Kobe Steak
Photo. MannionWednesday was big at the Dime headquarters: Opening Night for the Nike Recess Federation, the rec league we’re involved with that causes a few too many inter-office arguments. Since almost everyone in the Dime crew plays on a team – and many of us on the same teams – there was a lot of trash-talking throughout the day. And after everyone was done playing and heading home, we got the word: Allen Iverson had 33 points on the Lakers at halftime. Hustle home to catch the second half, and A.I. is murdering Derek Fisher and Jordan Farmar, while Kobe was on the bench with his shoulder wrapped in ice. No way the Lakers can win this one, right? Wrong. Mamba came back down the stretch and proved why he’s the best player on the planet. He locked up Iverson in the fourth quarter, holding him to two points (A.I. scored 51 total), and carried the Lakers on offense: driving past A.I. for buckets, hitting pull-ups over Camby (0 pts, 20 rebs) and his alley-oop to Andrew Bynum in crunch time was risky as hell but perfectly-placed … Before Kobe (25 pts) got involved, though, Iverson was incredible. Or as Mark Jones sadly put it, “He’s getting his groove on.” Did you catch Kobe’s backhanded compliment at halftime, saying A.I. was playing “like he used to.” … So was last night’s win over the Mavs without Tim Duncan enough to make you give the Spurs some credit as a team? Manu hung 37 on the Mavs – including a sick dunk over Diop and Josh Howard – and Tony Parker had 23. Could the Spurs win a championship or a playoff series without Duncan? No, but from this game you can see how much more advanced they are sans-superstar than teams like Cleveland and Houston … Dallas was down two in the final seconds, and after Jason Terry got swatted by Francisco Elson on a drive (interesting how they didn’t go to Dirk), had one last shot inbounding from under the basket. Avery Johnson drew up a good play that got Dirk (15 pts, 4-for-11 FGs) a wide-open look in the corner, but he missed the trey really badly. Does it seem like the instances of Terry (20 pts) and Howard (22 pts) being the best player on the Mavs on a given night are happening more often this year than last? … Who knew Brandon Bass was shooting 91 percent from the stripe this year? And it’s not like he’s only taken a handful of them – he’s taken more than 70 freebies. The two he missed yesterday are the most he’s missed in a game so far … Speaking of teams playing without their star, the Nets didn’t have Jason Kidd against the Knicks due to a migraine. (Or, depending on who you listen to, Kidd is disgruntled and sat out to send a message.) Either way, that allowed the Knicks to cop their first road win of the season despite not having Steph and Eddy Curry. Eddie Gill, who was in the D-League like two weeks ago, started in Kidd’s place and recorded more fouls than he did points, boards or dimes. (Adequately making Kidd’s point, if that was the intent.) Jersey could have used Marcus Williams, obviously. Or Darrell Armstrong, for that matter … The Knicks went up by 14 at one point, which was their largest lead of the season … The other day we asked who should be the Team USA point guards for the ’08 Olympics. A lot of you felt that – assuming J-Kidd is a lock to be the starter – Deron Williams and Chris Paul should get the other two spots. We made a case for Chauncey Billups, and last night Smooth showed why he shouldn’t be written off. He outplayed CP in CP’s house, giving him 18 points, 7 boards and 7 dimes while leading a Pistons comeback win … T-Mac (was he even considered for the Team USA program?) stamped a triple-double on the Grizzlies with 17 points, 10 boards and 12 dimes … Despite the loss, the Grizzlies are learning that J.C. Navarro runs their team better than any of their other point guards. Mike Conley will have a lot of work to do when he gets healthy just to get on the court … Even without Chris Bosh (groin), we figured Toronto could at least hang in there with the Suns, as their styles match up pretty well. This was the game for T.J. Ford, who thrives on up-and-down play where you have to make quick decisions. Ford ended up dropping 27 points on Phoenix in just 23 minutes off the bench, but the Raps couldn’t stop anybody; they gave up 136 points … Did you see Carlos