL CHA L 1 54 22 45 .489 18 34 .529 4 11 .364 10 12 .833 0 5 5 4 0 0 4 6 58 32.4
3 Kobe Bryant 28-219 G 2007-03-30 LAL HOU L 1 48 19 44 .432 16 35 .457 3 9 .333 12 14 .857 1 1 2 2 0 0 3 2 53 27.6
4 Kobe Bryant 27-137 G 2006-01-07 LAL LAC W 1 45 17 41 .415 10 26 .385 7 15 .467 9 10 .900 3 5 8 8 1 0 3 2 50 34.1
5 Kobe Bryant 29-144 G 2008-01-14 LAL SEA W 1 42 21 44 .477 19 36 .528 2 8 .250 4 7 .571 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 1 48 26.0
6 Zach Randolph 25-195 F 2007-01-27 POR MEM W 1 47 16 40 .400 15 38 .395 1 2 .500 9 11 .818 4 8 12 2 2 0 4 4 42 22.6
7 Kobe Bryant 34-121 G 2012-12-22 LAL GSW W 1 44 16 41 .390 14 33 .424 2 8 .250 0 1 .000 3 7 10 5 1 0 3 5 34 15.0

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They showed every shot Kobe made yesterday on Sports Center. It was some surreal shit. Even someone who doesn't worship at the altar of Kobe can give it up....

But as great as that moment was will we ever see anyone match Kobe's record or even more impressive Wilt's record?

GOAT of his era......long live Prince.....God is alive....

http://s3.amazonaws.com/media.wbur.org/wordpress/11/files/2012/03/0302_wilt-100.jpg

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more impressive

He did it in the playoffs, too

grassrootsphilosopher

If a game were to finish that way today it would tarnish the legacy of the performance forever

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http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/22748484/35060192/10

Actually, it might be a good thing we never saw it. Because from accounts of how it went down, the Warriors spent almost the entire fourth quarter fouling to get the ball back and force-feeding Chamberlain the ball. New York coach Eddie Donovan said, "The game was a farce. They would foul us and we would foul them." Chamberlain's shot attempts by quarter: 14, 12, 16, 21. You think in a blowout in today's game that a team would keeping feeding their star like that?"

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C'mon fam

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"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left."
-Kobe speaking to investigators

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And their starting center missed the game.

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He dropped 68 on a team that had FOUR HOFers (Monroe/McAdoo/Bradley/Frazier) while being matched up against one of the best perimeter defenders of all-time (Frazier) w/ a future HOF coach (Phil) witnessing it all from the bench. Besides, unlike Kobe he didn't have the benefit of the 3 point line.

As far as the most LEGIT greatest scoring feat against a mediocre team then David Thompson owns that title. He scored 73 without the benefit of the 3 point line: 28-38 from the field, 17-20 from the free-throw line meaning he scored only ONE less point while taking 8 LESS shots than Kobe. Besides, unlike Kobe he was doubled & tripled team in the 2nd half after putting on the GOAT 1st half performance & unlike Wilt he actually wasn't padding his stats since the Nuggets actually lost a close game in the 4th quarter.

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Nothing can ever replace my memory of that game...even watching the game and watching replays, it's hard for me to really wrap my head around it. Just absolutely incredible.

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"have fun reveling in your pettiness tho" (C) Dula summing up 98% of OKS

"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left."
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Considering those missed shots. He could've hit passed 100 easily if those misses turn into points but once again, coach was on some bullshit.

This post ain't about Wilt but about GOAT. Keep your hollow ass 100 where it belongs. The competition today is far superior that shit Wilt played with anyway.

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can't put it together. was said "coach" blocking his shots? seems like more people would be talking about that, right?

Coach could've drawn up better plays.

>Coach could've drawn up better plays.

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Anyone arguing against it at this point sounds like a Kobestanian arguing that Kobe's better than MJ. It's really not even debatable unless you just look at the totals and ignore all of the stats and context. Kobe should've retired two years ago and has hurt my feelings watching him fail this year. But that doesn't change history.

