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Kobe Spoils Shaq's Suns' Debut, B Diddy Beats Celtics, Spurs Get Stronger, Michael Jordan Airs Out Stern
Posted on February 21, 2008 10:46 AM
Ayo, last night's Lakers-Suns game was dope. It was playoff basketball in February, dogs. I'm telling you!
Reports all say Kobe's fingers are injured ... please motherf**ker. Ain't nothing wrong with that man's fingers and if there is something wrong, you would never know it!
Kobe, aka the best baller in the world right now, dropped 41 points to lead the Lakers to a 130-124 victory over the Suns, spoiling Shaq's debut in Phoenix. (And the Knicks lost by 40 last night. Assholes!)
Back to teams that are actually good ... despite the loss, Phoenix is going to be just fine with Shaq. Diesel demands SOHH much attention in the paint that it allows Amare Stoudemire to freelance. Manchild went for 37 points and 15 rebounds (and watch his boards only go up, up, up). As long as he stays healthy, Diesel is gonna make the Suns better.
But even SOHH, I told y'all the Lakers are the class of the West right now. Did y'all see how Kobe and Pau Gasol were linking up last night!? Ayoo ... watch the clip.
THE LAKERS ARE THAT TEAM TO BEAT. I'M TELLING Y'ALL!
Shaq after the game: "Steve Nash instructed me to get my Randy Moss on."
Run big fella!
B. Diddy also beat the Celtics (It's still F Boston) at the buzzer!
Moving on, the Spurs just got really better on the low by adding Kurt Thomas. Y'all may be thinking Kurt Thomas ain't no star, but it's a great pickup. Thomas can D up all the big men in the West and allow Tim Duncan to just focus on offense. Great move.
Finally, I came across this ESPN Magazine with Michael Jordan on the cover. Inside, MJ criticizes Commish David Stern for the way he markets NBA players.
"David Stern hates when I say this, but in some ways he created his own problem. Look at the way the league markets its players. When I came in, they marketed the athletes themselves, how they performed, what they accomplished. To reinvent someone is very difficult. When you say a player is today's Michael Jordan or Magic Johnson, the first thing the public will do is compare him to the real Michael Jordan or Magic Johnson. When the public doesn't see the same degree of success, you've just dug yourself a deeper hole."
UGGGH! There's a lot of truth to what his Airness is saying. I think off cats like Dwight Howard and Gilbert Arenas alone, the NBA doesn't need to go that route. Holla at me, man. What y'all think of MJ's comments and the West?
Comments
MJ is the GOAT. PERIOD!
Aint nobody better.
Kobe is the best right now, but he just a carbon copy of MJ. When he does moves on cats, he aint saying...oh Kobe!
he still doin the fade aways like JORDAN!!!
YOU NEED TO SHOW THAT KNOT ON BELL HEAD. NIGGUH GOT KNOCKED THE PHUCK OUT.
KOBE IS THE TRUTH. GREAT DAY FOR BASKETBALL. CP3 OUTPLAYED JASON KIDD AND LEBRON BUSTED A TRIPLE DOUBLE ON THE PACER. LOOKS LIKE THE WEST IS GOING TO BE FUN TO WATCH NOW.
Kobe Is That Nukka...Closet Thing There Will Ever Be To Jordan... 90th 40pt Game Of His Career , Thats Ruthless... Shaq Started Off Rusty Then He Put Turiaf in The Rim And It Was Pretty Descent After That... He'll Do Good W/ The Suns, Its Just The Lakers Are That Team... I Was Just Telling My Boy The Spurs Need To Get Someone New, and Kurt Thomas Is A Great Pick Up For Them D up any one plus good for bout 13pts a game and 10rebs so not to shabby..Plus The Sonics Will Prolly Waive Barry So The Spurs Will Pick 'Em Back Up..
Black History: Malcolm X died on this day in 1965, I wonder if SOHH will make note of this or if they will ignore this man's legacy.
