Kobe's Mutgshot
In case there was any debate on what a scumbag, bad teammate, and bad human kobe is, I have provided you with his post game quote following the 96-94 game one loss to Dallas. A game in which he took 29 shots, made less than half of them and had ZERO assists. He also managed to produce a turnover, get out muscled and create another turnover, and miss the potential game winning shot (all in the final 21sec of the game). Not bad for the game's best closer.
The truth is that Bryant, in the playoffs, has actually missed his last five game-tying or go-ahead shots from the field in the final 24 seconds of the fourth quarter or overtime. In similar situations, Bryant couldn't connect in Game 6 last spring against Oklahoma City or Game 5 of the conference finals against Phoenix. And those misses were preceded by late clanks in 2009 in Game 3 of L.A.'s first-round series with Utah, as well as Game 2 of the NBA Finals against Orlando.
"We should've pounded the ball inside," Bryant said. "Our second unit has to do a better job in that regard. I felt like we stayed on the perimeter too much. ... It had nothing to do with me. I had games where I shot the ball 30 times and Pau had big offensive games those games. I'm going to do what I do. The second unit and crew has to get a conscious effort to get the ball into Pau and the ball into Andrew. I had games where I shot the ball 10 times and Pau and Andrew didn't contribute that much. I had games where I shot the ball 30 times and they had big games. It has nothing to do with my shots."
Just for the record, in the 2010-2011 season Kobe had 11 games where he took 26 shots or more. The Lakers were a pathetic 5-6 in those games. And for the record, those losses didn't always come against elite teams. Those losses were against Indiana, Sacramento, San Antonio, Boston, and Denver twice. The wins were against Phoenix, Portland, New York, and Minnesota twice. In the playoffs he has done it twice (once against New Orleans and once against Dallas) both were losses... shocking. Best part is that it's not like Kobe was blazing in those 11 games. In fact he failed to shoot 50%fg in 10 of those 11 games. He only managed to shoot 41%fg in those 11 games. The Lakers were 57-25 this season, thats a winning percentage of .695. When he takes less than 26 shots the Lakers have a winning percentage of .732. When he takes 26 shots or more they have a winning percentage of .454. In the 41 games this year where Kobe took 19 shots or less, the Lakers went 33-8 (.805 winning percentage). They are a perfect 14-0 when he shoots 15 shots or less.
As for Gasol having big games when kobes shoots volume shots..... in those same 11 games were kobe jacked 26 shots or more..... Gasol is averaging 15.6ppg on 13.9 shots per game. Yeah, big big games indeed.
***Thank you Dave...
1 comment:
I agree with you, Kobe is overrated. He's a great player, but not nearly as good as he thinks he is. Wages of Wins has some interesting things to say about him. I think Gasol and Odom are both better than him as far as producing wins are concerned. He's still a good player though, but is prone to selfishness.
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