Outside the Lines: BSPN on Kobe

puajibai · Starting Rotation Joined: 28 Jul 2005 Posts: 209

On Outside the Lines last night the topic was Kobe's re-emergence in the endorsement market. There was a debate between the editor of Dime Magazine (pro-Kobe) who assisted in Kobe's self-written article and some guy who works as an image consultant (Kobe-hater) for athletes etc. What I found so interesteing was how animated and desperate the anti-Kobe guy was in trying to refute the notion that Kobe was making an image comeback. Of course he tried to downplay the 81 and bring up Kobe being selfish and all that bs. The editor however calmly responded to all of the other guy's attacks by saying the haters don't know what Kobe is doing behind the scenes for charity and service. I think this sums up in a nutshell the state of mind of Kobe haters- its killing them that Kobe is getting the respect he deserves for being the greatest in the game. What y'all think?

indestrukt · Starting Rotation Joined: 24 Aug 2005 Posts: 151

The image consultant was hard to take seriously through all of his various histrionics. He insisted that Kobe "needs to do more" in reference to his charity work and kept laying the baseless claim that everything Kobe does is fake and calculated. That coupled with the fact that the guy shrieked throughout his entire interview made this a tough one to watch.

20,000 · Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 11:09 am Post subject:

Wait, so Kobe needs to do more, but even if he does do more, it will be seen as fake and contrived? Nice logic!

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indestrukt · Starting Rotation Joined: 24 Aug 2005 Posts: 151

You didn't miss a thing. He started out his bit by pointing out that Kobe used "I" 20+ times in the first page of his recent article in DIME magazine. Punctuated by the cliched "There's no I in TEAM, Kobe!" It was a sad little display from someone who obviously just wanted some face-time on TV.

puajibai · Starting Rotation Joined: 28 Jul 2005 Posts: 209

Hater: Kobe needs to do more for other people not just score 81

Dime- you don't know what Kobe is doing...just after an appearance in Beverly Hills he went to pass out coats for the poor

Hater: Oh I do know what he is doing. Doing it for publicity does not count.

Yeah too bad it was the Dime editor who is publicizing Kobe's charitable acts not Kobe himself. Hmm doesn't Shaq have cameras in his mug when passing out gifts on Xmas?

KoolMo · Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 11:59 am Post subject:

Very Interesting. The Kobe-Dime relationship seems to be a relly positive one. His point of what Kobe does behind the scenes is excellent. Kobe should keep it that way and let others speak on his contributions. That, to me, is genuine charity.

ncaugnit · Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 12:06 pm Post subject:

"Don't haaaate........it's like being mad at God for givin' talent a job"

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indestrukt · Starting Rotation Joined: 24 Aug 2005 Posts: 151

Counting how many times "I" appears in the first page of Kobe's DIME article and then shrieking about it hysterically at the outset of your interview isn't intelligent criticism nor is it "the truth". I don't like the term "hating", but it really was a bold display of blatant stupidity.

Marty · Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 12:37 pm Post subject:

TACH · Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 1:57 pm Post subject:

This is the exact reason why the new KB8/Nike commercial is great... this is exactly what it speaks to! Keep fueling Kobe's fire hater,.. and us Laker Fan will sit back and enjoy it,.... while you eat crow!!!

tlim · Star Player Joined: 26 Jun 2002 Posts: 6649

You see, right there. That's what wrong with Kobe. He uses the word I in a lot of different places.

He broke the CARDINAL RULE of being real: speaking of yourself in the third person, just like every person in the world does.

sodapoppenski · Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 4:13 pm Post subject:

Image consultants "live in a van, DOWN BY THE RIVER!"

They can eat me

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Dude, it's BSPN.
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[quote="venturalakersfan]
Seeing how you have divided the world into Kobe haters and pro Kobe, I didn't need to read further. Memo to some Lakersground posters, saying something negative about Kobe isn't Kobe hating. Some call it the truth.[/quote]
That comment right there shows how ignorant you are.

koolruningz · Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 12:50 pm Post subject: