How about not flopping and thinking the refs are going to bail you out with an offensive foul call in the last second of a game?
Seems like a poorly-constructed game plan. Everyone in the building knows K*be's shooting it. And you set it up so your defense is that Sergio's guarding him? One-on-one? Through a pick?? EDIT: But what do we know? Coaches get paid lots of money to know way more about this stuff than we do.
Much love to L*ker fans. I couldn't be one. EDIT: Let me rephrase. "...to L*ker fans who generally show up and talk sports. Not the Vagisil candidates who can't spell K*be or describe how many sides a triangle has, yet fork over 200 for an "authentic" jersey and seem to show up around the time the team has a parade."
The Kings coach looked directly down at Kobe's heels to see if he was out of bounds and never complained about him being out of bounds...Its sorta hard to see in that video but easy to see on TV with multiple angles. There was no definitive video of where exactly his feet were
Do you really think he flopped Nik? Kobe outweighs him by at least 50 lbs, and I don't think Sergio can bench press his weight. I used to play at an athletic club where Kenny Carr played (remember him?) One time I was chasing the guy I was guarding who was curling towards the wing, when I ran smack dab into a Kenny Carr Pick. I'm 6'1 and was probably 200 lbs at the time. Kenny was probably 260. I went ass-over-tea-kettle for about a half a block. It wasn't a flop.
they just gotta know the refs arent gonna call that with 4 seconds to go - game's on the line - DOUBLE BRYANT.... pretty straight forward - the dude yelling and pointing to cover KB probably should have been that dude.
Yeah, I have no idea how anyone could consider that to be a flop. You see that he got hit with one foot off the ground and Kobe's moving him backwards with his body. He took a few steps back to recover from the momentum shift. Pretty baseless observation to think it a flop.
He didn't flop. He's a 170 lb with no upper body strength. He simply got owned by pick from a stronger player who outweighs him by 50 lbs.
Technically, he got owned by a moving pick, which is illegal. That's if you are going by the rules. Had it been a legitimate pick, Kobe's feet wouldn't have moved forward after contact with Sergio.
What's significant here is that the Kings were without their top two scorers and the Lakers needed a buzzer shot to beat them at home. Fear the Kings. They're for real.
Absolutely. There was a better angle during the game that showed the two of them side on. Kobe definitely gave a little push, but Sergio immediately threw both arms in the air and took multiple steps backward flailing. I'm not even saying it wasn't an offensive foul, I'm just saying he needed to be smarter about not trying to go for the sell in a critical last second situation ... especially against the league's golden boy Kobe.
Exactly. Erm, that's not the message I took out of this. It's that the Lakers are really sucking right now. And part of it is Kobe shooting way too much.
He's always good in close games. That's why the Celtics completely destroyed the Lakers in the finals, just to make sure. And don't wish for Kobe to get injured - I actually think the Lakers would be better off without him right now. They might actually get Bynum and Gasol going at the same time, which has essentially never happened. Right now Kobe is their Kevin Martin.
You are not going to find many people to side with you here. The Lakers would be better off w/o Kobe? A back court of D-Fish & ??? (Shannon Brown? Jordan Farmar?) would be brutal enough to offset the front court of Odom/Gasol/Bynum. They still make the playoffs, but they aren't a 65+ win "see you in the finals" type of team.
Actually, no. It's because Ron Artest is out, our defense has gone to shit, and Bynum and Gasol have no chemistry together.
You know, I just said that deception might be the biggest idiot on this board, and then I read this post.
