If Lakers win title this season w/o Kobe what will it do too his legacy?

[dh144498]

it would do nothing to Kobe's legacy. Why would it do anything?

on the other hand, Lebron's legacy will be greatly diminished.

[Doctor Rivers]

In the future, the message boards will be like this:

"Kobe has 6 rings, he's just as good as MJ."

"Yeah but he didn't even play when he won his 6th."

"Yeah but without Kobe they never would have gotten in the playoffs in the first place."

"Yeah they would have, they played better without him."

"No they didn't. They were playing better as a team before he got hurt."

"Not good enough to win an NBA title."

"Yeah, but DiAntoni wasn't getting it done so Kobe's coaching from the sideline is the reason they won the title."

Etc

Etc

To infinity and beyond.

100000% this

[SpurrDurr]

For the non-Kobe Stans it will be a catch 22.
If somehow LAKERS manage to win the title it' ll be cause Kobe carried the team during the regular season (mostly true) and for his coaching abilities due his injury. While if they lose, it will be only cause Kobe is out.
Win-Win scenario in their sick minds.

[Leviathon1121]

I highly doubt it but if the Lakers win a championship without Kobe, it would only move up his legacy because he got the team to where they are at.

His last 4 games was amazing and he won Player of the Week during his stretch as he went down with the tendon injury.

A team with Kobe is always an improvement and if they win a ring without him only shows how important he was in getting them there.

Kobe was on his way to winning a championship before the injury.

And yet you hold it against Jordan that his team got to the ECSF's without him. You are such an unbelievable hypocrit.

[daj0264]

I highly doubt it but if the Lakers win a championship without Kobe, it would only move up his legacy because he got the team to where they are at.

His last 4 games was amazing and he won Player of the Week during his stretch as he went down with the tendon injury.

A team with Kobe is always an improvement and if they win a ring without him only shows how important he was in getting them there.

Kobe was on his way to winning a championship before the injury.

Surely a team that can win the championship without kobe would have been able to get into the playoffs without him.

[9erempiree]

Surely a team that can win the championship without kobe would have been able to get into the playoffs without him.

you know that wasn't going to happen.

[BBallZen83]

Lakers aren't winning shit, and they weren't winning shit with him either. Irrelevant question for serious discussion.

[IncarceratedBob]

Surely a team that can win the championship without kobe would have been able to get into the playoffs without him.

You simpleton.

Kobe is the Los Angeles Lakers.

Even without him on the floor you feel his presence, you hear his voice telling you to shoot, drive to the basket, he will live forever.

This team is firing on all cylinders, and you know why? It's Kobe.

He gave up everything HE had for the good of the team, he knew that if the Lakers made the playoffs that they could win it all without him due to the lack of true superstars and the amount of injuries in the NBA. If a weak Miami team can be the favorite, can you really blame Kobe for thinking the Lakers sans Mamba could win it all?

Kobe is the reason why they are the team they are, Kobe is the reason they are the best team in the NBA. Kobe is.

[BBallZen83]

You simpleton.

Kobe is the Los Angeles Lakers.

Even without him on the floor you feel his presence, you hear his voice telling you to shoot, drive to the basket, he will live forever.

This team is firing on all cylinders, and you know why? It's Kobe.

He gave up everything HE had for the good of the team, he knew that if the Lakers made the playoffs that they could win it all without him due to the lack of true superstars and the amount of injuries in the NBA. If a weak Miami team can be the favorite, can you really blame Kobe for thinking the Lakers sans Mamba could win it all?

Kobe is the reason why they are the team they are, Kobe is the reason they are the best team in the NBA. Kobe is.

Time to hobble back to your cave troll, and take your bag of non sequiturs with you. You are either brain damaged/heavily medicated or some one interested in making kobe look worse, not better.

[lakerspng]

If the Lakers somehow won the championship this year, I would be f'n thrilled! Kobe's legacy is fine, he'll have a chance to get another ring while playing dring the playoffs and finals next season. He's the major reason the Lakers are even sniffing the playoffs right now. I don't give them much chance, but I'll be screaming and yelling at every play in every game. Go Lakers! The only legacy that matters is the purple and gold one. One game at a time, starting tomorrow night against Houston.

[OldSchoolBBall]

Kobe was on his way to winning a championship before the injury.

Kobe stans: where barely squeaking into the playoffs (and only doing so because of a ton of favorable officiating the last couple of weeks) = being on the way to a championship.

[9erempiree]

His legacy is just fine and he's the best player on the team and if the team wins a championship.....

It would just mean that he has 6 rings and he's chasing #7.

[tpols]

Obviously it would boost it since the only way their winning is with Coachbes expert strategizing, game planning, and motivating. He would basically deserve the FMVP if they won.

[pegasus]

Should it count as his "6th ring" (Which is a big part of the media narrative for Kobe to "equal" MJ)?

Or should it be used against him - as in, the Lakers team suddenly "clicked" without him?

Better pick your sides now just in case it happens!

*EDIT* I also need to pay attention to how to use the word "too/to"

Well, they had been "clicking" for the most part since the all-star break, hence their record, despite all the games Gasol and Nash have missed. Kobe, Howard, and the rest of the guys were playing much better cohesively, so if the Lakers go on some magical run and win it all, it should be seen as the extension of the good things that have been happening in the last three months.

Having said that, it ain't happening! If it did, every team in the playoffs, except for the Bucks and the Hawks should just kill themselves - or better yet - each other.

[AlphaWolf24]

It's quite a paradox isn't it nobody really wins in the classic Lebron/Kobe arguments because Lebron would lose to a Kobe-less Lakers and Kobe fans would be scratching their heads about how the Lakers won a title w/o Kobe - there would just be awkward silence and mass confusion on ISH

Heck naw!....

Kobe sacrificed his own personal glory.....he intentionally pushed his foot and ripped his Achilles...on purpose.

Kobe's IQ is off the charts.....he knew by bieng injured is the only way to get his teammates all on the same page.

He knew if he could at least get them close to the playoff's this Laker team was good enough to make the Playoff's and contend. ( they simply could not play inspired with all the injurys and Kobe dominating so much.....

by bieng injured, He could help coach/inspire this team to possibly an NBA Title.


If you think outside the box......It's actually a very brilliant move by Kobe......Kobe sacrificing and doing whatever it takes to win yet again.


How great is our GAWD!!