>>>Dude took 2 shots in the 2nd half vs Detroit, 8 in total.
>>El
>>>Essence emailed Sam Smith (who was the Bulls beat writer at
>>>the time) and dude confirmed that MJ was out there pouting
>>and
>>>trying to prove a point. That summer was when he ran Doug
>>>Collins out of town.
>>
>>
>>
>>He indeed ran Doug out of town...But that 8 shots was not MJ
>>pouting... I was in the Chi too and I got folks that was
>>connected with the Bulls ORG back then...And MJ did not QUIT
>>on his team...I never heard anything about dude pulling a
>>Kobe...That Detroit "Jordan Rules" denfense was enough of a
>>headache for MJ to pulling that shit...
>
>That's what Sam Smith said though...that he did quit. I don't
>know one way or the other...I was all of 3 years old lol.
>
>>And really Kobe's stunt was totally different...The Lakers
>>should have beaten Phoenix...They matched up pretty
>>well...Kobe quit on his team in a game 7, man...A GAME
>>SEVEN...That's some OTHER shit...lol
>
>That series came down to game 6, even when up 3-1. That was
>our game to win the series because we were never going to beat
>Phoenix twice on the road, let alone in a game 7. Also, if you
>recall, Diaw and Barbosa had terrible games in 1-4 but finally
>took the lid off in game 5. After that, Phoenix either blew us
>out(game 4,7) or played us even (game 6). In that game 7,
>Kobe def quit in the 2nd half. In the first quarter, we were
>down 15+ because our inside game wasn't working (and that was
>the key to the entire series bc we slowed the game down
>completely with Lamar and Kwame) so in the 2nd quarter, Kobe
>started shooting and even with his scoring, we couldn't manage
>the pace and were down 20+ at half. He did make the attempt
>but I def agree he mailed it in in the 2nd once we got down
>30+ as Phoenix was on fire.


It's a game 7 nonetheless....That was a horrible look....When you are the best player on the team and you already got rings and have shown to be GREAT and clutch, you don't pull shit like that...

But we are also talking about the same guy that really hasn't shown a lot of character off the court...So that's not surprising...

Kobe will def. be a first ballot HOFer....His greatness is unquestioned...

But he's such a douche bag that it's nearly impossible to root for him if you know better....