45. "Yet each of those players excelled playing with Kobe" In response to In response to 42 Fri Jan-18-13 01:57 PM by LA2Philly
I mean, Shannon and Ariza went from nobodies to critical contributions on championship teams...each earning significantly larger contracts than they had seen before. Smush freaking Parker hasn't been able to get another job in the NBA after leaving the Lakers.
Dude has helped players with their actual skillsets and mentality...and makes the game easier for them on the court.
Y'all wanna sit here and talk about shit like your mind isn't already made up. I could give you countless examples of dude making players better and it wouldn't matter. I mean T-Mac singled Kobe out in his retirement press release to thank him for constantly pushing him to be better. Making players better goes far beyond on the court, you don't just simply show up for games and get better.
Again, criticize Kobe for valid things, I'm all for it, I do it all the time...but a dude saying its 'absurd' that Kobe made his teammates better reeks of typical OKS extremism.
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