Delfino’s up-and-under splitting Amare and Barbosa? Nice. But Monta Ellis crowning Andrew Bogut was just nasty … Sonics play-by-play man Kevin Calabro called Al Thornton “twitchy,” whatever that means. Calabro has always been one of our favorites, and not just because he intentionally snuck in a “Boom goes the dynamite!” during a Sonics/Kings playoff game back when Jerome James was supposed to be good … Damn, Brandan Wright and D.J. Mbenga are getting more PT than Patrick O’Bryant now? That kid needs a trade ASAP. He’s never gonna play in Nellie’s system, and the Warriors are just letting his trade value drop with every day he rots on their bench. There’s gotta be some team out there willing to take a chance on a young, 7-foot-2 guy who isn’t a head case … During Wizards/Cavs, they had one of those Geico cavemen wearing a Wizards jersey at the table with the announcers. Corny and painfully unfunny. Good job there … The Cavs got smacked (again), but don’t worry: Anderson Varejao is coming back! … A couple things worth checking out on High School Hoop: an update on the kid who’s being called the next Dwight Howard, ATL big man Derrick Favors, and the high school debut of arguably the best freshman ballplayer in the country, Seattle combo guard Tony Wroten Jr. … We’re out like O’Bryant …
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December 6th, 2007 at 10:21 am
JodysOldMan says:
I wish I was second – love the site and SMACK !
December 6th, 2007 at 10:31 am
M Intellect says:
I don’t give a damn…you can’t give us excuses like the server was down! Smack is my CRACK.
Everyday, I eat my sausage & bacon baguette and read this shit…
December 6th, 2007 at 10:42 am
khameleon says:
Been checking for an update since 6…this is my coffee in the morn…
December 6th, 2007 at 10:56 am
isotope says:
Yao was giving Gasol the business last night.
December 6th, 2007 at 10:56 am
dre in o town says:
why does every hoops player have to be “the next (insert all star name here)??? Why can’t they be the first who they are, why always the comparison. For example, I can understand a 6’6 210lb kid that plays for UNC. Ok i get it, very similar to MJ but still why does everyone need a label. LeBron was compared to just about every player when he came in the L, the most recent being Big O. I don’t think any of them are right. When LBJ averages a Triple double come call me out but right now an almost Triple Double doesn’t cut it.
December 6th, 2007 at 10:57 am
SWAT says:
Question time…what the hell is going on with dallas? Last season cats were scared to play them and this year it just looks like a different team. I know it’s still early and this was about the time last year that they killed 12 or 13 straight but this year they are a lil suspect.
And it’s about time other rockets finally stepped up and made some damn shots!! It’s sad when Yao has to get on your ass and tell them to get in the gym for more shootaround. Tmac and Yao had to talk to the team, i don’t get it. You know you’re ass is bricking out there why the hell would you need someone else to tell you too?
RIP PIMP C. Peace.
December 6th, 2007 at 11:04 am
alex says:
Ford might have dropped 27, but it was all garbage points. Calderon played great in the first half, hanging in there with Nash, and the raps were just down 5 points. It sucks that people here in Toronto are always beaming that the Raps are ’12 deep’ – but that doesn’t mean sh*t come playoff time. They should find a way to trade Kapono, Ford, Graham, Dixon etc etc for Gasol. Pau / Rasho, Bosh / Humphries, Moon / Garbo, Delfino / Parker, Calderon would be a solid team.
December 6th, 2007 at 11:09 am
Bust Jlaze says:
Yo for real…that’s the danger of building a team specifically to get past a team that happens to be giving you problems. I’m pretty sure that the Dallas roster was built to get past the 04-06 Spurs, and then BAM, the Warriors smack you all up and down. Now teams are doing it more often, and even the Spurs are a slightly different team now. So the Mavs have gotten pretty much NOWHERE. They still can go on some crazy win-streaks, but they’re gonna get cracked in the playoffs. Again.
December 6th, 2007 at 11:19 am
smity says:
Dime-whatever happened to that kid Derrick Character that you all featured in one of the early dimes a while back?