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Dude dropped 68 without a 3 point line, 68 without being a 7 footer. 68 against a team with hall of famers Earl Monroe, Bob McAdoo, Bill Bradley, Phil Jackson and Walt Frazier (one of the best perimeter defenders of all-time). Granted most of those guys were near the end of their careers but Pete actually outscored all of them combined by 20 points.

Maravich fouled out with a minute left in the game and after the game casually said, “I could have scored more. I missed a lot of easy shots early in the game.”

His final stat line in 43 minutes was 68 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists. 26 of 43 from the field and 16 of 19 from the line. He scored 17 in the 1st quarter, 14 in the 2nd, 17 in the 3rd and 20 in the 4th.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UTust5oFW4

Muphucka was the same size/build as Manu but had the athleticism of Nash. His game was so much ahead of its times I have no doubt dude would still be unstoppable in today's NBA. He would basically be 2005 postseason Manu for an entire 82 game season.

FYI: He is still the all-time leading NCAA Division I scorer with 3,667 points scored and an average of 44.2 points per game.

Maravich's longstanding collegiate scoring record is particularly impressive when two other factors are taken into account:

-First, NCAA rules at the time of Maravich's collegiate career prohibited freshmen from taking part in varsity competition, preventing Maravich from adding to his career record for a full quarter of his time at LSU. During this first year, Maravich scored 741 points in freshman competition.

-Second, Maravich played before the advent of the three-point line. His long-distance shooting skill thus produced fewer points than would have been the case in a later era.

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No video of it exists so he just narrated it for NBA.COM

During the 1976-77 season, when Pete Maravich of the New Orleans Jazz racked up 68 points against the New York Knicks, Pete was in the midst of contract negotiations. I remember thinking then that timing was everything. While I had no plans to attempt something so grand as the regular season was coming to a close, the fact was that I was in the same position as the Pistol. My contract was up due to the "convenience clause" that allowed me the chance to become a free agent at the end of my third year if I so desired. So subconsciously, who knows?

Detroit started M. L. Carr and John Shumate at forward, rookie Ben Poquette at center, and Chris Ford and Eric Money at guard. Robert Kauffman was at the helm for the Pistons. The Motor City was about to witness NBA history.

I hit the first eight shots I took, mainly medium-range jumpers from 15 to 18 feet. As the quarter wore on, I also got a few dunks on alley-oops.

The 6-foot-9 Poquette stuffed me cleanly on one dunk attempt, but I connected on my last five shots of the first quarter, and we took a six-point lead into the second stanza, 42-36.

Not realizing what had just occurred -- it all happened so fast -- I was amazed to learn later that I had set an NBA record for most points in a quarter with 32. That beat Wilt Chamberlain's 1962 mark by one, set in that historic game where Wilt scored 100 points. Equally stunning was my accuracy in that first quarter. I went 13-14 from the field (Poquette's block being the only shot I missed) and 6-6 from the foul line.

My 13 field goals were also a new NBA record, and it still stands to this day.

I was definitely in the zone; I felt like Superman on steroids. There wasn't a shot I put up that I didn't think, as soon as it left my hands, would go anywhere but in the hoop.

The feeling continued in the second quarter. The first seven balls that I sent toward the rim went in, and the Pistons were starting to look a little nervous. I completed the second frame with 21 points, giving me 53 points in the first half. You could see it on the Detroit players' faces -- something like, "There's no way we can let this guy get 100 on us." A hundred points? Heck, I was just a 6-foot-4 guard with a hot hand. I nailed the first 20 of 21 shots I had taken and was 20-23 at the half. I'd caught fire before, but never anything like this. We were also keeping the Pistons at bay and held a dominant 14-point advantage at the half, 83-69.

By now word had found its way out, and the camera crews and TV reporters were pouring into Cobo Arena. Brent Musberger was anchoring the CBS Game of the Week, and he cut into the scheduled telecast to report what I had done in the first half in Detroit.

