Kobe

[peterm]

http://imgur.com/X9KoU53

https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/4cd06r/the_utah_jazz_gave_kobe_a_season_pass_and_a_pair/

 

[Eleeski]

Kobe's last game was incredible. Brilliant athlete and showman.

I hope he enjoys skiing and is a wonderful ambassador for skiing.

Eric

 

[Mike Thomas]

Kobe's last game was a perfect representation of his 20 year career, chrystalized in one game. He scored 60 points and almost singlehandedly won the game.

... but he took 50 shots, putting up gaudy numbers in a meaningless game against an oponent that was not very interested in the outcome.

Yay Kobe!

 

[crgildart]

Kobe was like Michael Jordan without Scotty Pippen. I was a HUGE Lakers fan from the Kareem and Magic days all the way until Shaq left... then not so much interest. It ceased to be a cohesive team from that point on.. I hope Kobe enjoys skiing., He was a very talented basketball player, but never came across as a team player to me..

 

[James]

If winning that game was so important, why wasn't winning a game during the rest of the season important? They won only 17 games all season. Truly pathetic.
But Kobe won his last game! And scored 60 points on 50 shots! It's all about the spectacle.

 

[Lorenzzo]

I was a Lakers fan but after Kobe dumped Shaq, a coach and the Vail thing I kind of rooted against him. Steph Curry...now there's a player.

 

[crgildart]

I was a Lakers fan but after Kobe dumped Shaq, a coach and the Vail thing I kind of rooted against him. Steph Curry...now there's a player.

Exactly my sentiments.

 

[James]

Well this is what bugged me about LeBron last year in the finals. There's no question he carried them but there's also an element of saying fu to the team, esp the coach. He's a team player and he's not it seems. Odd. But I think if he was really about team he wouldn't dis the coach and undermine the whole show right in the thick of it. Perhaps it's not playing in college.

 

[crgildart]

James, the skip college is definitely a factor in some players maturity and tendency to try to do it all themselves. One man show can get a lot farther and even win championships at the high school level but not really at the college level where the talent and coaching is more evenly matched. Still shows a general personality problem when someone's still a notorious ball hog after 20 years in the NBA. He can still shoot, perhaps the Globetrotters will take him?