Did Kobe hinder his chances of more rings?

[oh the horror]

LOL. Kobetard blaming Shaq for the breakup


Kobe was the main villain in that story and is the reason why Shaq left.

You really do need to read up more. Shaq left because he's an egomaniac that didn't want to put in any real work but wanted to get heavily paid. It wasn't just Kobe.

[SexSymbol]

LOL. Kobetard blaming Shaq for the breakup


Kobe was the main villain in that story and is the reason why Shaq left.

I'm blaming them both, as they do themselves.
read up on the story more and you'll see.
Your last sentence is just absolutely not true at all.

[Jasper]

NOPE



he took more shots , hogged the ball , and went off as the self named Mamba

*IF Shaq and him hung , they would of had 5-6 chips.
(END OF STORY)

[La Frescobaldi]

Kobe wanted to prove himself without the "Shaq won you rings" argument. [COLOR="Red"]Which means he was a blithering idiot.[/COLOR] That's respectable competitive drive and spirit. [COLOR="Red"]No it isn't it's the opposite of sports and the epitome of narcissism.[/COLOR]

As for his salary the past several seasons that limited the Lakers ability to get free agents? [COLOR="Red"]He absolutely wrecked the Lakers with that contract. [/COLOR] Oh well, he earned his salary. [COLOR="Red"]He absolutely didn't earn that salary , he arguably didn't earn half his salary.[/COLOR] They weren't playing for rings by that point anyway. [COLOR="Red"]Who could possibly play for rings when late-day Kobe Bryant was on your team? They were just gasping for air under the weight of a horrific contract with by then a horrific player.[/COLOR]

2013 was his last true shot at a championship and that team was either injured or beefing. [COLOR="Red"]2010 was the Lakers last chance for a championship.[/COLOR] Then he dragged them into the playoffs, tearing his Achilles. [COLOR="Red"]Nobody with more thought processing power than the ganglia of a worm believed he should ever return to basketball but he did anyway and soaked the team straight into oblivion[/COLOR]

that's just how it is.

[macpierce]

Both Shaq and Kobe were selfish, i'm surprised people still care after all these years. They still won 1 to 2 rings after the breakup...

[Yao Ming's Foot]

not at all. You don't seem to know your history. Duncan took payouts a LONG time before that to sign Parker and ginobli to newer deals. Shaq took payouts. Lebron took paycuts.
Dirk took paycuts.
Lebron took paycuts.
Your idol is a greedy selfish chucker who ruined the franchise. The distinction between proper laker fans and Kobe fanboys such as yourself is that laker fans got angry at one player ruining their franchise through greed while his fanboys celebrated it

Kobe didn't take paycuts and the Lakers won 5 rings.

Beta stars like had to take below market value to match that count or win even less.

[Mr Feeny]

that's just how it is.

This guy nailed it.
The Lakers franchise has been well and truly wrecked by perhaps the most selfish ego-centric superstar in the sports history.

[Doranku]

So he wrecked a franchise and ruined chances for more glory because of his individual "competitive drive"?

And no he didn't earn the percentage of the cap space he was taking. I wonder if you have any idea as to what you're talking about. In an uncapped league, he could legitimately say he deserves whatever they pay him because he brings them lots of revenues. In a league with a hard cap, he single handedly wrecks his teams chances of winning anything.

And that's exactly what he did. He set the franchise back 20 years. In 2013 he managed to muck up with a team consisting of Nash, Dwight, Gasol and Artest by not letting any of them touch the ball. Play should have gone through Pau and Nash was supposed to be allowed to be Nash and handle the ball. Instead, a selfish ballhog derailed a team that was easily projected to finish top 2 in the west and whose players were predicting they'd win 73 wins themselves

Go read a book. You're utterly clueless.

Still to one-liner trolling. It's actually embarrassing when you try to form an argument. Set the franchise back 20 years... lmao.

[Mr Feeny]

I'm shook by Feeny and am melting down because my idol set my franchise back 20 years