SWAT- I didnt know about yao (and tmac) having to talk to the team. thats good if yao was doing a his fair share of talking however i wonder how seriously they take him in the sense that if he’s not willing or unable to command respect on the court (by dominating physically without question) how is we able to command the respect needed and required to have his teamates listen to him when he calls them out? i feel you though on them knowing that they need to be working on their shooting more. is your boy novak gonna get any pt anytime soon? Pimp C dying like that is sad.
December 6th, 2007 at 11:22 am
dre in o town says:
Oh and does anyone have picks for the ’08 Dunk Contest??? Lemme hear some of your Top 4 picks!
December 6th, 2007 at 11:26 am
smity says:
dre in o town (and anyone else for that matter)- does a 6’8, 250 lb oscar robertson put up better numbers (more points, assists, boards?)
what about a 6’5 210lb lebron. thats something interesting to think about.
December 6th, 2007 at 11:34 am
MD says:
Alex: Being 12 deep may not mean much come playoff time, but it means a hell of a lot during the regular season when you have injuries…kind of like now….trade for pau?…a guy that plays the same position as Bosh?
What really sucks is when fans make up dumb trade proposals and try to create a point guard controversy that doesn’t exist…just be happy that the raps have two #1 point guards that will be killing the L the rest of the year…it doesn’t matter who starts.
December 6th, 2007 at 11:35 am
flyp says:
When I saw Eddie Gill starting at the point for Jersey I had checked out the situation and apparently Marcus and Darrell are injured… which explains Gill getting burn.
December 6th, 2007 at 11:44 am
MoxIntheWest says:
In a related story, They said on ESPN last night that D-Miles put the 3rd higest total in Denvers Arena with 48. AI put up 51, however he had 49 thru three and then the Lake show put the clamps on him. As usual, Mamba came through. Do you think the lakers still want J-kidd considering what they would have to give up and also considering how good farmar/vujacic/fisher are playing at the 1?
December 6th, 2007 at 11:50 am
Gee says:
Everybody wanna ball, holla at broads at the mall…Pimp C.
First off let me get in with R.I.P. PIMP C.
Now it’s amazing, but seriously as good as T.Mac is and has been he should have waaaayyy more triple doubles than just now getting his third one. Daaaannng homey.
If and when Bonzi and Steve Franchise start playing consistent and scoring and T.Mac and Yao stay healthy. The Rockets will be a threat. Yea, yea, yea I know that is a lot of if’ing but still.
I want someone to just salt Kobe’s chin one time with some fresh nuts off a dunk so we can see what he will say to the reporters then.
Camby o points and 20 boards. Not even a foul shot point. That is just fishy? I wouldn’t be shocked if George Karl told him to just rebound or something stupid. I still say no good thing will come as long as he is coaching that team.
The PG position is the shiznit this year!
Ain’t no way in nobody’s world should A.V. (he ain’t a pimp he’s a fairy) be making close to 17 mill. for posting an average last year of about 7 and 7 I think. Like he is the difference maker for the Cavs??? I’m saying LeBron needs to do it now rather than later, get the f. out of Cleveland.. I smell a Minny and K.G. thing happening to him.
Again Pimp C. you will be missed. (Stop Hatin’ On The South)
December 6th, 2007 at 11:55 am
djKianoosh says:
It’s shocking that AI puts up those great numbers and the Nuggs still lose. I mean, this team was supposed to be a lot more talented than the sixers. Their last two minutes on D were horrendiferous. oh, and JR Smith drove the lane and coughed the ball up in a critical spot in those last two minutes. See, this is why JR Smith is so perplexing. Lots of talent, but he always has these costly mistakes in critical spots. so aggravating.
I told ya’ll Manu is a legit #1 option back on his HoF watch post. He was killing Dallas last night. shiiiet, tellin me he can’t be a #1. that’s crazy. he does whatever the team needs. point blank. plain and simple. period. case closed on that one. finished. finito. aight?! !!
lots of props to kobe for fighting through that shoulder injury. i slowmo’d the slowmo and it looked like his shoulder just popped out of the socket. no question he’s tough.
maybe the knicks should bench Marbury and Curry more. like, forever.
