Kobe's Low B-Ball IQ is being exposed badly now his athleticism's gone

[TrueBlue89]

I still cannot believe he's chucking 3's like he's Steph Curry and settling on long range jumpers game in game out like he's in his twenties again.

High IQ players like Duncan, Kidd, Manu, Jordan, Magic, Dirk were all able to adapt while the so called most fundamentally sound & skilled player of all time is a liability and detriment to his team right now.

Wizards MJ lived on the post and paint while Kobe's taking 10 3's a game.

[oh the horror]

Wizard's Jordan had the benefit of those years off and didn't tear his Achilles. I think Kobe isn't capable of the turnaround anymore because of the legs being shot and that injury. I think he settles for long range because he isn't capable of blowing by defenders anymore frequently and backing them down.



That injury should have retired him man.

[WorldWarriors]

I still cannot believe he's chucking 3's like he's Steph Curry and settling on long range jumpers game in game out like he's in his twenties again.

High IQ players like Duncan, Kidd, Manu, Jordan, Magic, Dirk were all able to adapt while the so called most fundamentally sound & skilled player of all time is a liability and detriment to his team right now.

Wizards MJ lived on the post and paint while Kobe's taking 10 3's a game.

Kobe has been doing this for 20 years. 20 years!!!

He is not going to change now. Someone will have to sit him down and tell him he needs to take a backseat to the young guys.

They will never develop any chemistry with him on the court playing the way he does. Sad to see him go out like this. He has no self recognition whatsoever.

Kareem said if he has the self respect to think he can play and contribute then more power to him. But if he doesn't actually have that self respect then he needs to move to the side lines. Not the exact quote but I think I got it right for the most part.

[riseagainst]

we all know Kobe is an average all star level player who had the benefit of his front court to cover for his mistakes so people wouldn't complain since Lakers would win games. But now that he's older and without a dominant front court he's being exposed.

[outbreak]

Eh he just shouldn't be out there. Should have retired. He has a very high bball IQ he just doesn't have the energy or effort to take it inside when the team is this bad. Can you blame him?

[Real Men Wear Green]

You can't become the kind of scorer Bryant became if you don't have a great understanding of the game. That's ridiculous. Bryant knew things like exactly where he needed to plant his feet on turn-around fadeaway to ensure that when he is spinning around and jumping backwards in the air he maximizes the chances that the shot goes in. Stuff that most players never really think about as to them the shots Bryant was mastering would just be bad shots that would get them benched by the coach. Bryant was and is a basketball genius, a fact that shouldn't have to be stated, it should be obvious.

The reasons why Bryant is struggling the way he's struggling are age and injury (should also be obvious). Please tell me which player in NBA history was not significantly worse than their peak self by the time they hit 37? And then you throw in the 2 or 3 season-ending injuries in a row. Every time an athlete suffers a major injury it changes the way a part of their body works. And it changes it for the worse. For a guy like Bryant that had finely-tuned skills that's catastrophic. And then you throw in the natural loss of athleticism that happens to a guy that's played 1,284 games so that now he can't explode past or leap over defenders the way he could when he was a dominant player and he's going to have a hard time scoring.

The ability to score like few players in the history of the game is the reason why Bryant made the NBA to begin with. To outside observers it may seem like it's simple: "You aren't a great player anymore, just be a spot-up shooter and defer to teammates." But if he had that kind of "reasonable" mentality he'd never have become the great player that he became. It's his nature, his basketball DNA. And as dumb as giving him that deal may have been, you don't pay a guy 25 mil per thinking he's going to be a roleplayer. It's not stupidity, it's nature.

Peyton Manning has fallen off greatly, but would anyone ever say he doesn't understand football? Of course not, it would be silly. Same principle applies.

[westsideozzie]

we all know Kobe is an average all star level player who had the benefit of his front court to cover for his mistakes so people wouldn't complain since Lakers would win games. But now that he's older and without a dominant front court he's being exposed.

CHURCH!! Lamar Odom, Bynum, and Gasol were the reason he got those last two rings. He is an unrepentant chucker!

[Pointguard]

You can't become the kind of scorer Bryant became if you don't have a great understanding of the game. That's ridiculous. Bryant knew things like exactly where he needed to plant his feet on turn-around fadeaway to ensure that when he is spinning around and jumping backwards in the air he maximizes the chances that the shot goes in. Stuff that most players never really think about as to them the shots Bryant was mastering would just be bad shots that would get them benched by the coach. Bryant was and is a basketball genius, a fact that shouldn't have to be stated, it should be obvious.

Kobe got good coaches fired to get to bad ones. He wasn't going to get benched for bad shots anymore than he is going to get reprimanded for chasing away the future of his organization, or thinking he's the point guard after the team lured Nash. He was never a genius, lets be for real. I could honor smart, at times, and tenacious with just bad judgement, but genuis, naaaah, leave that for Bird and Magic.