The Pistons came out determined to shut me down in the third quarter, and Chris Ford, Eric Money, M. L. Carr, and Al Skinner all took turns double, triple, and sometimes quadruple-teaming me. I felt like a caged rat, but still somehow managed six third-quarter points. It wasn't a lot, but there wasn't much I could do. Even worse, the Pistons had closed the gap to 106-104. It wasn't about me any more; it was about trying to win the game.

The Pistons scored 10 straight points in the fourth quarter to take a commanding 121-112 lead, and then they held off a late Nuggets surge to win the game, 139-137. I scored on a three-point play in the final minute, but it wasn't enough.

I finished with 73 points -- the third highest total ever, the most ever by a guard, and the second most in a non-overtime game. The Big Dipper -- Chamberlain -- scored the 100 in 1962, of course, then amassed 78 in a 1961 triple overtime contest and hit for 73 twice in 1962. Of course, Wilt was also 7-foot-1. I was a mere mortal at 6-4. My final line for the game: 28-38 from the field, 17-20 from the free-throw line, seven rebounds, and I played 43 out of 48 minutes. When I came out for those five minutes, my teammates treated me like the way baseball players treat pitchers throwing a no-hitter late in the game -- they wouldn't talk to me. They wouldn't even sit near me, fearing some sort of basketball voodoo jinx.

Here's some food for thought: It has been speculated that had I had the benefit of today's three-point line, my total would have been in the high 80s.

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honestly there are not a lot of 60+ point performances that aren't incredible. maybe the cheesiest one was david robinson going for 71 and the scoring title against the clippers.

thompson almost had the most dramatic steal of a scoring title in that game but gervin put up 63 to hold on.

crazy to think at that game where thompson poured it on there was less than 4000 people. for wilt, too, though it was a tiny arena. no video of either game.

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>thompson almost had the most dramatic steal of a scoring title
>in that game but gervin put up 63 to hold on.

Doug Moe heard the news that Thompson had dropped 73 earlier in the day & told Ice to shoot every time he touched the ball until he got 58.

He had 33 in the 2nd quarter to break Thompson's record for most point in a quarter that had been set just 7 hours earlier. He ended up w/ 53 at the half thus needed only 5 points in the 2nd half to clinch the scoring title. He got to 58 midway through the 3rd & ended up finishing the quarter w/ 63. He didn't play in the 4th quarter b/c the Spurs had already clinched the division title before the game started but he could have had 80 if he wanted to have a got at it.

Gervin finished with a memorable line, hitting 23-for-49 from the field and 17-for-20 from the line en route to a career-high 63 points in 33 minutes. He had one assist.

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Lol are we supposed to just overlook that joke of an ending when comparing it to 81?overlook the fact that he was still in the game late in a blowout? He was out there with all backups at one point.

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>Lol are we supposed to just overlook that joke of an ending
>when comparing it to 81?overlook the fact that he was still in
>the game late in a blowout? He was out there with all backups
>at one point.

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Some of your communication logic/processes don't make any sense

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"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left."
-Kobe speaking to investigators

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WHAT'S GOOD *****? What's REALLY good?!?!????!!! Ha HA!
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You're proving the point...my initial broad guess is some kind of cerebrum pathology.

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"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left."
-Kobe speaking to investigators

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Throw shyt in my face & I'll throw the shyt right back at you.

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He has been making that comparison throughout this post (in fact pointing you to a post in which he was again making a single game to game comparison)...that's been the point of reference this entire time. Leave it to you to not be able to understand that communication logic. The one thing worse than Kobe's shooting % this season is the % of your generalized analogies that actually make sense

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"have fun reveling in your pettiness tho" (C) Dula summing up 98% of OKS

"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left."
-Kobe speaking to investigators

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When Kobe sets tainted milestones, it's all good but when someone else does it, all hell breaks loose in Kobestani. Where is the consistency? Basically, I was just calling him out b/c he had the audacity to call Wilt's record tainted after celebrating & defending Kobe passing MJ as if it was a legit milestone.

