Excellent post. No one wants to acknowledge that Kobe had the Lakers in a position to beat the Suns last season. 3 seconds away from advancing to the conf finals (only the Clip joint were in their way). How is it his fault that Odom got outrebounded by a shorter man and failed to foul Nash, even though Phil had told him to foul few seconds earlier? All this talk about how Lebrick has no help is ridiculous. No one mentions how Gibson kept them from being blown out in game 4 and how Gooden hit 3 straight clutch shots in the 4th. Otherwise, they already lost this series. Not to mention he has an all-star, another all-star calibre player and three great 3 pt shooters. Who does Kobe have?
LOL you really think Kobe had no help last year? Let's look at the stats since you're biased opinion doesnt count -
Game 1:
Kobe - 22 pts, 6 reb, 5 ast
Lamar Odom - 21 pts, 14 reb, 3 ast
Luke Walton - 19 pts, 6 reb, 2 ast
Smush Parker - 15 pts, 6 reb
Kwame Brown - 14 pts, 6 reb
Lamar Odom has as many pts as Kobe, and 3 other Lakers are in double figures...
Game 2:
Kobe - 29 pts, 10 reb, 5 ast
Lamar Odom - 21 pts, 7 reb, 5 ast
Lamar Odom with another 20+ pt game
Game 3:
Kobe - 17 pts, 5 reb, 7 ast
Smush Parker - 18 pts
Luke Walton - 17 pts, 10 reb
Lamar Odom - 15 pts, 17 reb
Kwame Brown - 13 pts, 11 reb
Kobe not even the high scorer in this game on his own team
Game 4:
Kobe - 24 pts, 4 reb, 8 ast
Lamar Odom - 25 pts, 8 reb, 5 ast
Lamar Odom with more pts than Kobe
Game 5:
Kobe - 29 pts, 7 reb, 5 ast
Lamar Odom - 18 pts, 15 reb, 6 ast
Odom with another strong performance
Game 6:
Kobe - 50 pts, 8 reb, 5 ast
Lamar Odom - 22 pts, 11 reb, 9 ast
Kwame - 17 pts, 9 reb
Odom with nearly a triple double
Game 7:
Kobe - 24 pts, 4 reb, 1 ast
Luke Walton - 16 pts, 5 reb
Lamar Odom - 12 pts, 5 reb
Crunch99, next time you wanna say Kobe has no help, look in the mirror and realize you have Kobe's cock in your mouth and please remove it before proceeding to speak. :youmad: