I hate the Lakers.

[chris_in_pdx]

He was aquitted of the charges yet idiots still use the term rapist... I hope they sweep orlando now....

Typical Laker fans, believing what they want to believe. The charges against Bryant were dismissed when Faber conveniently refused to testify against The Rapist while her civil lawsuit was settled out of court and under sealed orders (AKA BRYANT BOUGHT HIS WAY OUT).

He was never exonerated for the Rape charges, so my statement stands.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobe_Bryant_sexual_assault_case

 

[Brand New]

Kobe is a rapist seriously come up with something new.

 

[DaRizzle]

He was never exonerated for the Rape charges

As an American you should be saying he was never proven guilty

 

[VanillaGorilla]

lol....stop it just stop it, too funny

...just to let you I was born in LA and have Ive lived within LA 27 of my 29.99 years on this planet. I l loved basketball as a kid, how could I not become a Lakers fan?!?

Is it your birthday soon?

 

[DaRizzle]

Is it your birthday soon?

30th bday on the 14th

 

[VanillaGorilla]

30th bday on the 14th

If I was older than that I would say something witty to make you feel fine about it.. but I'm not so I'll just say good luck with that.

 

[DaRizzle]

thanks...im gonna go shoot myself now

 

[BTOWN_HUSTLA]

don't even remember my 30th. I think I got hammered in Portland...honestly, didn't feel any different. we're men, we get better with age.

 

[Minstrel]

thanks...im gonna go shoot myself now

Better than dying cold and alone, old man.

 

[VanillaGorilla]

thanks...im gonna go shoot myself now

and miss the Magic beat the Lakers in the finals in 7!? you'll really want to then though.. being an old fart and having your team choke again.. brutal stuff

 

[DaRizzle]

and miss the Magic beat the Lakers in the finals in 7!? you'll really want to then though.. being an old fart and having your team choke again.. brutal stuff

yeah, I tend to get a lil depressed on my birthdays.... If the Lakers lose on my 30th bday...oh god, put me in a straight jacket

 

[Da_O]

yeah, I tend to get a lil depressed on my birthdays.... If the Lakers lose on my 30th bday...oh god, put me in a straight jacket

Don't worry they'll lose before that.

 

[adrenalize74]

He was aquitted of the charges yet idiots still use the term rapist... I hope they sweep orlando now....

Not much different than the trolls coming over to blazer forums and throwing around the "Jailblazers" term.

 

[Wheels]

Not much different than the trolls coming over to blazer forums and throwing around the "Jailblazers" term.

I agree that its not much different. But which one of these Laker fans has come here and said that? I havent seen them say that, it would be old, and unoriginal, and uninformed. Just like the rapist comments.. yet they havent used the Jailblazer unoriginal comments.. but we use the unoriginal stuff?

 

[huevonkiller]

I agree that its not much different. But which one of these Laker fans has come here and said that? I havent seen them say that, it would be old, and unoriginal, and uninformed. Just like the rapist comments.. yet they havent used the Jailblazer unoriginal comments.. but we use the unoriginal stuff?

Damn you're a badass, thanks.

 

[BalancedMan]

I'm hoping for Orlando in 4.
I'm predicting Orlando in 6.
I'm dreading the Lakers in 6.

Nothing, and I mean NOTHING would please me more than watching The Rapist get shut out of another potential title and tears welling up in his eyes on National TV. I'm a vengeful, spiteful human being, I'll admit it.

I agree with the guy who posted a few spots above this. Do you really think Kobe raped someone? I certainly don't, and pretty sure he wasn't found guilty. It's a lame attack on a guy. As someone who has been accused of something similar (sort of under similar situations), it's really frustrating and an unfair attack on someone's character.

 

[mook]

I love L.A. (We love it)
Look at that mountain
Look at those trees
Look at that bum over there, man
He's down on his knees
Look at these women
There ain't nothin' like 'em nowhere



Huh.


LA sounds a lot like Portland.

