Comments on: What Title Number Five Means For Kobe

By: - Sports-Kings

- Sports-Kings — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 15:49:43 +0000

[...] from ’96 to ’98, tallying six rings. Not to be out-done, Bryant led the Lake show to one three-peat (2000-2002), and then back-to-back titles in 2009 and 2010, chalking up five rings. The advantage here goes to Michael again, but this category is the only [...]

By: hoopla

hoopla — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 07:15:24 +0000

Mike M., Perkins excuse is not entirely off base. I agree that bynum is better than perkins. The best benefit with perkins is not perkins himself so much, but the fact that you can give more rest to your aging and injured frontline. We saw how talented kg and rasheed are, rasheed took pau’s lunch money in the first half. But between extended minutes of play and rasheed’s back and kgs knee they didn’t have enough left defensively to clog the lanes to stop lakers march to the free throw. nba playoffs are like war of attrition, and the healthiest team wins out in the end.

By: Mike M.

Mike M. — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:12:03 +0000

Couple of things: 1)I agree that Magic is still the greatest Laker, and that he won his championships against better competition in the Finals (the Sixers, Celtics, & Pistons of the 80s) than Kobe has the past decade. I disagree that the league was more physical in the 80s. There weren’t any 83-79 games between Magic’s Lakers and Bird’s Celtics, and good shots were much easier to come by for each team back then. Partially because they were more skilled offensively than today’s versions? Yes. But partially because they didn’t pound away at each other on the defensive end like today’s counterparts do.

2) The Perkins excuse is bogus. The Lakers haven’t had the luxury of a playing with a healthy starting center in so much as a SINGLE PLAYOFF GAME over the past THREE SEASONS, because Andrew Bynum has either been hobbling around on a bum knee or not available at all at the end of each year. Give Boston a healthy Perkins in Game Seven, and give L.A. the healthy version of Bynum that averaged 15 & 8 during the regular season, and the Lakers win going away.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 01:02:56 +0000

In Kobe’s first 3 titles, Shaquille O’Neal was indeed the franchise player of the team, and Kobe Bryant was just Shaq’s sidekick, there is no getting around it. In the 2000, 2001, and 2002 NBA Finals, the Lakers were the champs, and Shaq was the MVP. There is nothing to say otherwise. Scottie Pippen doesn’t brag that he was a 6-championship winner, and neither does Kobe.

By: Friday Bolts – Supplemental Champs Edition | Daily Thunder.com

Friday Bolts – Supplemental Champs Edition | Daily Thunder.com — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:34:27 +0000

[...] Darnell Mayberry on Kobe’s new legacy: “People always will have something negative to say about Bryant. He is forever tarnished to many. And when discussing his legacy, naysayers always will point to the fact that three of his titles came as Shaquille O’Neal’s sidekick. And his most recent two have come alongside Pau Gasol, arguably the best offensive big man in the game today. To an extent, the argument is valid. But mostly, it’s baloney. Every multiple champion has had another big-time sidekick. Discrediting Bryant’s greatness because of the greatness of his teams is silly.” [...]

By: hoopla

hoopla — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 09:55:27 +0000

When you say talent is spread out, you are incorrect, not all teams can spend above the luxury tax line. Every year there are only few teams with championship roster, rest of the league is overmatched. In early days there were fewer teams and players salary were lower percentage of cash flow so teams were talented and more competitive. Is it not correct that lakers spent 100 million for this roster, most in the league. It is called professional sports for a reason, check into how yankees are the biggest winner in professional sports, now the college sports is going the same way. One thing is for sure, not all money is made equal and lakers and celtics use smart money, in some ways it is similar to the game of monopoly.

Congrats to lakers, specially ron artest on his long wait and sweet success. Congrats to Boston for their teamwork and fight against overmatched opponents, specially doc rivers who out coached his smug opponent, biggest front runner of them all. As for the fans, shed some tears for the best player from los angeles, paul pierce. Kobe was great through playoffs, congrats on five.

One thing I hate about media coverage is that inordinate amount of time is spent on one person instead of the team and how the game was played, I guess it is the force of the casual fan which is forcing their hand. NBA is probably the best at showcasing the one when the parts make it oh so fun! I always want to know if the one himself is caught in his own hype to the extent of the fans, who are victims of their own fanaticism, as is their fate accompli. In the end these mercenaries for hire are brothers to the end,
game will miss you rasheed, don’t retire.

To the nba, pass the new cba, may we see more cities enjoy a championship.
It will also reduce the ticket price for the lakers games and nba as obama suggested. I heard average seats were for 2 grand. Given that per capita income of LA is less than that of oklahoma city, it is criminal.

To finish , if you can’t tell who I support, then you get my point. End to the rioting going on in east LA.

By: Lakerfan

Lakerfan — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 08:07:21 +0000

Kobe will be the greatest laker when it’s all said and done. Magic knows it as well. Magic played against better teams, but he also played with a roster full of hall of famers who you can easily trust. It’s very easy to lead when you are running an all-star roster. Different times.. now, it’s a salary cap forced league with talent spread out.. Talent wise, work ethic wise, Kobe is there. Just needs a few more accomplishments to his resume..