December 6th, 2007 at 11:58 am
Gee says:
Now there are reports about Jason Kidd going on strike lol. Not the Kidd that everyone loves as a class act and never disrupts his teams? Interesting. It’s probably false, cause it’s also being reported Kidd said he had a migrane or something. Still let the drama unfold.
December 6th, 2007 at 12:23 pm
dagwaller says:
Gee – agreed with everything you said up til you said that Kidd’s a class act. Hard to say that a guy who used to beat his wife has always been a class act…
Also, checked out the box score from the Rockets game. Bonzi AND Scola were tearing it up, seems like, along with T-Mac and Yao. Why aren’t Bonzi or Scola starting?
DJ – agreed with everything YOU said, too. The Knicks made a mistake trading for Z-Bo. Does all the same things (and doesn’t do all the same things) as Curry. So now they have those two and David Lee in their frontcourt – trade one of the big men! That team has a really weird compilation of talent. Get a GM that knows what he’s doing and make a trade that makes sense.
December 6th, 2007 at 12:32 pm
Kobeef says:
I think the J-kidd strike report is bogus. He had a freakin migrane and called in sick. Some reporter trying to make headlines.
Weird night for some (starting) PG’s
- C.Paul 4-14/7 assists (loss)
- M. Williams 5-15/3 assists (loss)
- TJ Ford 12-19/4 assists (loss)
Is it just me or is it time to re-think things when you are the PG and you take 15-20 shots a game and your team is not winning.
Caron is loving the shots he gets without Arenas – who knew? Not the lakers…
December 6th, 2007 at 12:40 pm
Coldchain says:
There’s a possibility Kidd didn’t beat his wife. Word has it they got in an argument and she called the cops and lied on him. Besides, everyone knows Joumana is a little crazy.
December 6th, 2007 at 12:45 pm
Gee says:
Dagwaller – I actually was saying that in a sarcastic fashion. I don’t consider Kidd all that classy at all. A great pg but just as other players he has some on and off court issues too that many choose to ignore when talking about him.
As far as the rockets I think they are still trying to find their consistent regular starters. Everyone outside of T-Mac and Yao or so on and off that it’s hard to predict who is going to drop 6 – 15 or so points to help T and Yao out.
Deal Kobe!
December 6th, 2007 at 12:46 pm
dagwaller says:
A.) Not saying Joumana isn’t crazy. Very crazy. If I was him, I’d have divorced her a while ago.
B.) That’s not really an excuse to hit a woman, which he pleaded guilty to doing.
December 6th, 2007 at 12:49 pm
lll09_ says:
when is the next issue of dime coming out?
December 6th, 2007 at 12:57 pm
SWAT says:
Smity I think that’s why YAO went and got Tmac to talk to them as a duo. I’m not too sure how deep the meeting/spanking was but with the way these boys have been up and down it was coming for a minute now. Tmac was saying how he wants to see them in the gym more and they apparantly saw the frustration on his and YAO’s face. Today’s chronicle was saying how Tmac went to the gym the other day and saw the rest of the guys in there, and based on the game last nite I guess it was a good talk! I hope they keep it up! As far as the starters I think Adelman was trying to leave some fire power on the bench to give them a boost when Tracy sits but the way the starters are building FEMA houses out there it’s ridiculous. Play with the lineup a bit Adelman.
December 6th, 2007 at 1:07 pm
SWAT says:
and as far as novak, homeboy is still with the d-league. He was such a liability on defense that it’s highly unlikely that they will recall him. His stroke was nice so here’s to hoping he steps up quick.
December 6th, 2007 at 1:14 pm
Anon02 says:
You people at DIME give Kobe entirley too much credit. Kobe didn’t shut down anything. At the end it was a TEAM effort on Iverson. Kobe took turns with everyone else throughout the game to try to stop Iverson from doing what he was doing and couldn’t. Iverson was getting triple teamed throughout the forth quarter, so he passed the ball and his teammates couldn’t pull through. The Nuggets lost because of their lack of defense when it matters most (or their DEFENSE period). Iverson scored 51 pts. the least his teammates could have done was play defense! They didn’t lose because the “Mamba” came through to save the day. This was the Nuggets game to win and everyone, excluding Iverson, choked. They basically helped Kobe look like a HERO. If that was the Spurs, Kobe’s ass would have been shut down andd ya’ll know it.