As far as the foot thing you mention above you can pick that up on the thousands of Jordan tapes easily, and we know he did that.

[DaOldLion]

Kobe got good coaches fired to get to bad ones. He wasn't going to get benched for bad shots anymore than he is going to get reprimanded for chasing away the future of his organization, or thinking he's the point guard after the team lured Nash. He was never a genius, lets be for real. I could honor smart, at times, and tenacious with just bad judgement, but genuis, naaaah, leave that for Bird and Magic.

As far as the foot thing you mention above you can pick that up on the thousands of Jordan tapes easily, and we know he did that.

what good coach did Kobe get fired?

[IllegalD]

CHURCH!! Lamar Odom, Bynum, and Gasol were the reason he got those last two rings. He is an unrepentant chucker!

Bynum barely played and was a non factor in those 3 finals appearances.

Nice revisionist history, retard

[DaOldLion]

Bynum barely played and was a non factor in those 3 finals appearances.

Nice revisionist history, retard

Bynum carrying the team with those 6 points and 4 rebounds per game

[ralph_i_el]

You can't become the kind of scorer Bryant became if you don't have a great understanding of the game. That's ridiculous. Bryant knew things like exactly where he needed to plant his feet on turn-around fadeaway to ensure that when he is spinning around and jumping backwards in the air he maximizes the chances that the shot goes in. Stuff that most players never really think about as to them the shots Bryant was mastering would just be bad shots that would get them benched by the coach. Bryant was and is a basketball genius, a fact that shouldn't have to be stated, it should be obvious.

The reasons why Bryant is struggling the way he's struggling are age and injury (should also be obvious). Please tell me which player in NBA history was not significantly worse than their peak self by the time they hit 37? And then you throw in the 2 or 3 season-ending injuries in a row. Every time an athlete suffers a major injury it changes the way a part of their body works. And it changes it for the worse. For a guy like Bryant that had finely-tuned skills that's catastrophic. And then you throw in the natural loss of athleticism that happens to a guy that's played 1,284 games so that now he can't explode past or leap over defenders the way he could when he was a dominant player and he's going to have a hard time scoring.

The ability to score like few players in the history of the game is the reason why Bryant made the NBA to begin with. To outside observers it may seem like it's simple: "You aren't a great player anymore, just be a spot-up shooter and defer to teammates." But if he had that kind of "reasonable" mentality he'd never have become the great player that he became. It's his nature, his basketball DNA. And as dumb as giving him that deal may have been, you don't pay a guy 25 mil per thinking he's going to be a roleplayer. It's not stupidity, it's nature.

Peyton Manning has fallen off greatly, but would anyone ever say he doesn't understand football? Of course not, it would be silly. Same principle applies.

[KendrickPerkins]

Isn't it ironic?

The guy that's supposed to be the most skilled player ever and a basketball savant (albeit that's just according to his retarded stans) is actually not really that skilled and his decision making is WOAT level bad.

I never understood what peolple meant when they said Kobe is skilled. Why? He's always been an inconsistent shooter, his ball handling and passing isn't on LeBron's level, actually not even close. He does have good footwork in the post but he's a ****ing guard who can't shoot, so who cares?

Other than that, where are these skills that are supposed to make him an elite player even after his athleticism is no longer there?

I just see a dude who shoudn't have a job and that is stealing 25 million away from a franchise based on championships he was carried to when he was younger.

The Lakers are a ****ing mess and I love every second of it.

[Pointguard]

what good coach did Kobe get fired?

My bad, I should have qualified that, good for Lebron to win with. Kobe needs a great coach.

[Real Men Wear Green]

Kobe got good coaches fired to get to bad ones. He wasn't going to get benched for bad shots anymore than he is going to get reprimanded for chasing away the future of his organization, or thinking he's the point guard after the team lured Nash. He was never a genius, lets be for real. I could honor smart, at times, and tenacious with just bad judgement, but genuis, naaaah, leave that for Bird and Magic.

Which coach did Bryant get fired? The only guy he is rumored to have done that to is Mike Brown, and he wasn't "good" in LA. He did play a distributor role for a time alongside Nash. So? Nash was nowhere near being the player he had been at his peak and it wasn't a bad offense. Kobe Bryant analyzed the game and then developed his game to be one of the greatest scorers of all time. That's brilliance, whether you choose to respect it or not. His long list of career accomplishments has validated his approach.

As far as the foot thing you mention above you can pick that up on the thousands of Jordan tapes easily, and we know he did that.

If it's so easy why don't more players do it? You continue to trivialize the accomplishments of an all-time great. Any high school point guard can watch a video and mimic the UTEP two-step. Doesn't make them Tim Hardaway. Not that Kobe was Jordan, he wasn't, but he made the fadeaway an effective part of his arsenal of moves. He has a genius-level understanding of basketball.