Kobe Bryant Appreciation Thread - Mamba Out

Started by Poohdini, Apr 8, 2016, in Sports Add to Reading List

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    ye it is. i matched this girl on tinder who likes pokemon and now i'm teeing up a time to go lickitung her a--- hole
     
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    People can say a lot about Boston (especially Red Sox and Patriot) fans as far as being arrogant, but Celtic fans are pretty knowledgeable and definitely show respect, even when an athlete is hated.... Celtic fans, mind you.

    I remember this, when the Celtics were absolute trash, and Kobe received MVP chants in Boston... Pretty crazy the amount of respect Kobe had in Boston, even during both Finals.

     
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    It's cool to see how much love kobe got man. It almost seemed like it overshadowed the Warriors night big time

    Any tv ratings out there?
     
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    Idk about the TV ratings but the Staples Center sold $1.2 million worth of Kobe merchandise, breaking the all time arena merchandise record held by the O2 arena. I think Led Zepplin sold like a milli, it was their first show in 3 decades.
     
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    Yeah I'm hearing some say bad stuff about this too and it's ridiculous and kinda disappointing actually. I know there's a ton of people who don't like Kobe but as a basketball fan I don't know how they can't appreciate and respect what he's done. This last performance was incredible in so many ways yet people just want to say '50 shots' or try to say the Jazz weren't trying or whatever (not true). I wonder if most of these people even watched the game or just looked at the box score. You'd think at least at the very end when it's all over, people could give him his due but I guess not.

    Kinda sums up Kobe's career in a way lol, always had people trying to discredit him or make excuses. There's still that crowd that gives him little to no credit for the 1st 3 rings cuz of Shaq. Guess it is what it is, but I don't really understand it...People sure do hold onto hate for a long time, d---. It's their own loss if they can't appreciate what Kobe's done.

    This last game was a top 10 Kobe performance imo, all things considered and he's obviously had some amazing ones.

    *edit* Also to me the game would have been less impressive if he took less shots but got way more FTs. Kobe truly earned this 60, it wasn't like he had 30 gift FTs since it was his last game, he only had 12 FTs I believe. He earned this with contested jumpers, escaping trap defenses and double teams. He was coming off picks for his shots especially later in the games, Utah was trying to stop him.
     
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    Just saw this for example.

    Jason Whitlock: Fox Sports Personality Calls Kobe Bryant 'Most Fraudulent Superstar Celebrity Athlete'
    "His narcissism and selfishness destroyed a franchise. The Lakers are a laughingstock," Whitlock said on "The Herd" following Bryant's final game Wednesday in which he scored 60 points.

    Yeah the front office decisions (especially the one to keep Bryon Scott so long) had nothing to do with it, huh? People act like the reason the Lakers s----d is cuz they had no salary cap money or something due to Kobe's big contract. This isn't true at all, the Lakers had enough money to sign 2 max free agents. Honestly it was better long term for the Lakers to lose this season anyways, they need to keep their draft pick. Kobe realized he couldn't be his old self anymore, so he announced his retirement. If he would have kept milking it beyond this year, people would have a better argument. I think Kobe did it the right way. Plus if we're being honest, the thing that destroyed the franchise most in recent years was Stern vetoing the CP3 trade, that led to many problems down the line.

    If you'll notice, every single NBA player/former NBA player/coach/anyone who's been directly involved in then game etc respects Kobe and realizes his greatness. It's these other clueless fans and people who've hated him since the Shaq days that are speaking out against him.
     
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    Jason Whitlock is a moron bro. Idk how some of these talking heads get/keep their jobs.
     
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    Of f---ing course
     
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    I took the real Kobe shirt out my cart. Lol 77 dollars. Kiss my a---. Fake going to be identical
     
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    @Dew @Nori hope you guys didn't cop that fake tee yet

    Just saw your post nvm lol
     
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    its just printed on Gildan shirt. Its going to be exactly the same for half the cost. I was on the payment page and i was like nah f--- that. They were actually really easy to get.
     
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    Don't even get me started. I was at the f---ing gym and my friend texted me as soon as it popped up but I didn't read the text until 9:20. I was doing leg press and he signal was s-----y so stuff wouldn't load. By the time I stepped outside there was only XXL left :papi8:


    s--- sold out in less than 20 minutes, which is actually pretty decent but I should just ran outside and gotten better signal. Shirt was 65 and now it's going on grailed and eBay for like 199-299 :wow2:
     
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    they're still in stock tho. Only idiots paying those resell values. Everyone that actually bought one took an L.
     
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    Link says that there's only XL left? Idk, I know the ULB Gildan tees off Amazon and eBay had some f----- up lettering so that's the only thing holding me back from coping the one you linked me to :ohno:
     
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    plus he took of the Los Angeles lakers on the real one. Who wants that? If anything these dudes are buying the rip off. Be smart Nori.
     
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    12 dollar shipping too. Sheesh
     
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    Yeah I saw that when I was at checkout last night too :stephena2:

    They updated to FedEx shipping which is like 6.95 but still came out to like 77.92 after tax. I'll get the big cartel one then. Know if they're selling the purple one? I'd rather that than the yellow one.
     
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