<div class="quote_poster">Quoting yanix:</div><div class="quote_post">http://www.databasebasketball.com/teams/bo...19961106&tm=MIA Micheal Jordan: 40 MINUTES 18-33 FIELD GOALS 6 REBOUNDS 0 ASSISTS 50 POINTS heres a little something for those haters that criticized Kobe for not having a single assist in the game. Does that mean that Jordan is a ballhog as well? i see that there is still a lot of hate for the Lakers in this forum. looks like nothing has changed, and it probably never will.</div> Great find Yanix. What's amazing is how people hate on Kobe, despite the fact him and the Lakers crushed the third best team in the league by 30 points. Also let's look at the flipside for the player who rack up assists. Why doesn't Steve Nash get hated on for dropping 15 assists? How dare he drop 15 assists and not score 50 points? If he's passing so often he's just confident enough to shoot. If he has to pass the ball so often it's because Nash can't do it by himself. If he passes the ball so much he's TOO unselfish and is riding the coat tails of his teammates. Sound foolish? Sure does, and so does "Kobe had zero assists," in a game he completely dominated and the Lakers completely dominated against an elite team in the league.
What was the final score? <div class="quote_poster">Quoting Fiyah:</div><div class="quote_post"> I can't believe after his 62 point barrage I am seeing comments about his 0 assist stat line!!! Seriously, what does the guy have to do to get his due credit!?</div> I heard the same bs about 0 assists last night from the local Queens broadcasters on the radio. Never mentioned the final score or the greatness of the athletic achievement. It is pure jealously and comes from losers that have no grasp of winning basketball. If he goes 5 for 15 with no assists, then attack him, but not when he is feeling it and then lets the second team play the fourth quarter.
Man, I love this forum, lot of you cats are droppin' some REAL good points, I love reading the posts. Yanix, what a find man, great job. Before joining this website, I never knew there were so many hardcore Kobe fans like myself, I'm lovin' it, it's such a joke to see people hate. In my opinion, Kobe - AI - Tmac = the real triangle offense. AI's comments on Kobe's 62 point game, really made me respect 100x more, I didn't know he was real like that.
You don't f***n pass the ball when you're making all your shots. Whoever is criticizing Kobe on that is a moran. I'm sorry I had to let it out.
The zero assist thing is from people that don't know anything about basketball. The point of basketball is to win, and usually- that's through playing team ball. But when you have a star -thats better than everyone else on the court the rest of the time- beating the other team by himself.....ur best bet to win is through him. **** 0 assists...people knew they were seeing something special, including his teammates and they got the ball to him. I bet u when kobe went and took a piss during a timeout Phil was like "yo guys....pass up the open shot...give it to kobe" lol
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Phreeze:</div><div class="quote_post"> I just hate seeing such treatment by the media, because if LeBron would have put up the EXACT same number the articles up on ESPN front page would be "THE NEXT JORDAN"</div> It's funny how a day after I make that comment ESPN's daily dime article by Will Purdue turned out to be about LeBron, headlining "How LeBron is better than MJ." The headlining of the article on ESPN's NBA main page also turned out to be: <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">"There's no "next Jordan?" In the Daily Dime, Will Purdue says if LeBron James keeps raising his game, we might be looking at MJ, Version 2.0 -- a bigger, stronger take on the original."</div> LeBron has been having an amazing season and it is unbelievable to see what hes already doing at 20, but as I've said they're writing these articles about a 20 year old. I certainly would agree that he may very well be the best of all time some day, but I still can't believe a player in his 3rd year is having articles like this written for him while a player with three rings, countless clutch plays in big game situations and many record breaking stat lines at 27. While they write these articles about LeBron many others have recently criticized him about not having any assists in his amazing 62 point game in just 33 minutes. As we know Kobe isn't the media's pet anymore but this just disgusts me. Again I'm not taking anything away from LeBron and I agree with Purdue that he has the talent and ability to be the best, so I have nothing against the article at all. I just honestly think it's another example of how the media has and will continue to play favorites among athletes. Pathetic, IMO.
Just wait until Lebron gets busted for doing something wrong. Most NBA stars get busted sooner or later.
Kobe is just nasty the man is amazing I can honestly say that he is the best player in the NBA right now I may not like him as a person but on the court no one can say he sucks because he's just nasty.
$20 says he follows it up with a 37+ point game tonight, I'm callin 42. He's on a tear, and if he stays on a tear like this and the Lakers make the playoffs, there is no reason in hell why he shouldn't be MVP. He has no help what-so-ever. He has Kwame on the offensive glass finally, but that's it. He has Smush Parker. Lamar Odom is consistent at being inconsistent, that's it. For the people b----ing about 0 assists, please grow up. The man had the hot hand, his teammates were passing the ball to him and not looking for the ball to be passed to them. They knew he was in a hot groove, when a player gets that hot, you give him the ball whenever he wants it. No questions asked.
