Lin vs Kobe.
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Lin vs Kobe.
In Non Jeremy Lin news, Kobe Bryant passed former teammater/arch rival Shaquille O’Neal and became the fifth highest scorer in the history of the NBA in his hometown of Philadelphia, no less.
Unfortunately for Bryant, the Lakers couldn’t contain Lou Williams as he went for 14 points in the 4th quarter: Sixers 95 - Lakers 90. This only seems to highlight a consistent problem with the Lakers this season. Not athletic enough to keep with the young dudes of the league.
Kobe Bryant rockin’ some Celtics gear.
Some how I feel like both Lakers fans and Celtics fans are shedding a tear over this, both of them for completely different reasons. Don’t worry Lakers fans, this was during pre-draft workouts. And if you really want to feel good about your fandom, the Celtics passed on drafting Kobe (I’m pret-ty sure of this one) and opted to draft Mr. Shimmy himself, Antoine Walker.
Take a second and imagine just how different the world would have been. Championships, MVPs, and entire seasons would have been altered if Kobe ends up in Beantown instead of Hollywood. What becomes of Shaq? Are Eddie Jones and Nick the Quick enough? Would Kobe have been the star Boston needed to carry on from the end of the Bird era and prevent their 20-year Championship drought? Would Kobe still find delicious playmates to sleep around with? Who knows.
Now only if we can get a picture of Kobe during his New Jersey Nets workout.
via @marcel_mutoni
The #KobeSystem spots have been hilarious. Not sure if that was their intent, but I’m loving their sarcastic-grandiose plots. Here’s all 5 of them.
You’re welcome.
Kobe Bryant, on Chris Paul and the dust up between Paul and Pau Gasol at the end of last night’s game.
Gasol, Lakers show they’re still full of fight - NBA - Yahoo! Sports
It’s interesting to see how Kobe Bryant is down playing the budding rivalry between the Lakers and Clippers in Wojnarowski’s article. If it was just another friendly game between big brother and little brother, the game wouldn’t have been as physical and playoff like as it was. The calendar may say it’s still January, but at Staples, it felt like May. It felt like game five and the series was tied at two games a piece.
Side note: Lakers/Clippers isn’t a rivalry, technically, it’s a derby.
via Roland Lazenby’s twitter account.
So Jordan doesn’t think anyone’s worth of even standing in his shadow but off the players, Kobe’s the most-least-most-worthy. Or something like that.
Read more on this from LakersNation.com.
The greatest highlight mix ever: Kobe’s 09-10 season to the Christian song “How Great is our God”.
I’m sitting in my room just Tebowing and weeping gently as I watch this.
Kobe had to have personally written the script for his latest #KobeSystems commercial.
(Source: allyeezyeverything)
Nike’s Kobe System spot.
Complete with Jerry Rice, Richard Branson, Kanye West, Landon Donovan, and…Aziz Ansari?
The #KobeSystem
(Source: nahright.com)
This photo kinda sums up the Lakers this year
(Source: dombili)
Kobe Bryant (on Lakers’ loss to Sacramento Kings)
Kobe seems to be that dude who will remind you that he beat you in Connect 4 when you were both 6 years old.
Between Kobe living in the past and Matt Barnes talking about some rings he never won, one has to wonder if the Lakers are planning for the future or stuck trying to re-live the past.
(Source: nbaquotes)
Vanessa Bryant thinks that Kobe cheated on her at least 105 times in 10 years, according to reports.
As one of my favorite tweeters posted, turns out Kobe’s true idol isn’t Michael, it’s Wilt. Forget Kareem’s scoring title, Kobe is trying to dethrone Wilt and his 20,000 jump-offs scored.
But in all seriousness, lets talk about those stats.
I know that some people don’t like the statistical revolution in basketball, but I’m pretty sure none of us were able to watch the 105 “overtime” games Kobe participated in, so all we have are the numbers to go by.
Vanessa claims that Kobe cheated on her 105 times over the course of 10 years. She also claims that he has a “jump off” in every NBA city. This, my friends is called a habitual cheater. I’m no Hugh Hefner, but if my calculations are right, there’s 29 NBA cities and 10 years of time to do the cheating in. This means Kobe was having roughly 10 to 11 affairs a year even though he was traveling to 29 different cities, giving him a scoring rate of approximately 33%. That’s some inefficient scoring.
Taking it a step further (since I haven’t taken this way too far already) the 105 number seems way too low for an NBA Super Star like Kobe Bryant. You would think a guy with his assets would of carried more weight. Either Vanessa’s stat-tracker is broken or Kobe has been severely under-performing over the last decade. An expert estimate of what Kobe’s production should have been would be closer to 1,005 than to 105. Over 10 years, 82 games a year plus playoffs, most of which are at least 500 miles away from home in 29 different cities… well, you do the math.
Makes you wonder, though, between the insane gym hours, basketball games, event appearances, countless affairs and raising two kids, when does the Mamba actually sleep?
