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This. Shame I didn't get to attend a game. Almost did, this year, too. :\
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This. Shame I didn't get to attend a game. Almost did, this year, too. :\
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Starting to really get sad....6 games left
Watched his whole career, every damn game
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The end is getting closer |I
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Starting to really get sad....6 games left
Watched his whole career, every damn game
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Love Kobe but I can't wait for this to end. Everything he did is appreciated but it's time for us to focus on the future and put it all behind us. Lottery day can't come soon enough.
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Of course, not saying he should stay, but 20 season. I've watch this dude his entire career. It's going to be a tough one come next Wednesday.Starting to really get sad....6 games left
Watched his whole career, every damn game
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Love Kobe but I can't wait for this to end. Everything he did is appreciated but it's time for us to focus on the future and put it all behind us. Lottery day can't come soon enough.
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man tears are coming
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yall already know I'm gonna be sick af.
I've watched kobe play for 70% of my life on earth b. 70. like..what?!?! Dude is my hero, my role model, (not for the negative stuff, but the positives like perseverane and dedication, determination, digging deeper and pressing limits)
Truly hurts to know that soon he'll be gone and there will be no more.
I'm sad just thinking about him retiring. He brought me hella joy over the years, so I'm much appreciative of his time and sacrifices.
I've watched kobe play for 70% of my life on earth b. 70. like..what?!?! Dude is my hero, my role model, (not for the negative stuff, but the positives like perseverane and dedication, determination, digging deeper and pressing limits)
Truly hurts to know that soon he'll be gone and there will be no more.
I'm sad just thinking about him retiring. He brought me hella joy over the years, so I'm much appreciative of his time and sacrifices.
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Kobe deserves a parade in LA would be sick...championship style
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LOS ANGELES -- In early December 2011, Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant was working out at an Equinox Fitness Club when his phone rang.
Chris Paul was on the line.
Paul appeared to be on his way to Los Angeles to join Bryant in the Lakers' backcourt after the team struck a deal to acquire the MVP-caliber point guard from the New Orleans Hornets.
Bryant said the phone call lasted about 20-30 minutes, and they weren't talking about how many games they planned to win together.
"You know me. My dream isn't to win games," Bryant recalled to ESPN this week. "It's like, 'How many of these titles are we going to win [together]?' Because if we don't win, we're a failure."
"It was crazy," Paul told ESPN this week. "It was exciting. We talked about potentially being teammates and all that stuff like that. Then, in the blink of an eye, gone."
"I knew how competitive he was, and I knew it would be a perfect fit. We just kind of talked about what we're going to do, how we're going to scheme to get things done. Unfortunately, it never happened."
Kobe Bryant on playing alongside Chris Paul
In a move that stunned the basketball landscape, then-NBA commissioner David Stern nixed the deal for "basketball reasons," a term that instantly became infamous among Lakers fans.
"WoW," Paul tweeted in response at the time.
Ultimately, Paul was traded instead to the Los Angeles Clippers, and the rest, as they say, is history.
Paul and Bryant will face off for the final time this week, as the Lakers and Clippers are scheduled to play each other on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Leading up to the back-to-back, both players gave thought to what could have been and believe they would have formed a dominant backcourt duo.
"It worked for the Olympic team and stuff like that," Paul said. "I played in a lot of All-Star Games with Kobe. I don't know how many, but I remember one of them, we said, 'As long as we're both on the same team playing this game, we're not going to lose,' just because we both know how competitive we are."
Bryant agreed.
"When we played together in every All-Star Game, we never f----- around," Bryant said. "It was like, 'Listen, the guys have their fun, but now let's do what we do.' I knew how competitive he was, and I knew it would be a perfect fit. We just kind of talked about what we're going to do, how we're going to scheme to get things done. Unfortunately, it never happened."
Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE/Getty Images
All told, Bryant and Paul have played in six All-Star Games together (2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2016) and were in the Western Conference's starting backcourt four times (2009, 2011, 2012 and 2013). They also won gold together for the U.S. men's Olympic team in 2008 and 2012.
After the trade was called off, both Paul and Bryant went on to earn All-NBA first team the following two seasons. Bryant was second in the NBA in scoring in 2011-12 and third the next season. Paul ranked third in assists per game in 2011-12 and was second the season after. It's tantalizing to think what Bryant and Paul could have achieved together.
