It's May 02, 2024, 01:37:18 PM
Lakers were losing in general, especially the year before. Kobe was getting shitted on for only going for most points scored by himself. That was back when Shaq was gone AND he was also young enough to be a beast. People shitted on him for going all Orlando T-Mac with the Lakers so he passed the ball as some sort of stubborn statement.
LMAO. Son said "Kobe gets the best out of his players". Kobe had his moment to get the best out of that Dwight Howard team after Phil left, he couldn't do it.Phil kept EVERYTHING & EVERYONE in check. Once he left Kobe was absolutely lost as a "leader" & "getting things", Phil came back & took care of everything, ran his triangle, then left again & Kobe has the Lakers coming off of the worst season in franchise history.\Just like you make up your own statistics in other threads, you make up your own fantasy statements making Kobe sound like someone he's not. He was always a great shooting guard with an array of moves to score, he can play defense (but he's no LeBron) & most importantly he listened to Phil. But he was never a good leader at all. He took stupid, wild shots to fill his own ego for years, he ruined the greatest duo of all-time (don't bother posting some long ass reply about how it was 150% Shaq's fault & Kobe was so professional about it), he whined, bitched, moaned & threatened (to leave) upper management after Shaq left, won & made a video asking Kobe how his ass tasted to get him new players or he was long gone from LA. He completely fucked up Dwight Howard being a Laker. So many reports come out how players don't want to go to LA, get talked down to by Kobe going on about how he calls & takes all the shots. Purely awful from that end. Meanwhile, niggas are moving to Cleveland fucking Ohio, where it's negative 20 from October to mid-April just so they can play with a real leader.