not the first time he's done it or been giffed
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2012 NBA Mar |OT2| The Manhattan Project Part II: Blow It All Up, Again
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not the first time he's done it or been giffed
LQX
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I saw the original thread and wanted to shit so bad on it but I was scared of the ramifications being that it was mod that made it. Basically help me pay for my dream adventure.
I am just extremely depressed right now as I'm coming to the realization that Kobe is done.
He looked so rejuvenated at the beginning of the season too. This is totally a Gary Payton 04-esque season for him: start out resembling the player you were, fade to insignificance by the end.
He looked so rejuvenated at the beginning of the season too. This is totally a Gary Payton 04-esque season for him: start out resembling the player you were, fade to insignificance by the end.
Herpes Reasons
Banned
He's not done.
Dude is logging tons of minutes and 3rd in the league in minutes.
After playing 16 seasons you would think dumbfuck brown would at least take him out for a rest with a substantial lead.
But nope. He's going to run Kobe to the ground by the first round.
And not to mention dumbfuck brown doesn't bring Kobe to the pinch post which forces Kobe to ISo 90% of the time from the 3pt line.
Really hope Jim and Mitch sees this shit
Black Mamba
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In fairness, Phil ran Pau into the ground last season and we saw what happened. coaches are dumb, even the very best.
Except Pop.
CoffeeJanitor
Member
He's not done.
He should just try to cut down his scoring to the point that he's efficient again. Better shots. Less selfish plays.
Also he shouldn't be playing that many minutes. Its going to kill his longevity.
Terminus909
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If Kobe looked young and spry in the early season and again for that short while after donning the mask, he can do it again once playoffs roll around. The intelligence of his play making decisions of late is disheartening, but as an older player he needs to be testing the limits of his game while they still have some wiggle room. The Lakers are consistently built well enough to compete, and win it all. It's too early to engage panic mode.
Brown just needs to send Sessions back to the bench (but obviously still plays the most minutes at PG). Sessions is being wasted out there majority of the time with Kobe since Kobe loves to handle the ball. Then once the 2nd unit comes on, we don't have anyone that can help create shots. Bleh.
Herpes Reasons
Banned
He ran Pau to the ground because what other option did he have at center?
Drew was coming off a surgery and didn't play til mid December of 2010.
And Phil made it very known he didn't want push drew with minutes because of his fragile knees. Drew only played a high volume of minutes until the tail end of the season and by then Pau was running on fumes. Everyone saw that.
With this season, at least dumbfuck brown has options in glock and ebanks to substitute for Kobe.
Dumbfuck gonna dumbfuck
Having glock not playing alone should get him fired.
Won't happen.
The same mentality that drove Kobe to work as hard as anyone in the league is the same mentality that has both cost and won him titles. He would rather average 28 gunning for Kareem than run the offense through Pau/Bynum and be more efficient so he can shoot 48%ish win a title and only average 20ish.
Herpes Reasons
Banned
Prior to acquiring sessions, lakers iirc were almost dead last in bench scoring.
With sessions coming off the bench, he pumped an extra 10pts per game which would make the lakers a top 5 scoring bench.
And with sessions starting, the bench reverts back to a shit state.
Bench sessions you dumbfuck coach
Black Mamba
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I distinctly remember Pau playing in the 4th quarter numerous games with a 20 point lead.
Just saying, all coaches seem to be dumb in this respect. Brown has been super terrible the past month, though. I don't even want him as my avatar anymore. It's over, between us. Make me a FREE GLOCK av, dude!
Adam Blade
WWKC
You know in your heart that you want to root for the Clips, Sancha..
Herpes Reasons
Banned
I remember earlier in the season that ebanks was doing well within the confines of the offense.
There was no reason mike should've taken him out of rotation.
I'm thinking of getting ebanks avi as well.
I'll do yours in the morning
Black Mamba
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Grant Hill. 
I expect him to retire after this. He was supposed to be so good, but his loyalty ruined his ankle.
I expect him to retire after this. He was supposed to be so good, but his loyalty ruined his ankle.
CommonSense
Banned
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I assure you none of this money will be wasted on things such as 300 dollar jeans and pissy steaks.
Aw shit girl gaf is in our ghetto. BEHAVE pervy segment of nba-gaf, goddamnit...
AwesomeSauce
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wtf is wrong with $300 jeans and good steaks?
wtf is this the ghetto?
nah man, i like my steak well done and grissly as SHIT.
Is this a joke?
I honestly hope that steak comment is a shot at LeBron. Please be...
