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Kobe didn't really change, actually
OchoCinco:
Man im sorry, i mean i know you guys that dislike Kobe are loving this but i mean this dude is clearly on a personal attack in this article. It makes me sick to know huge companies like ESPN actually let this shit be posted on their site. I could careless about the basketball side of it but all the other shit he said about Kobe it on such a personal and uncalled for level. I couldnt even read the whole thing.
The guy sounds like he lost major sleep after Kobe got that 4th ring and the accolades he did after this season.
OG Hack Wilson:
honestly this was a great, well thought out article
it just seems the guy couldve shorted up everything with this:
Did you hear about Gasol's sacrifice during the playoffs? Not really. Just like you didn't hear about Odom's willingness to give up minutes and touches during a contract year (a rarity in the NBA these days), or Ariza's red-hot shooting and the irony of Orlando giving him away last season. We always heard about Kobe sacrificing, but really, the key to the 2009 title was that he finally found three talented sidekicks willing to sacrifice for him. Big difference.
PLANT:
--- Quote from: Gurjeet Clitt on June 16, 2009, 12:16:44 PM ---honestly this was a great, well thought out article
it just seems the guy couldve shorted up everything with this:
Did you hear about Gasol's sacrifice during the playoffs? Not really. Just like you didn't hear about Odom's willingness to give up minutes and touches during a contract year (a rarity in the NBA these days), or Ariza's red-hot shooting and the irony of Orlando giving him away last season. We always heard about Kobe sacrificing, but really, the key to the 2009 title was that he finally found three talented sidekicks willing to sacrifice for him. Big difference.
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LOL, well said, Sir.
thisoneguy360:
--- Quote from: Gurjeet Clitt on June 16, 2009, 12:16:44 PM ---honestly this was a great, well thought out article
it just seems the guy couldve shorted up everything with this:
Did you hear about Gasol's sacrifice during the playoffs? Not really. Just like you didn't hear about Odom's willingness to give up minutes and touches during a contract year (a rarity in the NBA these days), or Ariza's red-hot shooting and the irony of Orlando giving him away last season. We always heard about Kobe sacrificing, but really, the key to the 2009 title was that he finally found three talented sidekicks willing to sacrifice for him. Big difference.
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I thought Odom was fools gold?
Teddy Roosevelt:
--- Quote from: 7even on June 16, 2009, 01:06:04 AM ---But wait, you say. Kobe played so much better in the 2009 Finals than the 2008 Finals. Everyone kept saying it so it must be true! Actually, not really.
2008 Kobe (six games): 25.7 pts, 4.7 rebs, 5.0 ast, 3.8 TO, 21.8 FGA, 8.2 FTA, 40.5 FG%, 80 FT%, 32 3FG%, 42.8 MPG.
2009 Kobe: (five games): 32.4 pts, 5.6 reb, 7.4 ast, 3.2 TO, 27.0 FGA, 8.8 FTA, 43.0 FG%, 84 FT%, 36 3FG%, 43.8 MPG.
He averaged 6.7 more points and his assists jumped from 5.0 to 7.4. He also averaged 5.2 more shots against a team without a prototypical 2-guard to defend him.
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He just proved himself wrong here. LOL. More points, assists, rebounds, FG%, FT%, 3FG%, and less TOs in less MPG. And you want to argue he played worse? :stupid:
--- Quote from: 7even on June 16, 2009, 01:06:04 AM ---Did you hear about Gasol's sacrifice during the playoffs? Not really.
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Yes.
--- Quote from: 7even on June 16, 2009, 01:06:04 AM ---Just like you didn't hear about Odom's willingness to give up minutes and touches during a contract year (a rarity in the NBA these days),
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Yes we did.
--- Quote from: 7even on June 16, 2009, 01:06:04 AM ---or Ariza's red-hot shooting and the irony of Orlando giving him away last season.
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Yes we did.
I wonder if Bill Simmons was watching the same broadcast as the rest of North America. Then again Simmons is an idiot in his own right.
--- Quote from: 7even on June 16, 2009, 01:06:04 AM ---2. Did the '09 Lakers really like each other, or was it like a Bill-Hillary thing?
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His whole argument is just a theory (he even uses the word himself). Where is his evidence? He claims the Championship celebration didn't seem genuine. How can't you be happy when you just won the NBA's most coveted trophy? Even Shaq and Kobe celebrated together when they won. Just because he didn't feel it was real, doesn't necessarily make it so.
Once again Bill, you need to step your game up.
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