The West is BURNING! 10 Teams, is it, over 500? DAMN! Kobe was catchin all that hell for demanding that Buss-y do something about the team and threatening to leave. Now look, nigga carrying LA on his back....AGAIN, but this time, they about to pick up more than just a bottom seed....
BARON IS FO REAL NOBODY WANTS TO SEE THE WARRIORS IN THE OFFS U SEE HOW BARON SHOOK THAT DUDE THAS GAME
MJ IS RIGHT BUT YALL ALWAYS GONNA COMPARE A NEW GUY TO A OLD GUY BUT THAS JUS THA WAY IT IS
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YEAH THE SPURS PICK UP THOMAS FOR DEFENSE PURPOSES. MAN I DON'T KNOW WHO IS COMING OUT OF THE WEST. I WOULD LIKE TO THE LAKERS AND LEBRON IN THE FINALS. BUT I KNOW THAT WON'T HAPPEN.
KOBE SHOWING YALL WHY HE SHOULD BE MVP THIS SEASON. THE LAKERS ARE FUN TO WATCH. DID YALL SEE RAJA GET MAD WHEN KOBE BREEZE RIGHT PASS HIM. RAJA COULDNT GUARD A BOX OF KRISPY KREME DOUNTS.
KOBE SHOWING YALL WHY HE SHOULD BE MVP THIS SEASON. THE LAKERS ARE FUN TO WATCH. DID YALL SEE RAJA GET MAD WHEN KOBE BREEZE RIGHT PASS HIM. RAJA BELL COULDNT GUARD A BOX OF KRISPY KREME DOUNTS.
kobe lives for those moments da nigga was like fire marshall bill from "living color" all that shaq talk kobe said ohhh yeah "lemme show sumthng"
41 pts and scoreboard!lakers are a dangerous team u got gasol kobe fischer odem and bynum its gonna be really interesting.
What the fuck was i thinking asking for a trade! LA ALL DAY!
Kobe's the best hands-down, bitches. When it's all said and done - numbers wise - the man may have better numbers than jordan.
lakers-celtics final THROWBACK SON!
Jordan said it all about stern. F U C K the knicks and the Lakers. Kobe is good but the best. In the finals its gonna be Phoenix Suns VS Boston Celtics.
victory Park: If the lakers and cavs met in the finals, it would be a boring ass series. Why? Simple, Kobe's got help. Lebron does not.
Kobe and the Lakers showed me why they are THAT team in the west. Even with Shaq and Amarie in the middle, L.A. did what good teams do; remain composed and execute to close games......until Bruce Bowen f*#ks Kobe's hand up again.
I love my Lakers! I love my hometown! Westcoast baby!
Kobe has to be the MVP, the league owes it to him for the two they have stolen from him. Roll on Lakers....... All the way
If Kobe doesn't get the MVP award this year then its FUCK the MVP award ya dig? 2005-2006 Kobe completely went off concluding with an 81 point outburst against Toronto. Yes 81, if Kobe only played that game during the whole regular season he should have gotten the MVP award. Then the following season #24 scored 4 CONSECUTIVE 50+ point games just to GET INTO THE PLAYOFFS! So I come back to my first point if Kobe doesn't get it this year then FUCK IT!
to see kobe vs james.. ahh man come on!! like I said probably won't happen but I will watch it just to see who would score 40pts first. The Lakers has the best chance getting there than the Cavs.
PEOPLE - STOP COMPARING LEBRON TO KOBE! The argument stops and ends on defense. Kobe plays it well. Lebron don't. end of story.
I hate to agree with u, but Lakers are that team to beat. Andrw Bynum is the future, and Kobe should change his name to 'the weapon' cause his only purpose is to shoot team's defenses to shreads. I predict them at least going to the conference finals this year. Sucks for my Rockets, but they just aint showin me enough.
I agree 100% with Jordan's comments. Stern is trying to make these players in 2008 like the players of 1988. It started with the dress code rules targeting hiphop apparel. Imagine if they would have taken away MJ, Julius Erving, or Wilt Chamberland's swag.
