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Nobody is saying he doesn't have a right to be mad, just that the way he chose to handled the situation was bitchmade.
^ How so? He just put up with 3 years of being the media's whipping boy, having to play alongside d-leaguers, having management look him in the eye and lie (not to mention purposely turning down possible trades), and having his prime years waisted on first round exits. I don't think you realize how detrimental winning is to his legacy right now. Its gonna look bad in 10 years when we look back at his 05-06 season and say "wait a minute...why didn't he win the MVP that season? oh wait - cuz his team sucked".At this point, Kobe pretty much has the right to say whatever he feels. Although I don't know why he would, management took another offseason off.
Quote from: GangstaBoogy on September 24, 2007, 06:15:41 PM^ How so? He just put up with 3 years of being the media's whipping boy, having to play alongside d-leaguers, having management look him in the eye and lie (not to mention purposely turning down possible trades), and having his prime years waisted on first round exits. I don't think you realize how detrimental winning is to his legacy right now. Its gonna look bad in 10 years when we look back at his 05-06 season and say "wait a minute...why didn't he win the MVP that season? oh wait - cuz his team sucked".At this point, Kobe pretty much has the right to say whatever he feels. Although I don't know why he would, management took another offseason off.Kobe straight up snitched on Shaq. Shaq had NOTHING to do w/ Kobe's case and Kobe started saying shit like "I guess I should have paid her off like Shaq does" or something to that effect. And then signing within 24 hours after Shaq leaves, and then the whole bitching about not being a contender after this is what he wanted all along (basically everything Juronimo said).
fuck someone who cries like a bitch when they're not winning.
Kobe has bitch made tendancies simple and plain. That doesn't mean he's not an incredible bball player, it just means that he deals w/ emotions like a bitch sometimes.
Quote from: Ruger Rik on September 24, 2007, 03:37:18 PMNobody is saying he doesn't have a right to be mad, just that the way he chose to handled the situation was bitchmade.The way he went about it killed any kind of leverage the Lakers could have had for making a trade. Paul Pierce didn't whine all over the media. KG didn't whine all over the media. They handled their situations a million times better.While KG was stuck with horrible team after horrible team, Kobe got to win 3 rings as a Laker. The whole time Kobe has been on the Lakers, we only missed the playoffs once in the '04-'05 season. How many times did KG miss the playoffs? Big difference.The Lakers did everything they could to placate Kobe. Remember all that loyalty they showed him during the rape trial? They damn near begged him to reup when Kobe opted out and Buss pretty much said he wasn't going to resign Shaq, hoping that Kobe would sign with the Lakers. They even took a step further and traded him.Kobe signed 24 hours after Shaq was traded! 24 hours!!!Come on man.Kobe signed up for this. He wanted to have his own team and he got it. He could have gotten to the Clippers, who already had an establshed superstar but Kobe chose the Lakers. When I hear him whining, I'm just not feeling it.No one is excusing the front office. I'm frustrated with them as is anyone. The way Kobe handled it just shows me that he is out for self and has no loyalty to the Lakers whatsoever. He also proved all the haters right.And NIK, if you honestly thought that the Lakers were going to contend for a ring after trading Shaq, you must really had been delusional.
you guys need to listen to NIK more, he knows what he is talking about.