Comments on: Is Kobe really that competitive?

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 01:00:23 +0000

Lots of hate for Kobe, that means he has to be the best player on the planet right now. No one is even close, actually, so keep hating.

I agree with some of the comments. You all want it both ways. If he takes over, he’s a ball hog. If he passes, he’s not doing enough. Do you guys even watch basketball? Until the arrival of Gasol, what did Kobe have around him? Odom can be awesome, and present problems in matchups for every team, but you never know what you are getting from him game in game out. Gasol kind of did the same thing in the finals last year, flashes of himself, then tentative nothing. For two or three years, Kobe would pass to teamates and they would either miss consistently, or worse, miss consistently, then dump the ball back to Kobe hoping he’d dig them out of the hole they made.

Why not just enjoy watching greatness? You guys won’t ever be happy anyway.

By: Austin Burton

Austin Burton — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:20:47 +0000

Here’s the thing, though: When healthy, T-Mac is very close to Kobe. I’m not saying he’s just as good, but it’s not like Kobe is light years better.

By: the black mexican

the black mexican — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 13:50:47 +0000

Austin, will you does us all a favor and NEVER, EVER, mention TMAC & Kobe in the same paragraph again, unless it is a paragraph entitled “1000 Reasons TMAC Will Never Be As Good As Kobe.” Otherwise, it’s just embarassing.

By: Austin Burton

Austin Burton — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 10:09:57 +0000

I’m sorry you feel that way, Rick Fox.

By: fireaustin

fireaustin — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 07:11:38 +0000

Another dumb article by a dumb writer.

By: Mr. A

Mr. A — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 03:31:01 +0000

we need an entire thread dedicated to Tbeezy’s ignorance.

I mean, really, dude? that’s on some unforgivable shit, right there.

I’ll just assume I can blame blame the fact that nobody can get loans these days on people like you…

By: doc

doc — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 02:56:16 +0000

@lakeshow-I aint basing it off them games,Im just saying at the same time Bron gave Kob props off the court he busted his ass on the court.Revoke mine forever cause Im a Illadelph kid to the core.Fuck LA.

By: Mike C

Mike C — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 20:09:30 +0000

My opinion is that he used to have that unsurpassed competitiveness but it’s dwindled a bit now. Years and years of hearing criticisms about shooting too much will do that to you I guess. One performance that everyone deifies MJ for is his 63 against Boston in 86′. Lot of people forget that the Bulls lost that game. What if Kobe came out and dropped 60 on Boston in that game 6 last year but lost the game? He would have been murdered by the media all summer long. How can anyone maintain that killer instinct to go all out each and every night when you get criticized no matter what you do?

By: weng santos

weng santos — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 16:51:43 +0000

@ Tbeezy.

HAT-P1 is in another solar system. We live in the Milky Way, so the other dude is right for saying that Jupiter is largest, because it IS in our solar system.

Plus, the fact that it’s code-named means it is still debated and is not yet an accepted truth. HAT-P1 is made almost entirely of gas, so the debate rages on whether it should be a called a true planet (as we know thwm) or if it’s a completely different calss of heavenly bodies.

You should’ve just guven up and manned up to you mistake when it was pointed out instead of using Google as your defense.

Sorry, had to speak up on that.
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And oh yeah, to stay on topic, Kobe is good, but he has 2 things: an insatiable ego, and a switch- which he turns off when to prove a point, even at the expense of losing. So no, not as competitive as Nike markets him to be.

By: Celts Fan

Celts Fan — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 15:58:17 +0000

I hate Kobe, we all know this, and he has given up/been passive before, but like you said, no one’s gone full on all the time.

@dbag, all 3 of the guys you call out are about as competitive as it gets man, but like AB said, no one can go 100% all the time. I’ll go to war with any of the 3 guys you just mentioned and know I’ll come out on top much more than I won’t…