2014-15 Official Lakers Season Thread, Vol: We Love Each Other

[grandtheftbike]

that series cemented the parallels between battier's annoying play on the court to his face..if that makes sense

 

[had pants]

"Never cried when Jordan retired, probably will when Kobe does..."

 

[senorroboto2k5]

that series cemented the parallels between battier's annoying play on the court to his face..if that makes sense

iswydt (maybe)?

View media item 1118981

 

[grandtheftbike]

i dont even see what i did

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

This is the game I was talking about.



Dennis Rodman was on this team.

Ruben Patterson, cheering wildly for Kobe.

Baby Fish, Baby Lue, Rick Fox, glued to the damn bench.

Derek Harper. :x


This is the game I knew Kobe was as legit as it got. He was 20, and he scored in every manner we would end up seeing for another 15 years. Smooth as hell, and his game was nowhere near as polished as it would get.

Commentary was tripping me out .

Oh yeah, outside of here people definitely take Kobe for granted. But those people probably always have

But complaining about today's contract is showing lack of appreciation for today's Kobe. I'll admit that. But nothing more.

A better show of appreciation for old Kobe would be to sell all these games on DVD. I'd buy every one, especially if the money went to Kobe himself.

That's genius. They should do that with magic too

 

[essential1]

Kobe work ethic>>>>>>

View media item 1119041

 

[senorroboto2k5]

i dont even see what i did

...Nevermind. I just hear Battier and "face" my brain makes that connection

 

[essential1]

Brotha you lame, you Shane Battier - Jermaine Cole

 

[grandtheftbike]

Kobe work ethic>>>>>>View media item 1119041

for those who may have missed it

Spoiler: Warning: Spoiler!

I've been a professional athletic trainer for about 16 years and have been able to work with a range of athletes from the high school to professional level. Right now I run in a clinic in Cincinnati and have most recently been training with some players on the Bengals.
I activated my reddit account just a moment ago and because I've been seeing the videos of Kobe's most recent dunks and the comments you guys have had to share I decided I might as well chime in what I know about the man. And let me just state by saying that this story doesn't touch on anything we don't know about Kobe but rather that he simply is not human when he is working on his craft.
I was invited to Las Vegas this past Summer to help Team USA with their conditioning before they head off to London, and as we know they would eventually bring home the Gold (USA). I've had the opportunity to work with Carmelo Anthony and Dwyane Wade in the past but this would be my first interaction with Kobe. We first met three days before the first scrimmage, on the day of the first practice, early July. It was a brief conversation where we talked about conditioning, where he would like to be by the end of the Summer, and we talked a little bit about the hustle of the Select Team. Then he got my number and I let him know that if he ever wanted some extra training he could hit me up any time.
The night before the first scrimmage I remember I was just watched "Casablanca" for the first time and it was about 3:30 AM. I lay in bed, slowly fading away when I hear my cell ring. It was Kobe. I nervously picked up.
"Hey, uhh Rob, I hope I'm not disturbing anything right?"
"Uhh no, what's up Kob?"
"Just wondering if you could just help me out with some conditioning work, that's all."
I checked my clock. 4:15 AM.
"Yeah sure, I'll see you in the facility in a bit."
It took me about twenty minutes to get my gear and out of the hotel. When I arrived and opened the room to the main practice floor I saw Kobe. Alone. He was drenched in sweat as if he had just taken a swim. It wasn't even 5AM.
We did some conditioning work for the next hour and fifteen minutes. Then we entered the weight room, where he would do a multitude of strength training exercises for the next 45 minutes. After that we parted ways and he went back to the practice floor to shoot. I went back to the hotel and crashed. Wow.
I was expected to be at the floor again at about 11 AM. I woke up feeling sleepy, drowsy, and almost pretty much every side effect of sleep deprivation. Thanks, Kobe. I had a bagel and headed to the practice facility.
This next part I remember very vividly. All the Team USA players were there, feeling good for the first scrimmage. LeBron was talking to Carmelo if I remember correctly and Coach Krzyzewski was trying to explain something to Kevin Durant. On the right side of the practice facility was Kobe by himself shooting jumpers. And this is how our next conversation went -- I went over to him, patted him on the back and said, "Good work this morning."
"Huh?"
"Like, the conditioning. Good work."
"Oh. Yeah, thanks Rob. I really appreciate it."
"So when did you finish?"
"Finish what?"
"Getting your shots up. What time did you leave the facility?"
"Oh just now. I wanted 800 makes so yeah, just now."
My jaw dropped. Mother of holy God. It was then that I realized that there's no surprise to why he's been as effective as he was last season. Every story about his dedication, every quote that he's said about hard work all came together and hit me like a train. It's no surprise to me now that he's dunking on players ten years younger than him and it wasn't a surprise to me earlier this year when he led the league in scoring.
Thanks for reading and allowing me to share you my Kobe Bryant story. If anyone has any questions I can clarify. Sorry if the story was at all hard to follow as this is my first time on reddit.
Rob.

 

[grandtheftbike]

Brotha you lame, you Shane Battier - Jermaine Cole

 

[licensed to ball]

Brotha you lame, you Shane Battier - Jermaine Cole

 

[senorroboto2k5]

 

[kal-el-8]

Brotha you lame, you Shane Battier - Jermaine Cole

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

[Video]Michael Jordan vs Kobe Bryant Full Highlights 199…: [/Video]

 

[had pants]

for those who may have missed it

Never get tired of that anecdote.

 

[mj 23]

for those who may have missed it

WOW.

 

[licensed to ball]

Brotha you lame, you Shane Battier - Jermaine Cole

 

[essential1]

 

[CHAOSE57]

I remember seeing that game, my heart stopped on that last Lebron shot

 

[grandtheftbike]

I could watch highlight vids and plays for hours and remember exactly where I was for most them.

high school in my cousins room eating some hot cheetos

 

[essential1]

Predictions Right Now Today, Could always change... Could go up, could go down.

Lakers 35-47.
Kobe : 23.2 / 4.5 / 7.0 ... Scoring and Rebounding down because he will be playing less minutes.

Reason why I think assists will be a career high. He cannot rely on iso as much as he used to. We certainly will feature it, but in general, it will have to be a lot more ball movement to get Kobe in a position to score.

 

[had pants]

 

[essential1]

Never even noticed this and I watched this game.

Just look at the number of people in the crowd standing as Kobe comes down the court each play

 

[lakers29]

Never even noticed this and I watched this game.

Just look at the number of people in the crowd standing as Kobe comes down the court each play

 

I remember this game,  those moves at 1:30 had me buzzing

 

[lynchpin33]

Never even noticed this and I watched this game.

Just look at the number of people in the crowd standing as Kobe comes down the court each play

watched this game (Kobe landed on Dante Jones foot), he had the place buzzing. there is a clip on youtube when he did the same in 2007,.funny thing is the Hawks called a timeout to calm the crowd down on both occasions in there own arena...