Can't help but Laugh At Kobe Bryant's Comments

<div class="quote_poster">Chutney Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">I'm sorry, but if you're going to defend Kobe's comments on the basis that "he was frustrated after a tough loss" then you can't complain about any player's comments after a game. Be consistent. That was so obviously a jab at Gilbert and it stunk of jealousy. This doesn't mean he's a horrible person, but you have to accept the fact that he was being a hypocrite.</div>

Thank you

 

<div class="quote_poster">Chutney Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">I'm sorry, but if you're going to defend Kobe's comments on the basis that "he was frustrated after a tough loss" then you can't complain about any player's comments after a game. Be consistent. That was so obviously a jab at Gilbert and it stunk of jealousy. This doesn't mean he's a horrible person, but you have to accept the fact that he was being a hypocrite.</div>

I'm not defending his comments. Tell me where I said his comments were acceptable. All I'm saying is, Kobe was probably caught in the heat of the moment, and was just frustrated. Again, that is no excuse, but I can understand where he is coming from. Kobe doesn't have a history of making comments like these, so I'm going to give him a benefit of doubt. And yes, there was some jealousy by Kobe's part. The Wizards just won by 6 in OT of course he was jealous

 

<div class="quote_poster">kris13nash Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Thats because everyone hates Bryant because he is pompous and a jerk. To win a MVP you need a good rep.</div>

No they hate him because they say he snitched on Shaq. Shaq is crazy with the kind of contract he was asking for anyway, and is a belligerent person. Even if Kobe's a jerk, so is Phil Jackson. I don't care. The MVP is worthless.

 

I didn't watch the whole game very carefully. Was Gilbert taking bad shots? If you want to say Kobe was "hating", the first thing you should consider is whether or not what he's saying was true.

I know Arenas has a tendency to take some really bad shots. If that's what he was doing against LA, but he just made them, than how can you fault Kobe's comments?

 

it was a Kobe opinion thats it, he said what he feel and thats nothing bad about it, Shaq and others ripped Kobe very often and nobody says nothing,what is the big deal about hes comments he said what he wants to said thats it.

 

<div class="quote_poster">phunDamentalz Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">what? yeah it was a flagrant foul, however, Raja Bell is a character player - always has been - and any fool could see that even though it was a "flagrant" foul, it was quite a safe wrestling move.
besides I am a Kobe fan! I don't think what Raja did was good but to say Kobe could have been hurt is b.s. imo. this thread is in the lakers forum but since it has a quote from Kobe that shines a negative light on him, people are going to criticize him for that, including ME, a Kobe fan and 6-year L.A. resident. at any rate, limiting posts in a particular forum to ONLY positive posts with respect to that team is stupid.</div>

Raja Bell? A character guy? You call a guy that flops 50 times every game a character guy? Anyways, this isn’t the WWE, as someone already pointed out. Why are you going around clothelining other players. Had Kobe been running at a faster pace, yes he could have been seriously injured. Plus,again, why are you going around clothelining opposing players. It just doesn’t make sense. And yes, I know this isn’t a positive Kobe thread, and I know there won’t be positive Kobe comments in this thread. Still no need for others to come in and say crap about Raja Bell and Kobe when the playoff series was over months ago. Not to mention coming into the Laker forum and calling all Laker fans ignorant

 

well said Brian the nba are not the wwe thats other sing that he can stop kobe and for that he came whit a cheap shot, ahh another thing Raja bell was injured recently whit a elbow to the ribs why?

 

tell me suns fans why hes was injured liked that,because his character?

 

<div class="quote_poster">Brian Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">I'm not defending his comments. Tell me where I said his comments were acceptable. All I'm saying is, Kobe was probably caught in the heat of the moment, and was just frustrated. Again, that is no excuse, but I can understand where he is coming from. Kobe doesn't have a history of making comments like these, so I'm going to give him a benefit of doubt. And yes, there was some jealousy by Kobe's part. The Wizards just won by 6 in OT of course he was jealous</div>
Not specifically referring to you. And, I'm also willing to let this slide as a one-time thing. More than being annoyed by the comments, I was mainly disappointed that he'd give Arenas the same type of treatment that he's usually unfairly subject to.

 

<div class="quote_poster">Chutney Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Not specifically referring to you. And, I'm also willing to let this slide as a one-time thing. More than being annoyed by the comments, I was mainly disappointed that he'd give Arenas the same type of treatment that he's usually unfairly subject to.</div>

It does sound more like he is complaining about the 27 free throws though. It was still a mistake but a lot of people complain about refs.

 

<div class="quote_poster">Schaddy Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Excuse me, but I think I read this just fine.

I'd advise against telling me to get my reading right when I made a simple comment to the fact that Bryant said the same things about Gil that Vince famously said, and was critisized for, last season.

I didn't call Kobe a jackass, or anything else. I simply pointed it out. Now if you've got a problem with the fact that these comments are similar to what Vince said, well, I can't really help you there.</div>
The degree that you comparing Kobe's comment to Vince's comment is not accurate. Vince was complaining about Kobe taking too many shots without deferring to his teammates during the game; whenever, Kobe complained about the free throws that Arenas took. Can you see the different here? And iom your intention seems like you pouring more gasoline into a fire when there is already a big fire. Next time, just read before attempting to do anything.

 

^You're the one not reading. Kobe goes on to say that he thinks Gil chucked up a lot of bad shots, which is hypocritical because Kobe often does the same thing. Either you're ignorant or you only bothered reading one sentence in the article.