Dime said: “Did you catch Kobe’s backhanded compliment at halftime, saying A.I. was playing “like he used to.”
^^ Yeah I caught that and wasn’t sure what to make of it at first, but I don’t think Kobe meant it the way you folks are trying to make it. I think Kobe meant that Iverson is shooting at will the way he used to have to do in Philly and it caught them off gaurd. For the past year people have started trying to get used to A.I playing in a TEAM system with him and Melo sharing the ball, also the fact that up until last week Iverson has been playing at the 1 (and not the 2) due to the fact that all the point gaurds have been injured. I don’t think Kobe meant for it to be a “backhanded compliment”… Kobe may say some IGNORANT stuff at times, but he’s not that IGNORANT (nor is he that great) to try to diss a fellow Future Hall of Famer like that, especially Iverson of all people. Considering that you folks at DIME are on IVERSONS nuts just as much as Kobes I would have thought you would be a little more responsible with things like that but I guess not. smh!!
December 6th, 2007 at 1:15 pm
ian says:
dj i backed that shit in the hall of fame watch
even said manu is a superstar and the spurs second best player by far
hes is second this season in per
manu numbers on his own team would look like kobes or tmac and hes a winner
he beat the second best team in the league without duncan
bron i think u said manu cant dunk for shit
did u see the dallas game last night
he killed diop
manu = superstar and a hall of famer
December 6th, 2007 at 1:17 pm
ian says:
anon shit i agree 100% on that kobe aint that great
December 6th, 2007 at 1:22 pm
dre in o town says:
SMITY – First off, whatever your point was didn’t make it across. Think out what you have on your mind and type slowly. Second thing, i wasn’t hating on LBJ at all, the kid is beastly, all i’m saying is that Oscar Robertson averaged a Triple Double over the course of a season. Yeah LBJ has a couple this past season but until he can put up an average of a Triple Double over a whole season “get the fuck up out my face” with the comparisons being thrown around all over the place.
December 6th, 2007 at 1:53 pm
nick says:
for the slam dunk contest i would say at this point it would include rookies jamario moon, nick young and thaddeus young.
December 6th, 2007 at 2:14 pm
djKianoosh says:
thaddeus young based on what? has he even seen the court for philly yet?
i saw a phat dunk from the west virginia game last night, some tall dude went baseline jammin and almost had his entire forearm inside the rim. dunk contest should invite some college kids like that.. forget the pros. the superstars won’t join the dunk contest anyway, might as well get some of the college kids… nba/ncaa probably wouldn’t let that happen, but it would be hot.
December 6th, 2007 at 2:22 pm
smity says:
dre in o town- First off-there was no point. i was presenting an idea to think about. Second- nobody here said you were hating on lebron. third- if you werent so thirsty to feel attaked you would have thought about (wait- you would have thought out what you have on your mind and type slowly- nah that just sounds stupid) the idea of the Big O (one of the greatest players of all time) having the size and strength of a lebron and what he would have been able to accomplish (or not accomplish depending on one’s argument). you also would have thought about the idea of lebron being 6’5 210 and the question of whether he would be as successfully dominant as he is….thats all.
Anon02- i agree with you about how the team lost that game by not playing d. I was shaking my head this morning when i looked at nba.com and saw that they lost that game (i went to bed with 4 minutes left in the game). i couldnt believe that they could waste a game of ai’s like that. they need to do something about their d and people’s commitment to playing it. otherwise ai is just having his time wasted cause they aint winning nothing in the west playing like that…
December 6th, 2007 at 2:30 pm
Gee says:
Dime tomorrow can you all get some type of discussion going on about the Mayweather vs. Hatton fight.
Fa real I got Mayweather winning but I think Hatton is going to give him some things he will never forget. For real if anyone can beat Floyd it is Ricky. Oh yea you have to, and I mean have to love Ricky’s fan base. The songs they sing all the while the fight is going on is hilarious. Hopefully it will be a good fight and Floyd will actually not run away a lot and send some shots back.
