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Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2014 11:06 am Post subject:
PrairieAve wrote:
The Faceman wrote:
I'm actually looking forward to the post-Kobe Lakers. I love the guy but I believe a new era is necessary for us to be successful again. He's no spring chicken and we have no Shaq or Pau to pair him with to make us contenders anytime soon. Sorry if that sounds shallow but I want us to win again.
When Kobe's done, Lakers desperately need a player and/or coach who believes in and can anchor the franchise's winning culture, like Kobe after Shaq and the 3-peat team disbanded. Somebody who's up to the challenge of being mentioned among the greats like West, Baylor, Kareem, Magic, Shaq, Kobe, or Riley, Jackson. I can see lesser minds intimidated by the immense talent, opting to make a name for themselves on the many other teams that haven't won anything in decades, if at all.
Also-- I saw it during the 90s, and you see glimpses of it during the recent non-winning years-- it's EASY for famous, wealthy athletes to get distracted by LA lifestyle, at the expense of giving a damn on the court.
I'm personally worried about the post-Kobe years becoming non-competitive and uneventful... aside from off-the-court TMZ scoops. Despite what ESPN tries to tell everyone, you can't just "get" another Kobe, especially not personality-wise. It might be a really long, frustrating wait for #17.
Julius Randle. He has that mindset at 19. _________________ RIP mom. 11-21-1933 to 6-14-2023.
When Kobe's done, Lakers desperately need a player and/or coach who believes in and can anchor the franchise's winning culture, like Kobe after Shaq and the 3-peat team disbanded.
I'm personally worried about the post-Kobe years becoming non-competitive and uneventful... aside from off-the-court TMZ scoops. Despite what ESPN tries to tell everyone, you can't just "get" another Kobe, especially not personality-wise. It might be a really long, frustrating wait for #17.
We still have Kobe and that personality, and we're already so non-competitive and uneventful where we have no chance of doing anything that we're talking about tanking.
Kobe is holding the franchise hostage, where we can't rebuild until he retires.
Joined: 05 Jun 2006 Posts: 1946 Location: Caerbannog
Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2014 12:57 pm Post subject:
Frank The Tank wrote:
PrairieAve wrote:
When Kobe's done, Lakers desperately need a player and/or coach who believes in and can anchor the franchise's winning culture, like Kobe after Shaq and the 3-peat team disbanded.
I'm personally worried about the post-Kobe years becoming non-competitive and uneventful... aside from off-the-court TMZ scoops. Despite what ESPN tries to tell everyone, you can't just "get" another Kobe, especially not personality-wise. It might be a really long, frustrating wait for #17.
We still have Kobe and that personality, and we're already so non-competitive and uneventful where we have no chance of doing anything that we're talking about tanking.
Kobe is holding the franchise hostage, where we can't rebuild until he retires.
Not his fault, they (management) allowed this to happen.
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Joined: 29 Aug 2004 Posts: 11197 Location: The Other Perspective
Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2014 1:15 pm Post subject:
_________________ "Chick lived and breathed Lakers basketball…but he was also fair and objective and called every game the way it was played."
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He's welcome to come to LG and troll the Team Ball Illuminati.
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It's going to be so strange when Kobe hangs it up. I remember when we first drafted him I was so excited(I know we traded Valde). Everyone was wondering if this kid was going to make it or be a bust. I was so hopeful but at the same time thinking damn this kid is super skinny.
Kobe grew every year and became and awesome player, then a champion x 5. Its strange because Kobe came in the league fun and excited. I don't think he cared much about being compared to MJ; but in his later years seems obsessed to a point where he would ask himself "wwmj do before making a decision.
I don't think he cared much about being compared to MJ; but in his later years seems obsessed to a point where he would ask himself "wwmj do before making a decision.
Really?
I thought he molded himself and totally copied MJ when he came into the league, where he was even hanging his tongue out a la MJ. There's a whole slew of other moves that Kobe did that were obviously copied from MJ.
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I don't think he cared much about being compared to MJ; but in his later years seems obsessed to a point where he would ask himself "wwmj do before making a decision.
Really?
I thought he molded himself and totally copied MJ when he came into the league, where he was even hanging his tongue out a la MJ. There's a whole slew of other moves that Kobe did that were obviously copied from MJ.
He came into the league stating his favorite player was Magic, and hated MJ as a kid. But as the years went on he changed his tune and became a carbon copy of MJ
He's welcome to come to LG and troll the Team Ball Illuminati.
_________________ “It took many years of vomiting up all the filth I’d been taught about myself, and half-believed, before I was able to walk on the earth as though I had a right to be here.”
― James Baldwin, Collected Essays
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