{~}Official 2023/2024 NBA Thread - 2024 Summer League, USA Hoops
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Kobe Era:
Summer 2004-Beg Mike Krzyzewski to coach Kobe for 5 years, $40 mill. He declines.
2005-Drove Rudy T to the bottle and quit, Frank Hamblin had to step in. 34-48 Missed playoffs.
2006-Beg Phil back and pay him $10 mill a year to coach Kobe. Choke away 3-1 series lead in first round to MVP Nash and Raja Bell.
2007-Finish 2 games above .500, lost to Nash and Raja Bell again in the first round in less games (5).
2008-Steal regular season MVP from Chris Paul who had a better season but Buss and Lakers sent out press releases guilt shaming voters, so Bean wins his only MVP. Then loses by 40 in Game 6 NBA Finals elimination game and gets Paul Pierce into the HOF.
2009-Wins first championship as the lead dog. Has his best NBA Finals performance against a Magic team with Courtney Lee, Rafer Alston, and JJ Redick guarding him.
2010-Chokes in Game 7 of NBA Finals missing 3x as many shots as he made but is bailed out by teammates Pau Gasol and Ron Artest in the clutch. He then robs Pau Gasol of Finals MVP who had a better game score thru out the series and was more impactful. Kobe becomes the only Finals MVP to never shoot over 50% in any game, and shoots a shitty 40.5% for the series.
2011-Swept out of the 2nd round by JJ Barea and Jason Terry. Phil Jackson retires from coaching with 6 more rings and Finals appearances than the rapist.
2012-Failed super team of 4 HOFers/5 all stars (Kobe, Pau Gasol, Steve Nash, Dwight Howard, Antawn Jamison), and a DPOY (Ron Artest). Gentleman swept by KD and Russ in the 2nd round. Last playoff series ever at age 33.
2013-Get Mike Brown fired 6 games in. Then Bernie Bickerstaff 5 games later. Bring in D'Antoni. Struggle to make the playoffs as a 7th seed, Kobe gets hurt tryna keep up with Heatles Bron. Doesn't play in first round sweep to Spurs.
2014-Plays 6 games. Lakers go 27-55. Miss the playoffs.
2015-Plays 35 games. 22 points per game on 37.3 FG%, 29.3 3PT%. Kobe has no lateral quickness, so he's a cone on defense. Lakers go 21-61. Miss the playoffs.
2016-The farewell tour. Plays 66 games. 17.6 points per game on 35.8 FG%, 28.5 3PT% on 7 attempts a game. Still a cone on defense. Lakers go 17-65. Miss the playoffs
So in total:
12 seasons
2 championships
1 Finals MVP
2 scoring titles
0 seasons shooting above 50%
4 times missed the playoffs
182 possible games missed
This is what @shaddyvillethug argues not only is the greatest story in Laker history, but the greatest story ever told in NBA history.
Kobe's body of work sucks as a lead dog. 
A win is a win right ?! Warriors won 4 in their era and went to 6; should have won more! the last dynasty in the nba! Hadn’t been a dynasty since the spurs or lakers right?! Show me the last team that went to 6 finals in 7 or 8 years…
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So......Jimmy for Maxey?
Pat > Jimmy
Is this for real? He had to have been joking.
Take it up with the voting committee my man. The numbers are the numbers. The Colorado Rapist has ONE got dam MVP. Make all the excuses you want.
And the only thing super about any of them teams was LeBron. All of them without him showed that.
Now imagine if you were this passionate about the fucking Nuggets you little bitch you. They won a ring and we couldn't get you to type this much.
The Ring spoke for me. The leading post in this thread typed for me. I could be annoying but I choose not to be. Everybody know what it is with me when it comes to them Nugget boyz. Win or lose, Nuggets over everybody.
I could make 50 posts a day about the Nuggets and I still wouldn’t be halfway to catching up to the Lebron slurping posts in this thread. Sad.
Half the fan base is in shambles like wtf pat you're going to chase jimmy awayIf he leaves...
The team needs an overhaul anyway.
The other half is like damn right pat, trade Jimmy's half effort ass
Yo @therealjondoe you remember the meme of Pat taking Ray Allen and closed the door.Half the fan base is in shambles like wtf pat you're going to chase jimmy away
The other half is like damn right pat, trade Jimmy's half effort ass
Pat about to shut Himmy out
Jimmy's homie
We'll seeYo @therealjondoe you remember the meme of Pat taking Ray Allen and closed the door.
Pat about to shut Himmy out
I'm sure all of this was said to his face during the exit interview
They like jimmy
Jimmy likes being here
They want jimmy to be more available
Ball is in Jimmy's court
Pat to the heat: “The only ability is availability”We'll see
I'm sure all of this was said to his face during the exit interview
They like jimmy
Jimmy likes being here
They want jimmy to be more available
Ball is in Jimmy's court
Half the fan base is in shambles like wtf pat you're going to chase jimmy away
The other half is like damn right pat, trade Jimmy's half effort ass
The parlay in me says let his bitchass go
Pat Riley from the old school.
He don't care about all that past shit he wants wins in 2024
Pat will "cut" a nigga if he has to:
There's a line Biden likes to use-- "Don't compare me to the Almighty, compare me to the alternative."
Pat wants the Almighty-- everybody giving 100% for every second of the season.
But what I would like to ask him about his criticism is: What's your alternative?
The commissioner can't just say "Play every game, unless you're really hurt."
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I been told @shaddyvillethug they was some Phil Jackson/triangle offense merchants. They didn't do shit with the 10 other coaches they had.
GOAT
I'm riding with jimmy though
I hate to do it but he half-assed his way through the season only waiting for the playoffs and the basketball Gods didn't like that.
They said "No playoffs for you".
hell naw.. okc got a good young team and a star already. don't get me wrong books a great player. now if kd wanna come for like 4 draft picks and ride off into the sunset that'll be cool.
He ain't earning his check when it matters.