Although both players are admittedly alpha males, Bryant believes they could have coexisted, even if they butted heads from time to time.
"Butting heads is fine," Bryant said. "If we didn't butt heads, we wouldn't have won championships. There's different variations of healthy butting heads and not healthy. [Shaquille O'Neal] and I would butt heads in a very unhealthy way, but then we figured out how to make it happen.
"But I think Chris and I are really two completely different players, and where Shaq and I really butted heads was in the work ethic, because his size and injuries prohibited him from working as hard as he could have been working. So what I used to get on him about was that. That's what we really disagreed on -- the amount of focus and physical attention that it takes to win this damn thing. And so Chris and I would never have these issues."
Kobe Bryant's "all-day" process
Paul has made his mark with the Clippers, earning five All-Star selections and helping quarterback the franchise to four postseason berths. But for all the success that Paul has had in helping raise a team that has spent decades in the NBA's cellar, Bryant's presence still dominates the basketball market in Los Angeles.
"I don't care what I did when I got here -- L.A. is Kobe," Paul said.
"The big difference is I grew up here," Bryant said. "That's what makes it tough. He was drafted by a different organization, spent a lot of time in a different organization and then came here. For me, it's a rare occasion. Like Magic [Johnson] was drafted here. Magic played all his games here. Myself, I was drafted here at 17 and spent my entire career here. It's different here."
Regardless, the potential pairing of the two dominant guards remains one of the biggest what-ifs not only in Bryant's career and in Lakers history, but also in recent NBA history.
"Things would've been very, very, very different around here," Bryant said, "with two of the most competitive people the league has ever seen."
Chris Paul was on the line.
Paul appeared to be on his way to Los Angeles to join Bryant in the Lakers' backcourt after the team struck a deal to acquire the MVP-caliber point guard from the New Orleans Hornets.
Bryant said the phone call lasted about 20-30 minutes, and they weren't talking about how many games they planned to win together.
"You know me. My dream isn't to win games," Bryant recalled to ESPN this week. "It's like, 'How many of these titles are we going to win [together]?' Because if we don't win, we're a failure."
"It was crazy," Paul told ESPN this week. "It was exciting. We talked about potentially being teammates and all that stuff like that. Then, in the blink of an eye, gone."
"I knew how competitive he was, and I knew it would be a perfect fit. We just kind of talked about what we're going to do, how we're going to scheme to get things done. Unfortunately, it never happened."
Kobe Bryant on playing alongside Chris Paul
In a move that stunned the basketball landscape, then-NBA commissioner David Stern nixed the deal for "basketball reasons," a term that instantly became infamous among Lakers fans.
"WoW," Paul tweeted in response at the time.
Ultimately, Paul was traded instead to the Los Angeles Clippers, and the rest, as they say, is history.
Paul and Bryant will face off for the final time this week, as the Lakers and Clippers are scheduled to play each other on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Leading up to the back-to-back, both players gave thought to what could have been and believe they would have formed a dominant backcourt duo.
"It worked for the Olympic team and stuff like that," Paul said. "I played in a lot of All-Star Games with Kobe. I don't know how many, but I remember one of them, we said, 'As long as we're both on the same team playing this game, we're not going to lose,' just because we both know how competitive we are."
Bryant agreed.
"When we played together in every All-Star Game, we never f----- around," Bryant said. "It was like, 'Listen, the guys have their fun, but now let's do what we do.' I knew how competitive he was, and I knew it would be a perfect fit. We just kind of talked about what we're going to do, how we're going to scheme to get things done. Unfortunately, it never happened."
Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE/Getty Images
All told, Bryant and Paul have played in six All-Star Games together (2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2016) and were in the Western Conference's starting backcourt four times (2009, 2011, 2012 and 2013). They also won gold together for the U.S. men's Olympic team in 2008 and 2012.
After the trade was called off, both Paul and Bryant went on to earn All-NBA first team the following two seasons. Bryant was second in the NBA in scoring in 2011-12 and third the next season. Paul ranked third in assists per game in 2011-12 and was second the season after. It's tantalizing to think what Bryant and Paul could have achieved together.
Although both players are admittedly alpha males, Bryant believes they could have coexisted, even if they butted heads from time to time.