 

<div class="quote_poster">durvasa Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">I didn't watch the whole game very carefully. Was Gilbert taking bad shots? If you want to say Kobe was "hating", the first thing you should consider is whether or not what he's saying was true.

I know Arenas has a tendency to take some really bad shots. If that's what he was doing against LA, but he just made them, than how can you fault Kobe's comments?</div>

Nope, I watched the game.. Gilbert was not taking his "usual" bad shots. I know what you mean. I liked Gilbert a while ago, then I saw this one game where the guy kept on taking bad shots and I'm like damn this guy is a joke, he just chucks up shots. But lately, I've respected his game and I like what he is about, and he seems like a great guy, not to mention a local over here in L.A.

Against the Lakers, I thought he played a great game, took reasonable shots, definitely ones that he could make.

I was just disappointed with Kobe's comments cause it was unneccessary. I just think who is Kobe to say that when he chucks up half court 3 pointers you know? I'm sure Kobe in his head feels he can make those, and I'm sure Gilbert in his head feels he can make those. Like the AMAZING half court 3 pointer he made against the Cavs.

So in my opinion, Kobe was definitely hating, and I probably would be pretty upset if Arenas came to Staples Center, dropped 60 on the Lakers, then took a bow for the crowd. I think that's what really got under Kobe's skin

 

<div class="quote_poster">durvasa Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">I didn't watch the whole game very carefully. Was Gilbert taking bad shots? If you want to say Kobe was "hating", the first thing you should consider is whether or not what he's saying was true.

I know Arenas has a tendency to take some really bad shots. If that's what he was doing against LA, but he just made them, than how can you fault Kobe's comments?</div>

Nope, I watched the game.. Gilbert was not taking his "usual" bad shots. I know what you mean. I liked Gilbert a while ago, then I saw this one game where the guy kept on taking bad shots and I'm like damn this guy is a joke, he just chucks up shots. But lately, I've respected his game and I like what he is about, and he seems like a great guy, not to mention a local over here in L.A.

Against the Lakers, I thought he played a great game, took reasonable shots, definitely ones that he could make.

I was just disappointed with Kobe's comments cause it was unneccessary. I just think who is Kobe to say that when he chucks up half court 3 pointers you know? I'm sure Kobe in his head feels he can make those, and I'm sure Gilbert in his head feels he can make those. Like the AMAZING half court 3 pointer he made against the Cavs.

So in my opinion, Kobe was definitely hating, and I probably would be pretty upset if Arenas came to Staples Center, dropped 60 on the Lakers, then took a bow for the crowd. I think that's what really got under Kobe's skin

 

I think kobe has kind of earned a right to be a bit of a jerk sometimes, though implying gil was jakin shots up seems a bit hipacritical, but maybe he chose the wrong words to describe what he really meant, hard to tell with the media press.

 

maybe these comments were wrongly interpreted ... for all we know kobe was in "awe" while saying those words... text is very different to the actual voice lol anyway kobe really was hating lol

 

<div class="quote_poster">illmatic Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Nope, I watched the game.. Gilbert was not taking his "usual" bad shots. I know what you mean. I liked Gilbert a while ago, then I saw this one game where the guy kept on taking bad shots and I'm like damn this guy is a joke, he just chucks up shots. But lately, I've respected his game and I like what he is about, and he seems like a great guy, not to mention a local over here in L.A.

Against the Lakers, I thought he played a great game, took reasonable shots, definitely ones that he could make.

I was just disappointed with Kobe's comments cause it was unneccessary. I just think who is Kobe to say that when he chucks up half court 3 pointers you know? I'm sure Kobe in his head feels he can make those, and I'm sure Gilbert in his head feels he can make those. Like the AMAZING half court 3 pointer he made against the Cavs.

So in my opinion, Kobe was definitely hating, and I probably would be pretty upset if Arenas came to Staples Center, dropped 60 on the Lakers, then took a bow for the crowd. I think that's what really got under Kobe's skin</div>

That's a pretty brilliant post.

Most of the posts have been stupid so far, imo. Just leave it at he made a mistake, so has almost every single NBA player. We should just be happy Kobe didn't try to go nate robinson on everyone.

 

here's what kobe REALLY SAID
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">
"It's funny, he doesn't really seem to have much of a conscience," Bryant said. "I really don't think he does. Some of the shots that he took tonight, if you miss those, they're just terrible shots. If you make them, then they're unbelievable shots."</div>

http://news.kb24.com/#91

so by this... he meant that arenas, though he took bad shots, did not think twice and took terribel shots that went in... thats why he said they were "unbelievable shots"... and the fact that kobe was saying "1st of all he shot 27 FT's" was that he wasnt criticizing Gil, he was talking about how the lakers played D that night...

 

<div class="quote_poster">kobe23 Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">here's what kobe REALLY SAID


http://news.kb24.com/#91

so by this... he meant that arenas, though he took bad shots, did not think twice and took terribel shots that went in... thats why he said they were "unbelievable shots"... and the fact that kobe was saying "1st of all he shot 27 FT's" was that he wasnt criticizing Gil, he was talking about how the lakers played D that night...</div>

Yeah, that quote doesn't seem a big deal to me. I don't think he meant it to come off as a critique. You know how announcers some times say, "Well, that's a shot that makes a coach go, 'No, no, no, YES!' "? They aren't usually being critical or anything about it. It's just an observation that's meant to be somewhat humorous. I think that's how Kobe meant it.

Man, I never thought I'd be defending Kobe in the Lakers forum.