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Kobe Scoring Thread (MERGED)

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Should Kobe have gone for more pts?

  • I would have played him the whole game and gone for Wilts 100

    Votes: 12 24.0%

  • I would have done what Phil did

    Votes: 6 12.0%

  • Who cares

    Votes: 32 64.0%
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Great performance. He should have played the fourth quarter. Everytime you step on the court, at any moment you could get hurt. Every player knows that. I've said the same thing when people have discussed before last Sunday what Tony Dungy should do if the Colts had gone 14-0.

When you have a chance to do something great in sports, do it. Scoring over 75 points in a game for only the second time in NBA history would have been a great accomplishment. It's a shame Kobe and Phil didn't take advantage of it.

There have been 39 Super Bowl Championship winning teams. There have been almost 60 NBA Championship teams, of which Kobe has been a part of 3. (Can you name them all?)

There has only been one undefeated season in NFL history. (Can you name the team?) There has only been one player in NBA history to make it to 75 points or more in a game. (Can you name the player?)
 
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StadiumDorm said:
Great performance. He should have played the fourth quarter. Everytime you step on the court, at any moment you could get hurt. Every player knows that. I've said the same thing when people have discussed before last Sunday what Tony Dungy should do if the Colts had gone 14-0.

When you have a chance to do something great in sports, do it. Scoring over 75 points in a game for only the second time in NBA history would have been a great accomplishment. It's a shame Kobe and Phil didn't take advantage of it.

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You mean Kobe.....Phil tried to put him back in and kobe said no.
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1. What if he did get hurt? We know that it can happen anytime, but think about the other 80%, the ignorant fans that would raise hell.

2. That game was getting pretty testy in the 3rd quarter, alot of harder fouls, and some ejections as well.

3. They had a comfortable lead, why rub it in and show little class, while instead you can get some younger kids playing time to help with their and your teams future. The Cavs were leading the Jazz in the 3rd quarter by 15, so Lebron sat and only played 21 minutes, while scoring 25 points, its something that most NBA teams do.
 
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scarletngrey77 said:
1. What if he did get hurt? We know that it can happen anytime, but think about the other 80%, the ignorant fans that would raise hell.

2. That game was getting pretty testy in the 3rd quarter, alot of harder fouls, and some ejections as well.

3. They had a comfortable lead, why rub it in and show little class, while instead you can get some younger kids playing time to help with their and your teams future. The Cavs were leading the Jazz in the 3rd quarter by 15, so Lebron sat and only played 21 minutes, while scoring 25 points, its something that most NBA teams do.
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Yeah, good point. The thing is that you don't see a guy score 62 points in a game very often. Let alone in less than three quarters. I think that you just let him go out and score as much as possible because we all know that he's not going to pass the ball.
 
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You mean Kobe.....Phil tried to put him back in and kobe said no.
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That's the lipservice, but I don't buy that for one second - Not with Kobe's proven selfishness.

1. What if he did get hurt? We know that it can happen anytime, but think about the other 80%, the ignorant fans that would raise hell.
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Not in this case. The fans were the ones clamouring for Kobe to comeback in the fourth. Of course there would be fans that would raise hell - there are fans raising hell because he didn't go back in. Besides, this Laker team is not a contender.

2. That game was getting pretty testy in the 3rd quarter, alot of harder fouls, and some ejections as well.
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Good Point. Hard to argue against that. I'm sure someone would have taken Kobe going to 75-80 personally and put a rough foul on him - hell, they tried to in the third.

3. They had a comfortable lead, why rub it in and show little class, while instead you can get some younger kids playing time to help with their and your teams future. The Cavs were leading the Jazz in the 3rd quarter by 15, so Lebron sat and only played 21 minutes, while scoring 25 points, its something that most NBA teams do.
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I could see your point if the this was college, but this is the pros. Have some thick skin about it. Lebron came out because Mike Brown recognized that he's still logging over 40 minutes a night, and he had earned the rest. It's something most NBA teams do on normal nights. This was not a normal night.
 
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Not surprised by this. Buckeyes love football over basketball, and college over pros. So pro basketball is not very popular. And that's ok.

But I love it. The best athletes in the world.
 
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I heard Kobe in his interview and he is just trying to get fans and respect back

I grew up a lakers fan but, now I hate them because of him.

He killed the lakers with all his crying and will go down in N.B.A history as the guy that stopped the team with 4 of the greatest players of all time playing together

Kobe ask Winslow , how to ride a motorcycle :)
 
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No way. Just a bunch of overpaif selfish teenages in the nba who are more worried about their cars and gold plated house than the sport.
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You obviously have no idea what you're talking about. This is the stereotype that forced the NBA to put in a dress code, because the paying public has a distaste for young people that wear chains, have tatoos, and wear cornrows. Which is fine - I have a distaste for chaps, spurs, and cowboy hats. To each his own. But don't let that cloud your opinion of their work ethic and talent.

Those players that aren't worried about the sport don't make it in the NBA, because they have no heart. Most people like to point to a player like Allen Iverson as a poster child for this stereotype, but he is one of the toughest athletes in all of sports - works his ass off 82 games a year.

There isn't an athlete in the NFL, MLB, NHL, PGA, NASCAR or any other major sports league that could hold a candle to Lebron James, Kobe Bryant, Amare Stoudamire, Vince Carter, Tracy McGrady.... shit, i could go on. The athleticism is unparalleled. Do you ever see any NBA players trying to make it in the NFL or high school players choosing football over a possible basketball career. The best athletes would rather play basketball, and when they excel at it, they stick with it. Guys like Tony Gonzalez, Randy Moss, Antonio Gates, and more would all rather have an NBA career.

Lebron James, if he wanted to, could have easily been an all-pro wide receiver or tight end. Look at Greg Paulus - chose basketball over football. Look at David Lighty - chose basketball over football. Look at Charlie Ward - well, bad example.

If you're not entertained by the sport, that's one thing. But if you don't think these guys are by far the most freakish athletes in the world, then you don't know shit.
 
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