Grant Hill
Jerry Stackhouse (WTF!?)
Vince Carter
Kobe Bryant
Dwyane Wade
What do these names have in common? They're just few of the names dubbed as, 'the next MJ.'
There can only be 1!
On behalf of every lifelong Celtic fan eat a dick and keep riding the Lakers dicks. Kobe is a whiny bitch. When he's winning he's the greatest in the game but once they start losing its trade me. After all the losing in Minnesota you never heard KG bitch like that. You know why cause he's a true professional while Kobe the anal rapist is spoiled little bitch and allways has been since he first came in the league.
jordan is a hater, kobe would break mj the fuck off... like he did everytime they ever played each other( including a 55 point ass tourching 4 mj) go youtube that shit. jordan was what lebron is in todays game. hes was the face of the leauge so he got all the calls, he could take fucking ten steps to the hole if he wanted, and there would be no call. after kobe got fucked over with that bullshit denver rape charge he gets no calls, but what kobe do? he elevated his game to a whole nother level. im not saying jordan wasnt a bad muthafucka, but the greatest of all time. LOL hell naw. jordan is 6th on the list, maybe... all the greatest players were lakers( karrem, kobe, magic, wilt) and they would kick jordans ass.
jordan is a bitter, retired, old ass, hater. he even hated on kobes 81(the greatest scoring performance in nba history... way better than wilt look up stats) talkin bout" i cant see how some one would let one man score 81 points..." of course he cant cause it would take mj 2 games to scoe 81. jordans career high of 69 was done in OT, while the person he was gaurding dropped 45( mark price who used to whoop jordans ass on the regular) im from the bay area and almost everytime he played here mitch richmond would lite his ass on fire. jordan... if mark price and mitch richmond tried to go crazy on kobe he would lock they ass down on the defensive end and then kill they ass on the offensive side. anyway to make a long story short when its all said and done kobe will be ahead of joradan in every scoring stat and record.
...fuck jordan and all that hype bullshit
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BDAVIS AND KB24 for MVP
I was rollin wit B-Diddy since Charlotte.
Respect these two cats
MIke definitely got a point, they ruined several dudes trying to make them the next Mike(Harold Miner). When Mike and Magic came into the league they were allowed to be themselves, there will never be another Magic or Mike, just let these dudes be themselves.
As for the West, it's like the 80's all over again. LA is looking want some championship rings, when Bynum comes back they going to be a real problem for the Spurs.
Stoudamire could easily win the MVP if he keeps it up, playing with Shaq is going to make dude into a HOF'er fo sho.
first of all you kobe haters he is kobe wanted to be traded because of the people they put around him were garbage chris mihm, kwame, smush parker and a few more remember bynum wasnt that good last year, so he got in bus' s face and now they got gasol, and fisher, kg had been saying for a couple of years he wanted to be traded, shaq has said earlier this year he wanted to be traded so to say kobe wants to be traded when they are losing then that should apply to kg, and especially shaq
For all yall that say KOBE copied MJ'S game you are absolutely right. But how hard is it to do that and be successful wit it? Got respect for Grant Hill ol boy is very rizilliant and I like that.
LAKERS 2008 NBA CHAMPIONS.
Kevin who? Ray who? Paul who?
Oh yeah somebody teach Labron aka MR.FLOP a turn around fade-a-way and a perimeter game. He is not shit and he is not the second coming. You will see when playaz like Kevin Durrant start excellin pass him.
