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Batguano
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| Buck32 wrote: | | The last image of Kobe on the court was him willing the Lakers to a comeback victory with a 60 point effort. An accidental crossover from Scalabrine during a Big3 game would tarnish that forever. |
Exactly.
Sports legends can only dream of the type of final/farewell performance that Kobe had to close out his career. Most people were saying the day after that if you had written that ending into a script most people wouldn't believe it for being too fantastical.
That should be the last memory of Kobe Bryant on a basketball court. |
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governator
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| Batguano wrote: | | Buck32 wrote: | | The last image of Kobe on the court was him willing the Lakers to a comeback victory with a 60 point effort. An accidental crossover from Scalabrine during a Big3 game would tarnish that forever. |
Exactly.
Sports legends can only dream of the type of final/farewell performance that Kobe had to close out his career. Most people were saying the day after that if you had written that ending into a script most people wouldn't believe it for being too fantastical.
That should be the last memory of Kobe Bryant on a basketball court. |
That was the best non-championship career ending performance I've ever witnessed... even MJ's last game sucked |
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ringfinger
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If Kobe wants to do it, I'd watch.
If not, I won't lose any sleep over it.
Think its silly to say he shouldn't do it, if that's what he wants to do, let him make that decision. |
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kobeandgary
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| Lakerfan 4 Life wrote: | | Cube should bring in street ball legends too. Cube needs to give Rafer Alston, The Professor, Hot Sauce, Shane the Dribbling Machine, Headache, A.O., Sick Wit It a call and play in the Big3. |
Definitely not, Rafer Alston i'd be fine with but not the other guys. I love watching NBA players from when i was younger, a bunch of street guys would make me lose interest fast in this league. |
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kobeandgary
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| Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2017 2:06 am Post subject: |
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| Batguano wrote: | | Buck32 wrote: | | The last image of Kobe on the court was him willing the Lakers to a comeback victory with a 60 point effort. An accidental crossover from Scalabrine during a Big3 game would tarnish that forever. |
Exactly.
Sports legends can only dream of the type of final/farewell performance that Kobe had to close out his career. Most people were saying the day after that if you had written that ending into a script most people wouldn't believe it for being too fantastical.
That should be the last memory of Kobe Bryant on a basketball court. |
Either way that would still be his last image on an NBA court, to say he should never lace them up again out of fear of being scored on is silly. Guys like James White are looking like gods out there, surely Kobe can hold his own. It's been awesome watching Kareem Rush again, loved watching him when we had him. Kwame Brown is still terrible, it amazes me how bad he looks even in this league. |
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LakerLanny
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| Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2017 5:59 am Post subject: |
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Kobe playing in that league would be like me posting on the ESPN Lakers Board.
Not going to happen....guys like us only play in the Big Show.
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Hector the Pup
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| Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2017 7:42 am Post subject: |
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Cube wants someone to play in the league that he owns who would instantly guarantee a sell out and take the TV ratings from competing with the guy who sells swords to something that probably puts it in the top 5 in its time slot?
What a shock.
In related news, he would also like Denzel to be in the next installment of Barber Shop. |
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pmacla
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| Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2017 7:48 am Post subject: |
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| they couldn't pay Kobe enough to play, and I am sure he has zero desire to be involved |
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Lucky_Shot
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| Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2017 3:05 pm Post subject: |
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| LakerLanny wrote: | Kobe playing in that league would be like me posting on the ESPN Lakers Board.
Not going to happen....guys like us only play in the Big Show. |
Aww the ESPN message boards. Almost unreadable sometime (I did find some gem posts though) but man do i miss them. Worst thing espn ever did was remove the boards. I almost never go on their site now. |
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kobeandgary
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| Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2017 5:10 pm Post subject: |
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| Anybody watching Brian Cook lighting up the big 3? Dude is on fire lol. |
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| Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2017 5:15 pm Post subject: |
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| So it's like the Drew League with two less players? |
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kobeandgary
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| Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2017 5:17 pm Post subject: |
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| greenfrog wrote: | | So it's like the Drew League with two less players? |
Half court 3v3 with retired nba players, it's actually really awesome to watch, especially if you grew up watching these guys. |
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lakerjoshua
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| Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2017 5:36 pm Post subject: |
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| Kobe for the vet min. Do it Rob!! |
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kobeandgary
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| Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2017 6:23 pm Post subject: |
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| Gary Payton chewing out Kwame Brown was classic lol. |
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| I remember people flying from overseas and paying thousands of dollars for tickets to watch Kobe's last game. They had a Lakers fan event for his last game before the game. Stuff was printed and commemorated for that occasion. Not to mention Kobe's having a game for the ages. He also dropped the mic.....yea, so the chance of him coming of retirement to play what is basically pick up ball with a bunch of other 40 year old ex-NBA players? |
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kobeandgary
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| lakersken80 wrote: | | I remember people flying from overseas and paying thousands of dollars for tickets to watch Kobe's last game. They had a Lakers fan event for his last game before the game. Stuff was printed and commemorated for that occasion. Not to mention Kobe's having a game for the ages. He also dropped the mic.....yea, so the chance of him coming of retirement to play what is basically pick up ball with a bunch of other 40 year old ex-NBA players? |
Fun is fun, if he wants to play some more, it's a great way to stay in the game and play the game you love, without having to dedicate your every moment to it. |
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ringfinger
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| lakersken80 wrote: | | I remember people flying from overseas and paying thousands of dollars for tickets to watch Kobe's last game. They had a Lakers fan event for his last game before the game. Stuff was printed and commemorated for that occasion. Not to mention Kobe's having a game for the ages. He also dropped the mic.....yea, so the chance of him coming of retirement to play what is basically pick up ball with a bunch of other 40 year old ex-NBA players? |
Coming out of retirement? He wouldn't need to do that to play Big3.