In any case, I already stated BOTH Wilt's & Kobe's scoring feats are tainted in comparison to Pistol's & Thompson's so if y'all want to split hairs about tainted scoring feats then go knock yourselves out. Throw in Admiral's 71 & Gervin's 63 while you're at it just so y'all have all the tainted scoring feats from every era covered.

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He need OT to score 50 against the vaunted Suns defense in 2006 but he has never scored 50 in regulation in a playoff game.

-He has actually been matched point-for-point by Austin Croshere & blown out of the waters by Reggie/Jalen Rose in the '00 Finals.
-AI blew him out of the waters in the '01 Finals
-Both Rip/Billups along w/ Ray/Pierce each basically matched him point for point in the '04/'08 Finals respectively.

He had a team good enough to get to the finals so no excuses!

TOP INDIVIDUAL NBA POSTSEASON SCORING PERFORMANCES

Points Scored FGM FTM PTS
Michael Jordan, CHI at BOS 22 19 63 20Apr86
Elgin Baylor, LAL at BOS 22 17 61 14Apr62
Wilt Chamberlain, PHW vs SYR at PHW 22 12 56 22Mar62
Michael Jordan, CHI at MIA 20 16 56 29Apr92
Charles Barkley, PHO at GSW 23 7 56 4May94
Rick Barry, SFW vs PHI at SFW 22 11 55 18Apr67
Michael Jordan, CHI vs CLE at CHI 24 7 55 1May88
Michael Jordan, CHI vs PHO at CHI 21 13 55 16Jun93
Michael Jordan, CHI vs WAS at CHI 22 10 55 27Apr97
John Havlicek, BOS vs ATL at BOS 24 6 54 1Apr73
Michael Jordan, CHI vs NYK at CHI 18 12 54 31May93
Allen Iverson, PHI vs TOR at PHI 21 9 54 9May01
Wilt Chamberlain, PHW vs SYR at PHW 24 5 53 14Mar60
Jerry West, LAL vs BOS at LAL 21 11 53 23Apr69
Jerry West, LAL vs BAL at LAL 16 20 52 5Apr65
Allen Iverson, PHI vs TOR at PHI 21 2 52 16May01

ThE complete list OF players who have scored 50 or more points in a playoff game-->http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_National_Basketball_Association_players_with_50_or_more_points_in_a_playoff_game

It's pretty obvious MJ is the GOAT scorer & AI in his prime was a better scorer than Bean. They also own the #1 & #2 postseason career averages respectively: http://www.basketball-reference.com/leaders/pts_per_g_career_p.html

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Muphuckas pick & choose battles again uninformed posters who aren't armed w/ FACTS that would tear down whatever is left standing in Kobestanville. #cowards

BTW...When their replay simply includes nothing but insults then it just means they are M-A-D, so take it as a compliment.

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Give Kobe another 17 field goal attempts in that game and we have a new leader in points scored in a game. 100 points is 100 points in that era but Wilt took 63 shots.

Is there a top 10 pernennial all-star possiby borderline hall of famer in their prime that couldn't score 100 points on 63 shots? I'm not shitting on Wilt's accomplishment no one's dropping the mic without proper perspective. Someone tell Filf, President and CEO of Kobestani, to write a dissertation on Wilt's shot chart.

This is wildly off the reservation, even for you.

... I'm bringing proper perspective to this agenda driven discussion. Just so we're clear now and in the future: an agenda driven response more than justifies an agenda driven response. You (not you CT) can't come with some agenda shit, look up and yell troll. Nope, not happening.

Give Kobe 17 more shots and I guarantee he scores passes 100 points. Give Jordan 63 shot attempts to score 100 points and watch what happens. We can go down the list of perennial all-star borderline hall of fame players in the modern era that would score 100 points if given 63 attempts.

But shit even he ain't that much of a ball hog...Wilt's selfishness was on a whole 'nother level

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until he's fucking gone.

I wouldn't walk away from 25 mil. I get it. I even get the contract as a measured insurance policy in case we struck out on free agency. I still think it was best to blow it all up after Dwight left.