"Butting heads is fine," Bryant said. "If we didn't butt heads, we wouldn't have won championships. There's different variations of healthy butting heads and not healthy. [Shaquille O'Neal] and I would butt heads in a very unhealthy way, but then we figured out how to make it happen.
"But I think Chris and I are really two completely different players, and where Shaq and I really butted heads was in the work ethic, because his size and injuries prohibited him from working as hard as he could have been working. So what I used to get on him about was that. That's what we really disagreed on -- the amount of focus and physical attention that it takes to win this damn thing. And so Chris and I would never have these issues."
Kobe Bryant's "all-day" process
Paul has made his mark with the Clippers, earning five All-Star selections and helping quarterback the franchise to four postseason berths. But for all the success that Paul has had in helping raise a team that has spent decades in the NBA's cellar, Bryant's presence still dominates the basketball market in Los Angeles.
"I don't care what I did when I got here -- L.A. is Kobe," Paul said.
"The big difference is I grew up here," Bryant said. "That's what makes it tough. He was drafted by a different organization, spent a lot of time in a different organization and then came here. For me, it's a rare occasion. Like Magic [Johnson] was drafted here. Magic played all his games here. Myself, I was drafted here at 17 and spent my entire career here. It's different here."
Regardless, the potential pairing of the two dominant guards remains one of the biggest what-ifs not only in Bryant's career and in Lakers history, but also in recent NBA history.
"Things would've been very, very, very different around here," Bryant said, "with two of the most competitive people the league has ever seen."
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"basketball reasons" 
man I was so hyped that day. Pau Gasol all over again! Lakers byke! Howard next!
Me and some coworkers walked to Yard House LA Live.
Place was buzzing. High fives everywhere.
wasn't even done with my first beer when they reported "basketball reasons"
man I was so hyped that day. Pau Gasol all over again! Lakers byke! Howard next!
Me and some coworkers walked to Yard House LA Live.
Place was buzzing. High fives everywhere.
wasn't even done with my first beer when they reported "basketball reasons"
Yeah, that was the complete opposite of Pau day.
Pau day was complete hysteria and celebration. CP3 day was complete celebration, then confusion, then chaos, then rage.
So many things change, for the better.
But, we're almost done with all that, and our new path is almost complete on one side of the ledger, now just need to add the second side, and get to work. In the end, we'll get back where we belong.
Pau day was complete hysteria and celebration. CP3 day was complete celebration, then confusion, then chaos, then rage.
So many things change, for the better.
But, we're almost done with all that, and our new path is almost complete on one side of the ledger, now just need to add the second side, and get to work. In the end, we'll get back where we belong.
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I'm not reading that article. Too much pain.
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I'm late as hell on this but Russell saying he doesn't know how the video got leaked is a damn lie. If it was a hacker who stole the video, the hacker would of stole other videos on Russell's phone and leaked those as well. I think Russell sent it to one of his "friends" and the friend leaked it., that's what 19 or 20 yr old's do.
On a side note, if you guys don't use bluetooth on your phones or tablets, turn that **** off! It's one way how hackers can steal your pictures, videos, and even your text messages. Also try not to connect your phone or tablet to a public wifi connection that isnt password protected (not encrypted). It will be very easy for a hacker to steal everything that's on your device.
On a side note, if you guys don't use bluetooth on your phones or tablets, turn that **** off! It's one way how hackers can steal your pictures, videos, and even your text messages. Also try not to connect your phone or tablet to a public wifi connection that isnt password protected (not encrypted). It will be very easy for a hacker to steal everything that's on your device.
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When I saw "Chris Paul was on the line." I stopped reading. Too much pain....
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It's already been established how it got leaked.. Russell's ex-girlfriend was the culprit. Got to someone close to Nicki Minaj's camp, and was used to air out Iggy.
That's from the website that released the tape.
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Established? Boy, that gossip site ain't credible like that
.You want it to be true. So you can cape. Stop trying to soften the blow. It doesn't make DLo look any better how it got out. Even he acknowledged that recording that convo in the first place was wrong. Russell a sucker for recording that convo secretly. End of story.
Just focus on him moving on from it and becoming better. Story is old news now. His rep took a hit, as it should. Now it's up to him to repair it on, and off the court.
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Established? Boy, that gossip site ain't credible like that
You want it to be true. So you can cape. Stop trying to soften the blow. It doesn't make DLo look any better how it got out. Even he acknowledged that recording that convo in the first place was wrong. Russell a sucker for recording that convo secretly. End of story.