MJ is da truth, cats like Kobe and Lebron get compared to MJ all da time because Stern tried to downplay all the players instead of givin them their own shine. Kobe cant compare to MJ coz he aint got class.. Sorry kids buts itz da truth jus ask the white bitch he raped at Denver.
and another thing... Anybody that says kobe copied jordans game is full of shit. kobes game is far more advanced than jordan. kobe came in the league a complete player and has since elevated his game to pretty much the most complete ever. jordan added alot to his game over the years( thats what i give jordan the most props for) when he first came in the league he wasnt even half the shooter kobe was. jordan was nothing but dunks and layups, just like lebrons no shooting ass is now. i will admit jordans turn around jumper is one of the sweetest shots in the history of the leauge, but keep it real jordan didnt master the turn around jumper till after his return from the first retirement. kobe been doin that shit since lower marian high school.( and yes its sweeter than jordans) i can see why people would make the comparison since we havnt seen a player be so consistant in the scoring department since jordan, but thats were the similarity stops. kobe is a shooter, he can shoot a 30 plus footer all net, all day. kobe plays with more finesse and skill than jordan, what was hard for jordan kobe does with ease. if you look at their game in retrospect any one can see their games are very different. kobes not the next jordan hes the first kobe bryant. And why does everybody gotta be copying jordan like he played with some super unique style. Jordan was nothing but a Dr. J wanna be when he came in... so i guess everybody is really trying to be like Dr. J.( who mike said from his own mouth is who he patterened his game after) ALL YOU JORDAN FANS NEED TO REALIZE THE GAME WAS HERE BEFORE JORDAN AND IT WILL BE HERE AFTER JORDAN. he was a product of good marketing... i see kids that never even seen jordan play a day in their life but they say hes the greatest because their wearing his shoes. .... Jordans career is over- kobe is in his prime LOL
Nah Shaq debut wasn't spoiled beyond the fact they didn't win. He just came back from injury, it was success in terms of what they got done especially for a first game 2gether as a team.
Nash is a solid leader so once he and Shaq really get that 1-5 connection going it should be high percentage affair especially in the paint. Amare add's the "Twin Tower" effect plus the youth, i always thought their 3-men were interchangable, even with Marion there, so i really don't see it as much of a loss beyond Marions versatility.
I think the support staff need to get used to being around that much of a talent factor to an extent, they may be insecure at the moment about playing time or awestruck....
hopefully neither is the case, but really with Kobe there is no equivalent right now in terms of the impact of a game, and he toned down the internal conflct and the Lakers really do got that Dynasty Flair to em, especially with the more youthful of the lineup, Bynum done turned str8 beast on em, Jer-z Up!!
Ay ballsy i tried 2 tell niggas dat nobody was fuckin wit them Laker boys....did u see us...wat...kobe finger fucked up can u tell...hell no...41 points yammin on niggas Pau out there doin his thing we tha best in tha west aint nobody fuckin wit us
ALPO shut the fuck up you fuckin cracker
you dont know shit
i cosign the fuck outta wat his airness said. niggas aint never call jordan the king or none of that bullshit. the fans decided he was the goat. thas why i cant stand lebron. he nice and all but stop with all the king bullshit. fuck all these young niggas that come into any game(basketball, rap or otherwise) and think they the shit. nigga u gotta prove yoself 1st. pay ya dues. anytime somebody refers to him as "king" he need to be humble and say "na i aint that. im just another player tryin to play the game i love." and fuck wat u heard, kobe the closest thing we got to jordan. he dont call himself the king or have tattoos of a crown or none of that bullshit. kobe lets his play do all the talkin.
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alpo, wat are u 15? fuck outta here
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ever since the lakers got gasol, i been sayin the lakers goin to the finals.
The Suns are still comin out the west they almost beat the lakers with Shaq in his first game with only 4 team practices under his belt so the team is only gonna get better and as far as Kobe being better then Jordan any real basketball fan would no theres no comparison thier products of 2 different eras Jordans the best ever because he did what he did in a defensive minded time of the game and kobes part of the David Stern hand check ticky-tack foul offensive minded rule changes if that was instituted during Jordans days he'd easily drop a 100 on somebody and jordan still gots almost double the number of 40point games So to put it plainly to all you lame ass lakers fans who say Kobes better then Jordan "Men Lie,Women Lie,Rings Don't"
Alpo, you sound like dog food.
The best player of all time one three rings. Took some time off. Came back and one three more. Then he sent Phil Jackson to teach Kobe how its done.
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