Has any legend go out in a more embarrassing way than Kobe Bryant?

[kshutts1]

Those guys werent playing a primary role on their teams though. Kobe is playing 30 mins and taking 16 shots a night and hitting 35%, while being a matador on defense.

This part matters.

Who's more to blame for Kobe's obviously too large of a role? Scott, Lakers brass, or Kobe himself?

Because if we were to give Hakeem and/or Ewing the same amount of minutes and responsibilities that Kobe's been given, they would have likely been just as bad.

I have no problem with Kobe still out there trying to play, but I do have a serious problem with the coach allowing it to happen in such a bad fashion. Limit his minutes, run the offense through someone else. Let Kobe be the secondary scorer or something, and play off Randle and Clarkson.

[SexSymbol]

Stop bringing up the fact that this is his 20th season. That might work if he wasn't shot jacking...but he is. If you are going to take 19.3 shots per 36 minutes like you are still some star...then you are going to be criticized like one when you are absolutely horrendous. You might have a point if he wasn't chucking, but he is, so you don't.

I still do, because the Lakers aren't going anywhere whatever way he's playing.
Look at what the youngings did today, clarkson 2-11, young, who somehow tried to criticize Kobe - 3/10.
This isn't a good team, if Kobe was on the spurs or warriors trying to jack shit up it would matter. It really doesn't matter now, he could average 25 FGA and the result would still be the same with the way the the team is structured and having scott as headcoach

[Collie]

KAJ in 88-89 was a shell of himself. Could not defend or rebound, and even his efficiency had left him at that point.

Might have been better than current Kobe, but not by much.