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Now what trees are you talking about?</div> How about the fact that the Lakers were up by 30 or so in the 3rd quarter. Kobe didnt pass the ball one time. I mean...its a 30 point lead. If the game is close and Kobe is on fire then sure he should take over as much as possible. But it wasnt a close game at all. Instead of sharing the wealth with a HUGE lead, kobe tried to pad the stats at all costs.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting GiantMidget:</div><div class="quote_post">How about the fact that the Lakers were up by 30 or so in the 3rd quarter. Kobe didnt pass the ball one time. I mean...its a 30 point lead. If the game is close and Kobe is on fire then sure he should take over as much as possible. But it wasnt a close game at all. Instead of sharing the wealth with a HUGE lead, kobe tried to pad the stats at all costs.</div> At the beckoning of his teammates. They were pulling for him to break his career high and getting him the ball every time down so he could get it done.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting GiantMidget:</div><div class="quote_post">How about the fact that the Lakers were up by 30 or so in the 3rd quarter. Kobe didnt pass the ball one time. I mean...its a 30 point lead. If the game is close and Kobe is on fire then sure he should take over as much as possible. But it wasnt a close game at all. Instead of sharing the wealth with a HUGE lead, kobe tried to pad the stats at all costs.</div> You're the posterboy of haterism. You can reverse that arguement. The game was out of hand, the Lakers wanted Kobe to shoot, the crowd wanted to shoot, and Kobe was feeling it. Why wouldn't he shoot? He wasn't being a ballhog when his teammates wanted him to shoot. Did you not see Mihm throw the ball away because he looked for Kobe when he had George right next to him? His teammates knew he was feeling it, you give someone the ball when they're on fire like that. It's common sense. Try and find it, it goes a long way.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting GiantMidget:</div><div class="quote_post">How about the fact that the Lakers were up by 30 or so in the 3rd quarter. Kobe didnt pass the ball one time. I mean...its a 30 point lead. If the game is close and Kobe is on fire then sure he should take over as much as possible. But it wasnt a close game at all. Instead of sharing the wealth with a HUGE lead, kobe tried to pad the stats at all costs.</div> When the crowd and your teammates are rooting for you to score higher then you career high you dont pass the ball.
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">How about the fact that the Lakers were up by 30 or so in the 3rd quarter. Kobe didnt pass the ball one time. I mean...its a 30 point lead. If the game is close and Kobe is on fire then sure he should take over as much as possible. But it wasnt a close game at all. Instead of sharing the wealth with a HUGE lead, kobe tried to pad the stats at all costs.</div> Your a moron
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting GiantMidget:</div><div class="quote_post">How about the fact that the Lakers were up by 30 or so in the 3rd quarter. Kobe didnt pass the ball one time. I mean...its a 30 point lead. If the game is close and Kobe is on fire then sure he should take over as much as possible. But it wasnt a close game at all. Instead of sharing the wealth with a HUGE lead, kobe tried to pad the stats at all costs.</div> muwhahahaha.. And you call yourself a NBA fan? Stop the hate. Jackson asked Kobe if he wanted to play the 4th. He said he didnt need to. He would have broke records if he did, but he opted to stay out. You call that padding stats at all costs? And dont you give the player with the HOT HAND the ball? Kobe was fiyah all night. What kind of basketball do you play? Finally, I've seen many highly respected players pad stats in the past. Why is kobe any different from them. One game I recall was David Robinson given the ball on purpose to score 70 and win the scoring title. Nothing wrong with a little fun. Stop Hating man. You really make yourself look stupid.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting GiantMidget:</div><div class="quote_post">How about the fact that the Lakers were up by 30 or so in the 3rd quarter. Kobe didnt pass the ball one time. I mean...its a 30 point lead. If the game is close and Kobe is on fire then sure he should take over as much as possible. But it wasnt a close game at all. Instead of sharing the wealth with a HUGE lead, kobe tried to pad the stats at all costs.</div> Keep posting. You amuse me with your haterism. You spend too much time hating on the Lakers. I'm sure you wouldn't be complaining if Bibby or somebody scored 60+ points shooting at nearly 60% with no assists.
If I was on my way to scoring 62 I wouldnt pass either. Im getting tired of all the Kobe haters, why dont they get it they can hate as much as they want but he's still going to be the best player in the league.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting GiantMidget:</div><div class="quote_post">How about the fact that the Lakers were up by 30 or so in the 3rd quarter. Kobe didnt pass the ball one time. I mean...its a 30 point lead. If the game is close and Kobe is on fire then sure he should take over as much as possible. But it wasnt a close game at all. Instead of sharing the wealth with a HUGE lead, kobe tried to pad the stats at all costs.</div> dont post any more hater. your making yourself look bad. go drink some haterade. peace.
hell no Lebron will never be Jordan.No one will ever be Jordan.He might come close,but jordan is a legend and nobody can take that away especialy not Lebron!
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Ganstaboo:</div><div class="quote_post">hell no Lebron will never be Jordan.No one will ever be Jordan.He might come close,but jordan is a legend and nobody can take that away especialy not Lebron!</div> you never know. i mean hes averaging around 30 ppg and his only 20 so he will get his chance. jordan was playing in NC when he was 20 and lebron is avg 30 points. So he has a very good chance. He just needs to win a couple of titles which he will. Then we'll see what happens.
