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PostPosted: Tue Dec 16, 2014 8:31 pm    Post subject: Durant: "I'd want to play with a guy like Kobe Bryant"

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"Excuse my language, but that's (expletive)," said Durant, who congratulated Bryant via text message after he surpassed Jordan on Sunday. "I want to play with a winner every single night, especially somebody who wants to win that bad, who works that hard, who demands a lot, who raises up your level. I'd want to play with a guy like that every day. ... (His style) may make people uncomfortable, how he acts and just how he approaches the game, but I love that type of stuff. I think (the accusation) is BS."


http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/2014/12/16/kevin-durant-kobe-bryant-lakers/20506671/
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 16, 2014 8:36 pm    Post subject:

So Kobe has to extend for 1 more year.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 16, 2014 8:38 pm    Post subject:

#FutureLaker I can dream right? But seriously though, imagine durant being able to be around kobe 24/7. In my opinion, Kobe would make him even better then he is. He can learn ALOT from a mental aspect to basketball fundamentals to further enhance his skills.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 16, 2014 8:41 pm    Post subject:

Prove it two summers from now then

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PostPosted: Tue Dec 16, 2014 8:41 pm    Post subject:

Not sure if Durant is talking about this in the context of his impending free agency. Just overall talking about Kobe throughout his career imo. More retrospective than prospective. But hey if he wants to come great!
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 16, 2014 8:50 pm    Post subject:

first,we all know that nobody wants to play with Kobe Bryant,so this must be a travesty interview,second i just had a Skype session with Reggie Miller,and since he thinks that Wesley Johnson on his worst day is 10 times better than KD on his best day,there's no need to sign a new small forward
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 16, 2014 8:50 pm    Post subject:

Give Kobe another extension now Mitch!
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 16, 2014 8:54 pm    Post subject:

Gooooood! Fullfill your destiny and take Kobe's place as the face of the franchise. (In my Emperor Palpatine voice.)
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 16, 2014 9:02 pm    Post subject:

Is this a slight on Westbrook? j/k. But OKC surely could use someone with Kobe's mentality on the team.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 16, 2014 9:05 pm    Post subject:

GT just making stuff up now...

That link is as fake as the hundreds of pirate bay clones.
dont believe it for a second. GT with another pyramid scheme. Dont click on link
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 16, 2014 9:27 pm    Post subject:

mixtim wrote:
first,we all know that nobody wants to play with Kobe Bryant,so this must be a travesty interview,second i just had a Skype session with Reggie Miller,and since he thinks that Wesley Johnson on his worst day is 10 times better than KD on his best day,there's no need to sign a new small forward

Someone will come in and post this but be serious doing it. Watch!
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 16, 2014 9:32 pm    Post subject:

To be honest, Melo said the exact same thing in a recent interview. Melo said he would have loved to play with Kobe. Even when a certain diva left 2 years ago he said that it wasn't about Kobe in terms of his personality.

The reason Melo and I think even KD won't come to play with Kobe isn't Kobe's style of play or type of character. It's the fact that he's the best player on a very bad team and has 1-2 years left.

If Kobe were in his prime, and we had Phil coaching, not a single one of these stars leaves or doesn't come over.

While I appreciate KD's comments, I think he'll be very very reluctant to join a team that isn't a front runner to win it all. So it'll come down to what LA can provide in that regard - Kobe or no Kobe.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 16, 2014 9:33 pm    Post subject:

it proves that only winners want to play with kobe.

whinners will cry or whine only.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 16, 2014 9:48 pm    Post subject:

wolfpaclaker wrote:
To be honest, Melo said the exact same thing in a recent interview. Melo said he would have loved to play with Kobe. Even when a certain diva left 2 years ago he said that it wasn't about Kobe in terms of his personality.

The reason Melo and I think even KD won't come to play with Kobe isn't Kobe's style of play or type of character. It's the fact that he's the best player on a very bad team and has 1-2 years left.

If Kobe were in his prime, and we had Phil coaching, not a single one of these stars leaves or doesn't come over.

While I appreciate KD's comments, I think he'll be very very reluctant to join a team that isn't a front runner to win it all. So it'll come down to what LA can provide in that regard - Kobe or no Kobe.


I don't think anyone is saying this is definitely proof that KD will for sure come.

It just refutes the ridiculous notion that other players or superstars don't want to play with Kobe (especially his personality).
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 16, 2014 9:50 pm    Post subject:

yinoma2001 wrote:
Not sure if Durant is talking about this in the context of his impending free agency. Just overall talking about Kobe throughout his career imo. More retrospective than prospective. But hey if he wants to come great!


Exactly
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 16, 2014 9:52 pm    Post subject:

Do it Mitch!
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 16, 2014 10:08 pm    Post subject:

Mitch will do it!
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 16, 2014 10:27 pm    Post subject:

13th Man wrote:
Is this a slight on Westbrook? j/k. But OKC surely could use someone with Kobe's mentality on the team.

That's what I thought. Isn't Durant happy with Westbrook? Doesn't Westbrook work hard enough? I haven't watched OKC games in a while, but I thought Westbrook was playing better than Durant.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 16, 2014 10:56 pm    Post subject:

And that is why having a top 5 pick in this draft is so important

Durent to OKC trade me to LA or you get crap back.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 16, 2014 11:49 pm    Post subject:

Durant and George want to play with Kobe
Make it happen Mitch
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 17, 2014 12:39 am    Post subject:

I've always liked Durant. Mitch, you know what to do...
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 17, 2014 1:45 am    Post subject: Re: Durant: "I'd want to play with a guy like Kobe Bryant"

GoldenThroat wrote:
Discuss.

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"Excuse my language, but that's (expletive)," said Durant, who congratulated Bryant via text message after he surpassed Jordan on Sunday. "I want to play with a winner every single night, especially somebody who wants to win that bad, who works that hard, who demands a lot, who raises up your level. I'd want to play with a guy like that every day. ... (His style) may make people uncomfortable, how he acts and just how he approaches the game, but I love that type of stuff. I think (the accusation) is BS."


http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/2014/12/16/kevin-durant-kobe-bryant-lakers/20506671/



LOL....Wonder what word was bleeped out? Bet is begins with a "N" ad ends with an "a."


But seriously, (bleep) the haters and those with loser mentality.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 17, 2014 4:23 am    Post subject:

yinoma2001 wrote:
Not sure if Durant is talking about this in the context of his impending free agency. Just overall talking about Kobe throughout his career imo. More retrospective than prospective.!


Yeah and Durant pretty much already plays with that type of guy. Westbrook doesn't take days off, and he's playing out of his mind right now. But it's cool that Durant keeps supporting Kobe.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 17, 2014 5:37 am    Post subject:

DO IT MITCH!!
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 17, 2014 5:45 am    Post subject:

Whether this has no bearing on whether he comes to the Lakers or not is beside the point, for me. I think KD is just speaking his mind to put a little balance on all the stuff flying around the media these days. And I applaud him for that.
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