Who yall got and why?
December 6th, 2007 at 2:42 pm
Anon02 says:
LOL @ ian
I mean don’t get me wrong, I respect Kobes game just as much as everyone else. But I just feel like sometimes people give him too much CREDIT. The NUGGETS lost that game themselves. I’m just keeping it real, if KOBE was playing against a great defensive team like the SPURS or the PISTONS, hell even the JAZZ, Kobe wouldn’t have pulled that off… Kobe knows what type of player Iverson is, Iverson reminded him lastnight, but Kobe also knows what kind of “DEFENSE” Iversons TEAM plays…which is NONE. LOL! Everyone on that NUGGETS TEAM was talking about PAYBACK against the LAKERS for blowing them out in that game last week and the only one on the NUGGETS that understands what “PAYBACK” meant was IVERSON…. KOBE wasn’t shocked by Iversons performance, he knows like we ALL know that Iverson is one of the BEST(Kobe has been playing against him one-on-one for the past twelve years) he also knows just because Iverson is on a TEAM where he doesn’t have to score 45 pts. everynight, doesn’t mean that he CAN’T when he wants to. That was the point of bringing him to Denver… but I said “Kobe isn’t that great”, because DIME was acting like Kobe was trying to DISS IVERSON saying he was paying him a “backhanded compliment”, and by that I meant Kobe is not that much better then Iverson to be trying to diss him (in which I don’t believe he was trying to anyway). Like I said, KOBE can be IGNORANT, but he’s NOT that IGNORANT.
December 6th, 2007 at 3:01 pm
Anon02 says:
smity, I agree. I was looking at that game and wanted to JUMP out the window. LOL! People talk about Iverson only scoring 2 pts. in the 4th quarter but forget that those 2 pts. came at a crucial time where they were behind and his bucket got them ahead again. Iverson can only do so much. I love Carmelo, but even though he scored 26 pts. he had a terrible night of shooting and missed shots that were crucial in the fourth and forced shots that he didn’t have to. If Carmelo is one of this teams LEADERS that he claims to be, then he should have took over while Iverson was TRIPLE teamed in the FOURTH. After lastnights game, if this team can’t support Iverson when he has a night like that by atleast playing 2 strait minutes of Defense or if they still don’t make noise in the playoffs, then maybe he should OPT OUT of his contract for next season while he can and go to a team that he can UTILIZE all his skills and not have to sacrifice as much as he has in DENVER for NOTHING. If he has been responsible enough to share the ball with Melo, the least they can do is show up when he has a great 51 pt. night like this. Don’t get me wrong, I would much rather see A.I play on a TEAM where he doesn’t have to take all the offensive load by himself (because that will wear players out), but if this team isn’t going to give as much as he gives on a night-to-night basis then you’re right, he needs to leave because they are wasting his time (lord knows Philly has waisted his time enough).
December 6th, 2007 at 3:11 pm
dre in o town says:
SMITY- blah blah blah shut up
December 6th, 2007 at 3:46 pm
smity says:
dre in o town- you a lame
December 6th, 2007 at 3:48 pm
Gee says:
Animal flatulence targeted!
Again can we look at George Karl on this. Denver has a great team that should be dealing with a team like the Lakers much better. I don’t so much put it on the players as I do the coach.
I am sorry but with the line-up Karl has, and all he can get from his players is inconsistent piss poor performances on D man please.
Sure you can physically force any player to play D, but you certainly make them understand the importance and relevance of it where they are excited to lock teams and star players down.
Denver’s offense is there no question, but to me their D should be somewhere in the arena. Where is it? You got Camby, Ne, K-Mart, Melo, A.I…ect and your team is 11-8??
Perhaps he should look into getting J.V. Gundy to be an assistant for a lot of money and teach them boys to play D. He would make a great defensive coach to me.
Ok nuff of that. As far as Kobe I come to praise dude, not to bury him. Yea I think he was taking a shot at A.I. with the comment. I would say no, but he has a track record for throwing others under the bus, be it by slight of hand or using his whole body. Still …I can never front he is the greatest player doing it in the L right now. To me Lakers brass must not want a ring though right now more than p.r. because honestly, they could have done something by now to get him some type of better help.