 

[adrenalize74]

I agree that its not much different. But which one of these Laker fans has come here and said that? I havent seen them say that, it would be old, and unoriginal, and uninformed. Just like the rapist comments.. yet they havent used the Jailblazer unoriginal comments.. but we use the unoriginal stuff?

To be fair, I havent seen it on this board....havent been here long.

 

[Wheels]

Damn you're a badass, thanks.

haha gotta keep some sense of realism here.

 

[Wheels]

To be fair, I havent seen it on this board....havent been here long.

thats my point in this. There is no reason to attack with lame unoriginal attacks (not saying you were, it was just in response to the jailblazers comment) especially when they have not been provoked with lame unoriginal attacks. That doesnt really happen here with the Laker fans.. I admit it does happen over at Lakersground.. or when trolls come to O-live (I was a mainstay in O-live for about 8 years before this place) but here I would hope that we would show the same amount of class that most Laker fans in here show. Wlcome to the site by the way.

 

[Da_O]

Yeah, you don't need to call Kobe a rapist to get your point across, Kobe's playoff performances speak for themselves.

- Iced out Shaq (and chucked the Lakers out of) the 03 Semi's
- Iced out Shaq (and chucked the Lakers out of) the 04 Finals
- Completely disappeared in 4th Quarter of Game 7 in the 06 first round
- Completely disappeared in 4th Quarter of Game 1 in 08 Finals
- Laid a huge egg in Game 4 of 08 Finals
- Laid a huge egg in Game 6 of 08 Finals
- Worst team loss in Finals History (close-out Game 6 / 08 Finals)
- 36% shooting in 6 of his 9 playoff series close-out games as a starter
- 40% shooting combined in 5 NBA Finals series

Suffice to say you'd be hard-pressed to find a player with more epic choke jobs (and monumental disappearing acts) than Kobe.

 

[huevonkiller]

Yeah, you don't need to call Kobe a rapist to get your point across, Kobe's playoff performances speak for themselves.

- Iced out Shaq (and chucked the Lakers out of) the 03 Semi's
- Iced out Shaq (and chucked the Lakers out of) the 04 Finals

Uh that's a lie, he didn't chuck out anyone in the Spurs series when they were going for the four peat. Horry did.

28 PPG, 54 TS% against SA, and Horry went dead cold if he hits one three they win a series.

- Completely disappeared in 4th Quarter of Game 7 in the 06 first round

He had 20+ points at halftime in the first round in 2006, the team was down 20. Unlike other people handling the ball every possession, he tried to get his teammates involved. Everyone saying he quit on that night is reaching.

- Completely disappeared in 4th Quarter of Game 1 in 08 Finals
- Laid a huge egg in Game 4 of 08 Finals
- Laid a huge egg in Game 6 of 08 Finals
- Worst team loss in Finals History (close-out Game 6 / 08 Finals)

I think you're being awfully selective with some of those games, and those are team losses in bold.

- 40% shooting combined in 5 NBA Finals series

Even in the Boston Series, he wasn't terrible. 51 TS%, 26 PPG, 5 APG.

He wasn't the player he is today in the first three, but at least give the complete stats dude he shoots 3's and FTs. He missed significant time and a game in his first Finals due to injury as well.

- 36% shooting in 6 of his 9 playoff series close-out games as a starter

Huh? Take a look over the last two years alone, source? Kobe's been a great closer in close out games recently, I find that hard to believe. If not you're just ignoring his other positive series.

Two Bronze medals for the King? Kobe saving USA from silver? Actually LeBron has had pretty awful games in the playoffs as well. 07 Finals, worst 4 game shooting stretch against the Celtics last year. Much worse individual performance than when Kobe got "blown out" in the Finals. The team choked and got blown out, LeBron had individual games worse than that.

Suffice to say you'd be hard-pressed to find a player with more epic choke jobs (and monumental disappearing acts) than Kobe.

You just listed six questionable claims and/or team chokes. You even repeated a few.

 

[Ed O]

Suffice to say you'd be hard-pressed to find a player with more epic choke jobs (and monumental disappearing acts) than Kobe.

