On October 22 2014 09:55 cLutZ wrote:
I re-read the Abbot article, and I just disagree with the premise. The contract was signed during last season and runs for the next two. By signing that deal and tying up the Lakers cap space, Kobe is inadvertently doing the Lakers a favor by preventing them from signing middle class players to long term contracts. Those contracts would not only last past the next 2 years (in which the Lakers even with Kobe playing for the minimum could not even win the Western Conference in any scenario), but would also probably cause the Lakers to not be in the lottery.

No, the David Stern trade veto and the Steve Nash trade/contract already ensured the Lakers would not contend this year or next, so why not pay Kobe to do cool Kobe things while you work out all the rubbish that is clogging up your engine.

that's one of the points of the article. i dont care about the article, but how many players would take less to play with kobe than over someone like lebron or durant? or does LA absolutely have to wait until kobe's contract comes off the books to be able to sign someone good?

ZenithM

France15952 Posts

October 22 2014 16:03 GMT

#2225

On October 22 2014 20:17 Vindicare605 wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-31OdYTY3c

He's back.....

Fuck Henry Abbot.

And yea yea I know it's only preseason, but damn it if that didn't look like vintage Kobe right there.

That smile after the third shot. Seriously who doesn't want to see this...

slyboogie

United States3423 Posts

October 22 2014 18:40 GMT

#2226

I'll say this much, that guy takes the hardest shots in the game. Straight postups from 21 feet out into turn around 19 footers. It's not a real thing.

DystopiaX

United States16236 Posts

October 22 2014 18:49 GMT

#2227

On October 22 2014 20:17 Vindicare605 wrote:

He's back.....

Fuck Henry Abbot.

And yea yea I know it's only preseason, but damn it if that didn't look like vintage Kobe right there.

I will just point out that the point of his article is not that Kobe is a bad player though.

zoLo

United States5896 Posts

October 22 2014 19:59 GMT

#2228

lmao

Doraemon

Australia14949 Posts

October 23 2014 08:36 GMT

#2229

those fadeaways are fcken tiring as well.

also, jalen and simmons didn't finish filming the previews =[

Scarecrow

Korea (South)9172 Posts

October 23 2014 10:58 GMT

#2230

On October 23 2014 03:40 slyboogie wrote:

Show nested quote +

I'll say this much, that guy takes the hardest shots in the game. Straight postups from 21 feet out into turn around 19 footers. It's not a real thing.

Looks amazing when he makes them but if he's gonna try pulling that shit all season the Lakers won't win many tight ones. That last play was ridiculously bad.

TwoToneTerran

United States8841 Posts

October 23 2014 19:50 GMT

#2231

Yeah, trying to shoot through the double team with help instead of passing it to a wide open, good 3 point shooter on the wing is a bad call. It's cool that he made 3 horrible shots in a row but that is extremely bad basketball.

krndandaman

Mozambique16569 Posts

October 23 2014 20:20 GMT

#2232

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andrewlt

United States7702 Posts

October 23 2014 20:40 GMT

#2233

It's fun when you're not cheering for the Lakers to win or lose. Just watching a guy take the most ridiculous shots possible.

zev318

Canada4306 Posts

October 23 2014 22:02 GMT

#2234

a guy basically playing horse in a real nba game? sign me up hueheuheuhuehue

zev318

Canada4306 Posts

October 23 2014 22:04 GMT

#2235

On October 23 2014 04:59 zoLo wrote:
lmao

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with how hard he seemingly threw the ball, it looked like the ball just hit a wall of air and fell down.

oh it hit the backboard. isnt that out of bound, or is that only the top?

rabidch

United States20289 Posts

October 23 2014 22:25 GMT

#2236

On October 24 2014 05:40 andrewlt wrote:
It's fun when you're not cheering for the Lakers to win or lose. Just watching a guy take the most ridiculous shots possible.

pretty much this.

slyboogie

United States3423 Posts

October 23 2014 23:46 GMT

#2237

On October 24 2014 04:50 TwoToneTerran wrote:
Yeah, trying to shoot through the double team with help instead of passing it to a wide open, good 3 point shooter on the wing is a bad call. It's cool that he made 3 horrible shots in a row but that is extremely bad basketball.

This is such a lame opinion. Ridiculous shots are awesome. Spursian ball movements' fine but ballers are cool. And it's preseason, who cares (note: Kobe will do this at least a thousand times in the regular season too. And if he was in the Fonals, he would still do it.) "Shootability" is an underrated skillz.

Daozzt

United States1263 Posts

October 23 2014 23:52 GMT

#2238

I don't think anyone needs to point out that Kobe has questionable shot selection sometimes. That's what makes him Kobe and that's what people pay to see him do.

RowdierBob

Australia13307 Posts

October 24 2014 00:58 GMT

#2239

Annnnd Nash is gone. Vale, a great career.