Did Del Harris hinder Kobe's career?

[laronprofit9]

I am having a hard time remembering if Kobe was complaining about playing time under Del Harris during his first 2 seasons.

Anybody have any news articles or quotes, etc... from 96-98 about Harris and Kobe?

[catch24]

I am having a hard time remembering if Kobe was complaining about playing time under Del Harris during his first 2 seasons.

Anybody have any news articles or quotes, etc... from 96-98 about Harris and Kobe?

Kobe really wasn't good enough to crack the starting 5 (or get more playing time than EJ) when Del Harris was coaching (albeit he was better than Eddie Jones, IMO, during the second half of the '98 season).

[TennesseeFan]

[Rake2204]

[laronprofit9]

this has nothing to do with kobe's success now.

I just want to see if there were any articles or quotes etc... from the Laker organization complaining about Del Harris not giving enough playing time for Kobe. I want to know if that was part of the reason why they fired him and had Kurt Rambis coaching in 1999.

[ashbelly]

did harris make kobe brick 3 pointers against the Jazz in the playoffs?? You forgot shaq was on this team too from 1996-2000 before phil took over ?? What about eddie jones/Van exel ?? Was Kobe Better than eddie jones when he was a rookie ?? And why was shaq dominating all the offense and won 3 finals MVPS when phil took over? Was that Coach Del harris or Kurt Rambis fault too ? ..

[LEFT4DEAD]

No, Harris has nothing to do with Kobe's first two years. He was too young, and Jones/Nick were very good back than. You can't let player who came straight from HS starting position right away. It wasn't Harris's fault. Every coach would do the same thing.

[lefthook00]

Kobe didn't complain, worked his a$$ off, and you know the rest of the story. Eddie Jones was more productive than Kobe at that point. Kobe was definitely electrifying when he was in games though.

I remember watching a video of rookie Kobe in practice begging for isolations on the block, saying that he could post up any guard in the league.

[Myth]

Kobe didn't complain, worked his a$$ off, and you know the rest of the story.

Looking at it that way, Del Harris may have helped Kobe's career. Gave him something to strive for early rather than letting Kobe become complacent.

[imdaman99]

did harris make kobe brick 3 pointers against the Jazz in the playoffs??

Are you an idiot? Did you even watch the NBA back than? He clearly didn't brick those shots, he shot airballs

[ashbelly]

Are you an idiot? Did you even watch the NBA back than? He clearly didn't brick those shots, he shot airballs

Bricking shots and shooting air balls are all the same to me. He was forcing the shots and just air balling them. And yes, i happened to have followed kobe's overated career, and watched many of his games on tape from his rookie years to when they started winning rings.

[ashbelly]

No, Harris has nothing to do with Kobe's first two years. He was too young, and Jones/Nick were very good back than. You can't let player who came straight from HS starting position right away. It wasn't Harris's fault. Every coach would do the same thing.

You might want to change that to " You can't let a a player who came straight from HS get the starting position on a good team" because lebron was good to go from day one when he was drafted.

[TennesseeFan]

No, Harris has nothing to do with Kobe's first two years. He was too young, and Jones/Nick were very good back than. You can't let player who came straight from HS starting position right away. It wasn't Harris's fault. Every coach would do the same thing.

LeBron, Garnett and Amare say hi

[SourGrapes]

Bricking shots and shooting air balls are all the same to me. He was forcing the shots and just air balling them. And yes, i happened to have followed kobe's overated career, and watched many of his games on tape from his rookie years to when they started winning rings.

prove it

[ashbelly]

prove it

Thats not neccessary for now,i don't want to be negged.. Like i said before i'm working on an article on kobe's Career. When i drop it, please support it.