But, you know, I'm also sick of my team being held hostage by him.

I'll waive that flag again after he's gone, but I think I'm getting off the train for a year if he returns.

I don't see how he's holding the team hostage when he simply accepted the offer put in front of him. I don't quite follow that train of thought.

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"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left."
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That deal is a bad deal and his presence is not beneficial. He’s not holding the team hostage, his contract is.

The writing is on the wall. He’s done. It’s over. I get that he’d take the money and I get the thinking of resigning him.

Thing is, it hasn’ t been a good thing. Him playing this year wasn’t a good thing. Him returning won’t be a good thing.

Getting Dwight and trading for Nash was an all-in move that failed miserably. I get the wisdom, understood the risk/reward factor, and accept that we lost a gamble. It still failed, right? Yes, that’s holding this team hostage. He’s not holding a gun to anyone’s head and nobody forced management to sign him and all that is fair and well. Doesn’t mean it’s working.

I’m off the train starting next season, until Bean retires. I don’t care if we’re still terrible after, but I’ll jump right back on when he leaves. All time favorite player, a living legend, he’s given all of us fans a shit ton of memories, but I can’t cosign anymore Kobe at this stage.

Why is that onus completely on the player? I'm not even talking about Kobe specifically....if management offers a contract that hamstrings the team, how is it fair to put all of the hamstringing blame on the player who signed it? Pinpointing the player who is naturally going to act in a certain way when presented with that contract rather than pinpointing those created that situation in the first place....that doesn't add up to me.

We made our bed with that contract offer and now we have to sleep in it.

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"have fun reveling in your pettiness tho" (C) Dula summing up 98% of OKS

"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left."
-Kobe speaking to investigators

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that's the real problem -- not the money, not the determination to work through difficult injuries, not supposed struggle to attract free agents. Kobe needs to take a step back and be more of a supportive veteran than a numbers hungry kid, but for a guy who's shown he's gifted at adding to and developing his game, learning how to take a backseat to let others shine somehow seems beyond him.

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That stubborness is what has turned him into an all-time great, it's what created some rough patches, and it's what makes him currently believe he can still be the guy. He isn't Paul Pierce, their personalities and psyches are completely different.

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"have fun reveling in your pettiness tho" (C) Dula summing up 98% of OKS

"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left."
-Kobe speaking to investigators

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I can't ride for his stubbornness. Why should I support that?

Yeah, I can ride for it when it produces wins and title contention. When that stubbornness hinders the development of younger talent and/or (depending on the game) no longer possesses the upside his younger self had, I can't ride for it.

If he's too old to change or just won't, that's good and well. I refuse to support it.

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<--The drought is over

"have fun reveling in your pettiness tho" (C) Dula summing up 98% of OKS

"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left."
-Kobe speaking to investigators

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Im not mad at the contract in a vacuum. I'm mad at the fact that he won't ease off the gas and let the kids run the show while he picks his spots. Because he's still approaching the game like he's still The Man, his contract is an albatross. If he approached the game with the mentality that he's going to focus on mentoring and building up the younger guys, I could live with that. He's not and I can't.

I'll see Jim in two years if/when he does/doesn't keep his word by stepping down if they're not contending at that time.

For now, Kobe's done and coming back to the detriment of the team is something I simply won't support. If we get that top 5 pick and make a killing this off season, I'll wait to see how he plays. If he's still on his alpha dog bullshit I don't see how anyone can support him. We shit on AI for the same selfishness. Kobe doesn't get a pass for it.

It's one thing if he's more a mentor out there, but his refusal to adapt this last year is inexcusable and I can't ride for that if it continues. I have no reason to think he's going to ease up and let the kids cook, so why would/should I support that?

Sure, management gave him the money. He's the one who determines how he plays.

In and of itself

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<--The drought is over

"have fun reveling in your pettiness tho" (C) Dula summing up 98% of OKS

"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left."
-Kobe speaking to investigators

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