Hmm... do you think that any other player in the NBA right now has had more opportunities to be criticized for "choking" and "disappearing" in big games than Bryant?

He has had those opportunities because he's an excellent player. Of course he's had some good teammates (including Shaq) and a great head coach, but even IF he's choked more than anyone else (and I find that highly doubtful) it's been primarily because of his own greatness.

Ed O.

 

[huevonkiller]

In the Finals:

Indiana: Twisted his ankle in game 2 against the Pacers, was never the same after that. Played 9 minutes in game 2 and had to miss game 3.

Detroit: He sucked, but he wasn't an MVP caliber player that entire year; he was below his standards the whole season.

Other than that I think he was underrated in the other series, he didn't play at nearly an all-time low in any of these "blowouts".

BTW, the real NBA Finals was against the Kings and Blazers some years. And he was solid.

 

[huevonkiller]

Hmm... do you think that any other player in the NBA right now has had more opportunities to be criticized for "choking" and "disappearing" in big games than Bryant?

He has had those opportunities because he's an excellent player. Of course he's had some good teammates (including Shaq) and a great head coach, but even IF he's choked more than anyone else (and I find that highly doubtful) it's been primarily because of his own greatness.

Ed O.

Yes when you're in the playoffs that often there's a certain amount of unimpressive series. You'll never see Da O compile a list of successful conquests...

Like this one.

For the conference finals

Kobe Bryant.........48.1% FG, 34.4% 3P, 93.1% FT
Lebron James....48.7% FG, 29.7% 3P, 74.5% FT

How about creating plays for your team....

Kobe Bryant........ 35 ast, 13 T/O, 2.7 A/T
Lebron James....48 ast, 25 T/O, 1.9 A/T


Kobe used 48 possessions to create 35 assists... a success rate of 73%
Lebron used 73 possessions to create 48 assists... a success rate of 66%

Also... Lebron shouldn't complain about his supporting cast as they weren't much worse than Kobe's:

Kobe' supporting cast.......... 50.0% 2P, 36.1% 3P, 76.8% FT
Lebron's supporting cast.... 49.9% 2P, 32.3% 3P, 74.7% FT

Source

 

[Uther TheGardener]

lock this thread blazer fans defending lakers? what the...? blazer fans defending laker/koMe fans? what the....? Lock this thread. garbage.

 

[Minstrel]

He has had those opportunities because he's an excellent player. Of course he's had some good teammates (including Shaq) and a great head coach, but even IF he's choked more than anyone else (and I find that highly doubtful) it's been primarily because of his own greatness.

Yup, it's like that old Michael Jordan commercial, where he points out that success has given him the opportunity to miss a lot of potential game-winning shots, not just make a lot.

 

[Mamba]

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[crandc]

Ladies and gentlemen and Lakers fans, you are missing the point.

The point is not whether Kobe Bryant is a good player, or how he fared in big games, or his relationship to Shaquille O'Neal. The point is not even whether it is fair to call Kobe Bryant a rapist.

The point is we hate the Lakers. It does not matter if they are good or bad, win or lose, nice or mean. They are the Lakers. We hate them.

The point was best expressed by the late Kevin Duckworth, who said it does not matter if they play little high school boys. They are still the Lakers.

And we still hate them.

I'm a Laker Hater and I'm proud.

 

[Wheels]

Ladies and gentlemen and Lakers fans, you are missing the point.

The point is not whether Kobe Bryant is a good player, or how he fared in big games, or his relationship to Shaquille O'Neal. The point is not even whether it is fair to call Kobe Bryant a rapist.

The point is we hate the Lakers. It does not matter if they are good or bad, win or lose, nice or mean. They are the Lakers. We hate them.

The point was best expressed by the late Kevin Duckworth, who said it does not matter if they play little high school boys. They are still the Lakers.

And we still hate them.

I'm a Laker Hater and I'm proud.

its fine to hate a team.. but liek I had mentioned in another thread in the Lakers forum.. to treat another losses as a victory to us, is the behavior of a 16 year old, and shows a losing mentality.