Who is content?
I ain’t!
December 6th, 2007 at 4:06 pm
fattyacids says:
dunc kontest nods
dwight howard – totally robbed last year, he was gonna kiss the rim!?!?!?!!
monta ellis – dude can fly, but can he put on the aerobatics like vince or is he just a soarer? give him a shot. hell try and yak on anybody
jamario moon – i agree. kid a baller
J.R. Smith – he also got robbed by his behind the back dunk a few years ago http://youtube.com/watch?v=KDetf4SW4h0 approximately 30 seconds into it
and josh smith too. insane versicle on that kid.
thats all i got, please no scrubs, im not saying they have to be all stars, in the contest just no chris andersons type players. they should also redefine the scoring system. give decimals spots too (9.8, 9.8 etc), and let them each have three dunks and they take the two highest totals. its weak when somebody wins on the fact that the first guy bricked then you go for the safe dunk to win it.
December 6th, 2007 at 4:27 pm
Anon02 says:
Gee said:
“As far as Kobe I come to praise dude, not to bury him. Yea I think he was taking a shot at A.I. with the comment. I would say no, but he has a track record for throwing others under the bus, be it by slight of hand or using his whole body”.
^^ Who knows, you may very well be right because Kobe does have a track record of talking nonsense about people nomatter who it is… but like I said, if he did mean it to be offensive, he needs his @ss whooped because its ignorant and he sounds stupid saying it (nomatter which SUPERSTAR it’s about), the same way the NUGGETS need their @ss whooped for not playing any DEFENSE lastnight. LOL! I don’t care if KOBE is considered the best player in the League right now or not, he needs to save the BS talk for an average NBA cat, not a FUTURE HALL OF FAMER that has done far more in his career then Kobe has (excluding the rings). Lets be real. The only thing KOBE is better then IVERSON at is RAPING WOMEN. LMAO!! I’m just playing, that was a cheap shot…see Kobe, you’re NOT the only one that can talk sh*t. LOL! But really you could look at that quote either way, i’d like to think that Kobe has grown up some and knows better then that. When he said it i’m sure a bunch of people (NBA players included) were looking at the screen like WTF is he talking about?! I honastly do think that he meant it as Iverson is shooting at will like he did in Philly and they weren’t use to him playing like that in Denvers “TEAM” offense, but whatever.
But on the real, Kobe might want help for his team, but I think he’s turned many players off. I think players respect his game, but would rather not play with him.
December 6th, 2007 at 4:36 pm
hatinonmanu says:
Ian, get off Manu’s cock son.
It was one game man, ONE game. He isn’t a HOFer, he is barely an AllStar. LIke seriously, are you his boyfriend or something? You handjob that guy every chance you get, maybe you should just stfu until you know what you are talking about.
December 6th, 2007 at 4:39 pm
JodysOldMan says:
Why does everyone hate on rashard lewis’ max deal? He’s probably not a max player, but if you can convince someone to PAY you max money you are WORTH max money. No one typing into this column turns money down, do they? Rashard may suck, but his agent doesn’t.
December 6th, 2007 at 5:27 pm
CHANGMACHINE says:
you guys at dimemag are productivity killers… i have to read every post before i can start work…
December 7th, 2007 at 8:02 am
DOC says:
I wouldn’t say Manu puts up Kobe or Tmac numbers at all.
December 7th, 2007 at 9:24 am
ian says:
hatinonmanu
LOL u r a retard go watch a game
do u even know who manu is
dont hate him cuz hes a winner and does everything on the court
so please shut the fuck up
u probably a suns fan (a nash team will never beat a manu team)
December 7th, 2007 at 9:25 am
ian says:
hatin
one more thing im i the only one that said that manu is a hall of famer
no
do u know what per is ? probably not
he does more than most of other sg in the league in half the time
youll love him on your team
December 7th, 2007 at 9:26 am
ian says:
go suck a dick u know u like it