Mamba stop blaming Kobe for sessions passiveness. If the thunder don't show that arguments futility I don't know what will. Just cuz Durant is there doesn't mean Westbrook doesn't look to be aggressive off picks. Sessions just doesn't drive when a picks set, he's not playing his game. There are plays where Kobe calls his own number but you're acting like sessions doesn't run like 25-30 PnR each game. even on plays Kobe gets the ball it usually starts with a sessions PnR that leads to nothing.
Sessions needs to come in with the reserves and Glock needs to play. We need a low post oriented offense when the big 3 are in and a PnR oriented offense when Sessions is in.
Bynum has regressed too since teams started doubling him hard and no one else is picking up the slack.
There's a reason we all were disappointed when Brown got hired...we new he didn't know how to run an offense or adjust on the fly / develop good rotations.
That plus Kobe's playing the worst 2 month stretch he's played since he's been a starter
Sessions needs to come in with the reserves and Glock needs to play. We need a low post oriented offense when the big 3 are in and a PnR oriented offense when Sessions is in.
Bynum has regressed too since teams started doubling him hard and no one else is picking up the slack.
There's a reason we all were disappointed when Brown got hired...we new he didn't know how to run an offense or adjust on the fly / develop good rotations.
That plus Kobe's playing the worst 2 month stretch he's played since he's been a starter
Black Mamba
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Surprisingly, the offense is still actually okay. Tonight, it was 108 per 100, which would be around tops in the league if they did that every night. Had Kobe played better/smarter, they would have destroyed on O.
Sessions is not Westbrook, dude.
The defense is lacking. Part of that, tonight, was Pau being replaced by Murphy for half the 3rd. ugh. But OKC is a really bad matchup for Lakers, too.
Their D looked sharp in the 1st half, too. But the 2nd half had a ton of transition points.
OKC had like 26 points on fast breaks, but only had 4 steals. They were getting run outs on missed shots. And a lot of that was due to Kobe and Ron's massive bricks. To beat OKC, their offense has to be smarter to prevent those run outs.
(and before Cloudy mentions bynum-pau being the problem, those happened mostly with 1 of those 2 on the bench)
Sessions is not Westbrook, dude.
The defense is lacking. Part of that, tonight, was Pau being replaced by Murphy for half the 3rd. ugh. But OKC is a really bad matchup for Lakers, too.
Their D looked sharp in the 1st half, too. But the 2nd half had a ton of transition points.
OKC had like 26 points on fast breaks, but only had 4 steals. They were getting run outs on missed shots. And a lot of that was due to Kobe and Ron's massive bricks. To beat OKC, their offense has to be smarter to prevent those run outs.
(and before Cloudy mentions bynum-pau being the problem, those happened mostly with 1 of those 2 on the bench)
Bynum's problem is once he gets the ball, he's only looking to score and nothing else. Its especially bad now since he's getting doubled often, and makes terrible decisions when he gets doubled. And yeah, the problem is being compounded since Kobe has been in KoME mode lately, so he's not really being that great of a playmaker either. Le sigh.
While I agree with much of what you said...the offense looked bad today - it just did. And sessions isn't Westbrook but that's not the point...he's more than capable of being aggressive off PnR's but all he did all night and ever since the Dallas game was make a basic pass instead of looking to make a play.
We've got a guy who can out pressure on defenses and get in the paint and he's doing neither of those things. He's basically playing like Steve blake right now.
Pau and Sessions especially need to be more aggressive when they have the ball and look to make a play because Bynum is being doubled and Kobe is struggling.
I refuse to blame Pau's and Session's lack of aggression on Kobe...it's a cop out. Sessions / Pau should get us a good shot every time they run a pick and roll...but they run it like they're going through the motions.
This is all an exercise in futility since we ain't winning shit but it's fun to armchair coach this team...Durant has been curling off screens for open jumpers his whole career and we can't find a way to get Kobe an open 15 footer with 2 7 footers and Ron able to set screens and Sessions make the pass? It's absurd
Kobe's not "done". He's just in a terrible slump. Guys are done when they can't get their shot off against good D anymore. He's just missing but has no problem getting his looks.
He needs to cut back on the 3s though
Cuckado
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obijkenobi
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Pop isn't perfect either. He played Bonner 20 plus minutes a night against Memphis in the playoffs last year.
CommonSense
Banned
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Rodeo Clown
All aboard! The Love train!
So it's like that.
CherryWoodFuton
Member
We're playing with only 6 players next year??? Sweet!
Fuck that shit.
CommonSense
Banned
Barack Lesnar
Banned
Kobe's fine. A few down weeks and he's "done" and "washed up". Give it a rest. OKC will get rolled in a series if they meet up. Stop being reactionary noobs.
Are Durant and Little Foot at least allowed to sit at his lunch table now?
Pretty please? :3
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