Former NBA Player: Never Liked Kobe, Couldn

[JohnMax]

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[navy]

TMZ with another scoop.

[TheMarkMadsen]

“Personally, I never really liked Kobe,” Pollard said on CBS Sports Radio’s Tiki and Tierney. “I didn’t like the way he carried himself, but I absolutely respect the way he played the game. If I was a GM, I absolutely want him on my team. I got to find the right guys that can play with him, but there’s very few players you’d want in front of him in the history of the NBA having the ball in the fourth quarter with the game on the line. He absolutely was a closer. I wouldn’t want to play with him. I think he made the team about him as opposed to making the team about winning. Did he win a championship without Shaq?”

Yeah, he won 2. Good ol' Kobe haters never the type to let facts get in the way

[KingLeBronJames]

Yeah, he won 2.

Lol WTF? Who is the idiot that said that?

[TheMarkMadsen]

Lol WTF? Who is the idiot that said that?

Scott Pollard, former Kings player, the guy the in the OP

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first thing that came to my mind was who?

[JohnFreeman]

Stay losing Queens

[Bosnian Sajo]

Yeah, he won 2. Good ol' Kobe haters never the type to let facts get in the way

Talk about thread backfiring

[$LakerGold]

“Kobe didn’t have that effect on his teammates. Kobe needed Batman to his Superman. He needed another superhero to help him win. That’s the part about him that I don’t respect.”

Love the logic. Without Parker, Manu & Pop. Without Scottie, Rodman & PJax. Without Sheed, Ben Wallance, RIP Hamilton & Tayshaun. Without KG & Ray Allen. Without Wade & Chris Bosh, still lost twice, but okay. & the list goes on & on. All respect to Dirk, what a run that was.

He's basically saying what these casual fans are used to saying, this only tells me that people can be so dumb & narrow-minded. "He needed another superhero to help him.", oh jesus. The only differences are TP & Manu are both homegrown, that's where you can make your argument.

Edit: If it wasn't for Kobe's attitude, his career would've been like Lebron's first run with the Cavs - mediocre, look where that brought him.

Dumb as f*ck.

[sportjames23]

Stay losing Queens

Aren't you...a Quee--I mean, Kings fan?

[JohnFreeman]

Aren't you...a Quee--I mean, Kings fan?

Thought I would say it before anyone else

[sportjames23]

Thought I would say it before anyone else

Ah, ok.

[SpaceJam]

Yeah, he won 2. Good ol' Kobe haters never the type to let facts get in the way

What's funny is he was on that Celtics team that beat Kobe in 07-08 like dude just completely tuned out the NBA after retiring that year?

[Jasper]

I'll never forget Gasol working hard down in the block to get the ball and Kobe taking a 1 on 3 contested shot.
Or Shaq in the west finals baggin' for the ball and Kobe sayin' he's the man and taking a drive into traffic and losing the series.

Those to moments defined why most NBA players would never play with Kobe.
His stats are so inflated because the last 6-8 years the team game was in the gutter.

[SouBeachTalents]

Another good one TMZ, original topic too