Just focus on him moving on from it and becoming better. Story is old news now. His rep took a hit, as it should. Now it's up to him to repair it on, and off the court.
It's the website that released the video. That's where they said they got it from. But yeah let's just speculate on it instead, and not the actual place it came from. That's sure to give you a more credible answer.
I've already said he's a damn idiot for recording the video. And it has 0 to do with bro code, all to do with just not recording a private convo regardless of gender.
Also really.... It doesn't make it any better that he didn't release it? Come on.. Had he released it, people would have near seizures in their reactions.
The better part of the story is the reaction of the people having heart attacks. That's the better part of the story... The snitches get stitches crowd that have served bids, ran the streets on these here internets, and are the real gangsters.
Also you're right... It's old news.. And most of the people who were "supposed to care", won't or don't anymore
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The site gives a link to a story that rivals that.
What type of prank war was this?
How is this the only thing taken from his phone?
How was DeAngelo unaware for 3 months?
Lotta answers we'll never get cuz the season is basically over and covering the issue aint hard cuz he a youngin
What type of prank war was this?
How is this the only thing taken from his phone?
How was DeAngelo unaware for 3 months?
Lotta answers we'll never get cuz the season is basically over and covering the issue aint hard cuz he a youngin
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Was watching a Shaq interview after the HOF induction.
One defining/memorable moment in his career was the Kobe lob in Game 7 against blazers.
So many feels. I don't know how to feel once kobe is gone.
One defining/memorable moment in his career was the Kobe lob in Game 7 against blazers.
So many feels. I don't know how to feel once kobe is gone.
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A couple of seasons in context.
I still consider Julius Randle a Rookie. This is the list of players he would be joining in the double double PPG & RPG rookie seasons since 1979-80
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Russell in comparison to all eras... Players 18-20. Averaging 13/3.4/3.4
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Age 19 season D'Angelo Russell versus Age 19 season Kobe Bryant
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Kobe then rocket propelled launched into the stratosphere. Just showing that his season has been pretty good, and there's a lot of potential there.
They have a lot to improve on for the both of them, and that's what will determine if they are good or great... But it is a great start for both of them.
I still consider Julius Randle a Rookie. This is the list of players he would be joining in the double double PPG & RPG rookie seasons since 1979-80
View media item 1980584
Russell in comparison to all eras... Players 18-20. Averaging 13/3.4/3.4
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Age 19 season D'Angelo Russell versus Age 19 season Kobe Bryant
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Kobe then rocket propelled launched into the stratosphere. Just showing that his season has been pretty good, and there's a lot of potential there.
They have a lot to improve on for the both of them, and that's what will determine if they are good or great... But it is a great start for both of them.
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Another Randle stat.. As of March 24..
He was shooting a putrid 25.5% from non-Restricted Area shots inside the 3 point line. This was on 196 shots.
The average for those shots is around 39.5-40%.
Just shooting league average from those areas would have led to 28 more made shots.
And boosted his total FG% from .437 to .472
Would also turn his 11.72ppg to 12.33ppg
Also being league average from those shots would have untold positive impact on trying to use his first step to get past defenders.
Keep him in the gym.. Break down his shot, and make him shoot over and over again. Just catch and shoot. No need for that jab step into a step back that he does.. Just catch and shoot, and jab step into a set shot
He was shooting a putrid 25.5% from non-Restricted Area shots inside the 3 point line. This was on 196 shots.
The average for those shots is around 39.5-40%.
Just shooting league average from those areas would have led to 28 more made shots.
And boosted his total FG% from .437 to .472
Would also turn his 11.72ppg to 12.33ppg
Also being league average from those shots would have untold positive impact on trying to use his first step to get past defenders.
Keep him in the gym.. Break down his shot, and make him shoot over and over again. Just catch and shoot. No need for that jab step into a step back that he does.. Just catch and shoot, and jab step into a set shot
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got me so hype in december 2011 and then Stern, Gilbert and the other haters had to meddle in business that they shouldnt have had say in
got me so hype in december 2011 and then Stern, Gilbert and the other haters had to meddle in business that they shouldnt have had say in
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Since there's only 6 games left what's everyone's favorite Kobe game?
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