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I'm thinking he knew that and is glad to be gone. He either gets a paycheck to do nothing or gets a new gig for a team of his choice. Win/win for him - I doubt he was interested in ushering in the Bynum era.I think he sealed his own fate when he went to the media and said people in the FO told him Dwight wanted him gone.I imagine a lot of it has to do with #12.SVG is one of the best coaches in the league. Why throw the baby out with the bathwater?
Interesting. Guess Kobe can't handle the pressure, right matuski?'Ferris Bueller Fan said:
Russillo and Van Pelt more or less savaged Smith on radio todayapparently he has a league-wide reputation as a "do nothing" GM. not showing up at workouts, etc. a guy in over his head that didn't pull himself out of the hole.not following Magic basketball i had no idea. was pretty funny to hear them hammer him like that.'Premier said:
I'd like to hear that. He totally disregarded the draft process. Ex-scout of his said he's never seen a GM pay so little attention to the draft.
That's pretty awesome. Kobe has hit about 4 game winners per year since 2001. I'm sure there's nobody even close. And, if there is, I doubt those teams were as good as the Lakers, so those clutch baskets weren't nearly as important.According to basketball-reference.com, from the start of the 2001 season through last weekend, Kobe is 48-for-162 (.290) on shots to tie or take the lead with 24 seconds or fewer left in the 4th quarter or OT. That breaks down to 42-for-138 (.304) in the regular season, and 6-for-24 (.250) in the playoffs.Great weekend of ball
Interesting. Guess Kobe can't handle the pressure, right matuski?'Ferris Bueller Fan said:
The pressure certainly exists for Kobe. You keep almost getting it. The right question is whether he handles it better than... say a bench player on his team?Great weekend of ball
Interesting. Guess Kobe can't handle the pressure, right matuski?'Ferris Bueller Fan said:
Careful. You are going to piss off the Kobe hating faction here.That's pretty awesome. Kobe has hit about 4 game winners per year since 2001. I'm sure there's nobody even close. And, if there is, I doubt those teams were as good as the Lakers, so those clutch baskets weren't nearly as important.According to basketball-reference.com, from the start of the 2001 season through last weekend, Kobe is 48-for-162 (.290) on shots to tie or take the lead with 24 seconds or fewer left in the 4th quarter or OT. That breaks down to 42-for-138 (.304) in the regular season, and 6-for-24 (.250) in the playoffs.Great weekend of ball
Interesting. Guess Kobe can't handle the pressure, right matuski?'Ferris Bueller Fan said:
Please tell me who exactly wants to give him no credit for anything. Give me specific names.Gasol deserve to be ripped for Saturday night's effort? Okay, but so did Bryant for his major gaffs that cost him Games 2 and 4. Would you have been okay with Gasol or another Laker calling him out for either of those games?
Doubt it since he is below the league average in those situationsThe pressure certainly exists for Kobe. You keep almost getting it. The right question is whether he handles it better than... say a bench player on his team?Great weekend of ball
Interesting. Guess Kobe can't handle the pressure, right matuski?'Ferris Bueller Fan said:
Perhaps this season, but please acknowledge his unparalleled success over the last 10 years. I am at least acknowledging your efforts, you seem to prefer death over admitting the slightest positive nod in Kobe's direction.Doubt it since he is below the league average in those situationsThe pressure certainly exists for Kobe. You keep almost getting it. The right question is whether he handles it better than... say a bench player on his team?Great weekend of ball
Interesting. Guess Kobe can't handle the pressure, right matuski?'Ferris Bueller Fan said:
I'm not naming names. You know who you are. And there's a difference between Kobe's gaffes in games 2 and 4- he was exhausted out there. The rest of the team was standing around, expecting him to bail them out, and he couldn't do it. But at least he tried. At least he wanted the ball.
http://espn.go.com/espnradio/play?id=7956538maybe not as bad as i remembered but not very friendly either
Howard's already made 1 dumb contractual move in the last 3 months, I'm sure Magic ownership tried to pull another over on him. Maybe he listened to his agent this time.
Kobe is one of the 5 best to ever grace the Association. How can anyone deny that? Are people really not thinking is one a top 5 of all time?Really?And Gasol is soft soft soft.
Everyone but you and jmon
He might be top 10, but he's not top 5. He's not even the best player of his generation; that would be Tim Duncan.
Oh come on. Kobe not top 5 of all time? Man. I am an old school NBA guy too. This guy is insane. 1) Michael2) Wilt3) Russell4) Magic/Bird/Dr J5) KobeHe is right there with those studs.
Want a porsche or a ferrari?We can go on and on Ghost LOL.
Yeah I guess if you count three people at four he is top five. Dr. J?
That would make him 7th
I can't decide between those three....as all three were that good. But I would pick him over Dr J and Bird if asked to draft a team. Kobe is one of the greatest ever.Period.And I am far from a Laker fan.
How do you know they haven't? They're not going to announce that the same day the guy gets fired.
He is, but he ain't top 5. Like I said, he is borderline top 10 at best.
He was also gone before the season and before the trade deadline.
Where's Kareem?
Come on now.
That wasn't a cheap shot, but now that he has one you have to think they'll be quick to just toss him if it gets out of hand.
stinky bait
Real big shove by Ron Ron's butt there. He should fix that.
Dr. J?
