Why Is It So Hard To Understand?!

“I’m gonna do what I do.”

“I think the second unit and that crew has to make a concerted effort to get the ball into Pau, get the ball into Andrew. It had nothing to do with me. I’ve had games where I shot the ball 10 times, and Pau and Andrew didn’t contribute that much. I’ve had times where I shot the ball 30 times and they had big games. … It had nothing to do with my shots.”

- LA Laker Legend In His Own Mind Kobe Bryant

Context: After playing 35 mins., he ends up with 36 pts and ZERO assists. Dallas squeaks past LA in Game 1 of their Western Conference Semifinal match up.

In their previous series against New Orleans, he had games of below 20pts. (one was even just 11) yet LA emerged victorious.

This guy can not understand that LA’s strength is their ceiling with Bynum, Gasol and Odom. What this guy doesn’t understand is his insistence on his personal showcase takes away from his teammates and makes the team more vulnerable.

What this guy and his gullible followers don’t understand is that if your guy can afford to score 11 pts and the team still wins - it is the team that is great, not the individual.

But what we all need to understand and realize is that LA remains to be a formidable championship contender - also because it can win even with JUST 11 pts from the highly touted Kobe.

Enough of all this Hail Kobe sh*t. Truly legendary players take it upon themselves WIN or LOSE.

It’s just a rip off to be showered with personal accolades when the team is winning but pinning the blame on your teammates when the team is losing.

Putting things in the proper perspective: it is the LA Lakers that have 5 titles this decade. Kobe has 1 regular season MVP and 2 Finals MVP’s.

He’s good, but not THAT great.