I agree the chances are unlikely. I wouldn't expect Kobe to do it either.
What I don't get is ... if he did decide to do Big3 or something like it, why any Laker fan would not be cool with it.
If you want his last basketball memory to be the 60pt game, I'm not sure why him playing Big3 makes you forget about that last NBA game. |
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kobeandgary
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| ringfinger wrote: | | lakersken80 wrote: | | I remember people flying from overseas and paying thousands of dollars for tickets to watch Kobe's last game. They had a Lakers fan event for his last game before the game. Stuff was printed and commemorated for that occasion. Not to mention Kobe's having a game for the ages. He also dropped the mic.....yea, so the chance of him coming of retirement to play what is basically pick up ball with a bunch of other 40 year old ex-NBA players? |
Coming out of retirement? He wouldn't need to do that to play Big3.
I agree the chances are unlikely. I wouldn't expect Kobe to do it either.
What I don't get is ... if he did decide to do Big3 or something like it, why any Laker fan would not be cool with it.
If you want his last basketball memory to be the 60pt game, I'm not sure why him playing Big3 makes you forget about that last NBA game. |
Exactly, him playing in a pickup league, hardly diminishes how he finished his NBA career. |
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Darth Los Angeles
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Why in the world would any fan of Kobe want to him to participate in Big3?
Kobe is bigger and better than this...
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| Darth Los Angeles wrote: | Why in the world would any fan of Kobe want to him to participate in Big3?
Kobe is bigger and better than this... |
To watch him play again?
I'd def DVR it if he did. Would.you really avoid it or protest it? |
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Darth Los Angeles
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Some stuff is better left as it is...
I admire Kobe man... I love a lot about him and most of it really has little to do with basketball.
My opinion... Kobe may come back to basketball in some fashion. But to do it with dudes like Kwame Brown and Brian Cook... Kobe is bigger than that.
You have to understand... Kobe is all about getting better by pushing his limits... There has to be a challenge. Something to be gained. He gets nothing from Big 3. Absolutely nothing...
I miss Mamba... Damn I miss his. But he is pushing his limits right now. He knows basketball will always be there for him. Right now, he's diversifying himself.
Again... I miss him... But I am also happy for where he is in life. There are a lot of haters who never thought he'd be able to give up basketball... Some people defined him by basketball. I think Kobe did the same to himself for many years.... Now, it's all about exploration.
Let Mamba be happy... He hasn't gone too far... He'll be back. 
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Batguano
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| Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2017 8:26 pm Post subject: |
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| ringfinger wrote: | | Darth Los Angeles wrote: | Why in the world would any fan of Kobe want to him to participate in Big3?
Kobe is bigger and better than this... |
To watch him play again?
I'd def DVR it if he did. Would.you really avoid it or protest it? |
I don't get it, though...
Aren't you the same poster who went out of his way to NOT watch Kobe's final game (where he dropped 60) as some form of protest against the Kobe Farewell Tour?  |
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kobeandgary
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| Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2017 9:34 pm Post subject: |
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| ringfinger wrote: | | Darth Los Angeles wrote: | Why in the world would any fan of Kobe want to him to participate in Big3?
Kobe is bigger and better than this... |
To watch him play again?
I'd def DVR it if he did. Would.you really avoid it or protest it? |
I'd watch Kobe shoot on a nerf hook, BIG 3 is a ton of fun to watch, would love to see Kobe in it. Heck it's fun just watching guys like Kwame Brown, Brian Cook, Mo Evans, Kareem Rush etc... |
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| Batguano wrote: | | ringfinger wrote: | | Darth Los Angeles wrote: | Why in the world would any fan of Kobe want to him to participate in Big3?
Kobe is bigger and better than this... |
To watch him play again?
I'd def DVR it if he did. Would.you really avoid it or protest it? |
I don't get it, though...
Aren't you the same poster who went out of his way to NOT watch Kobe's final game (where he dropped 60) as some form of protest against the Kobe Farewell Tour? |
No. I watched the entire game live. |
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