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Brad Rock: Time for a confession: I heart Kobe
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Just when I thought you had something significant going on between your ears you go and prove me wrong. Dead Wrong.
Everyone on the board says Kobe pretended his back hurt as an excuse or a stategy but what does Kobe say? He says "AK did a great job. Great defensive player. They did a great job"
He didn't blame it on his back - gave credit to the Jazz.
The Jazz fans are once again....lame.
You even in your article pointed out that Kobe wanted to be traded unless the Lakers changed people around him. Would not a class person do this behid closed doors. ANyone can look gracious in good times it is when it gets hard. ANyone can have fidelity in the presence of their spouse but when their gone?
In reality, he followed up his "No excuses for me" statement with "A back is a little different. You have to make some adjustments. You can't run like you want to, can't cut like you want to. It's a back."
Sounds like an excuse to me.
I was quite dissapointed with the decision he made in Colorado and the circumstances are somewhat sad and disturbing (with his wife actually there). He seemed to certainly be above that type of behavior. I hoped he was
I was never bothered by his confidence what a lot of people thought was arragence, and if he hadn't of made that decision everyone would love him to death. He would be a proven roll model. Some things you cant get back, but he seems to really love his family and for him that's all that really matters.
Simply, beyond his swagger he seems to be a nice guy and if your a nice guy, and you've made a mistake even a serious one it's possible to repair your image. Being a freakishly good player doesn't hurt either
That said I hope his team loses by 25 tonight, Then in Game 7 one of those horrible heart breaker games.
GO JAZZ
A) Lets his gigantic ego run all of the good players off his team (Shaq, Malone, Payton) and then openly roasts Mitch Kupchak over the coals in the media because he can't get any good players.
B) While getting questioned by the Colorado police openly rolls over on the guy (Shaq) whose back he rode to three titles.
C) Purposely let his legal team hold off a trial for months and let a poor girl recieve multiple death threats, have to change her life and appearance, and have to move several times just so she would eventually break under the constant pressure and not be able to testify...
In case you can't figure it out Rock, you're in Jazz country. We get enough Kobe worship from the national media and we just don't want it here. You just embarrassed yourself and all true Jazz fans with your sycophantic mublings... Anyway, nice puff piece. I guess it saves you from having to do any real journalism.
I will be at the anti-Brad Rock march today when Jazz fans attempt to tar and feather you--I will be the guy cheering for you even as the skewed Jazz fans are pouring boiling tar over your bald head.
Admit it, Jazz fans: You all hated Jordan once upon a time, but now you use him to bash Kobe: "If Kobe made his teammates better like MJ..." (oops, scratch that criticism). "If Kobe was likeable like Jordan..." (oops, Rock reminded you of some inconvenient truths, didn't he?).
Let's all cut to the chase, eh? The correct comment for Jazz fans would be, "If Kobe played for the Jazz, then we'd knock down Malone's statue to make room for his."
There we go, now that is truth.
If certain players on the Jazz had the heart and determination that Kobe has we would've already won this series and wouldn't be thinking about this anymore.
They'll grow up learning that Jordan was the worst player ever followed closely behind Kobe Bryant andc anyone else in a Lakers uniform.
One day, their kids will look up Hall of Fame highlights and wonder why these players their parents hated are in the Hall of Fame and it will destroy their entire belief system.
I'm very worried about how they will react once they find out that these players their parents loathed were actually pretty good players.
Unless of course, the Jazz fans all get together and create a separate NBA.com page which Only includes achievements of the Jazz team and players...Of course that won't be believable either. No kid will believe the authenticity of a 1 link webpage...
Lakers in 6. In Utah tonight the Lakers win by 15. 15!!! We'll talk after to congratulate my prediction but I'm calling a 15 pt spread tonight with Kobe scoring 35 pts, 6 assists and 8 rebounds.
3 months of the new-found �team religion� does not quickly erase 10+ years of me, me, me�
Going for 40+ per night while the team loses is a surefire way to bring all the focus on me, me, me.
Me, me, me is directly responsible for the lack of overall success of the Lakers until now since he forced Shaq out of town.
Without the gift of Gasol (shame on Memphis, BTW), me, me, me, doesn�t win the league MVP this year rather it�s likely more whining about a trade.
A Laker is a Laker is a Laker. Can�t cheer for Karl as a Laker, not for Fisher as a Laker and certainly not for me, me, me as a Laker.
I�ll respect Kobe�s talent as a ball player, but I can�t envision a scenario where I hope/wish/cheer for his on-court success.
Kobe is one of the only players in the league that can decide to take over a game and nobody can stop him. His ultra-competitiveness is something that the Jazz are missing. Deron is phenomenal, but is not at Kobe's level. Boozer gets too complacent and timid when he faces a tough challenge. If the Jazz could channel a little more of that Kobe attitude on the court, they'd be unstoppable. Give Deron and Boozer a few more years (and hopefully a spot on the Olympic team to play alongside Kobe and other similar players) and they will raise they're game from all-star, to MVP.
I saw a clip once when Kobe was young quoting Babe Ruth "He swings big and misses big, same for me"
That is an attitude we all could use in our everyday lives.
For all of his faults, you cannot deny his blind ambition to succeed.
What would you be capable of with that mentality?
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