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CometsWin Breaker Breaker One Nine

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munco said: ↑

I'm not watching the game vs. the Bobcats, but I just looked at the stats at halftime.

Kobe is 0 for 2.

Again, Kobe has only shot twice and it's halftime. He also has 0 FT attempts and 2 assists. The Lakers are also down by 12.

He has less shots than anyone that's played so far tonight including Steve Blake, Jodi Meeks, etc.

Granted he could end up chucking before the night is done, but I do wonder what's going on right now. The other week he was shooting less, but racking up assists and the Lakers were winning. Tonight it looks like he's shooting less, not getting assists and the Lakers are losing.

Any insights from people watching the game?
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He's a baby sometimes. He's probably trying to prove a point.

#1621 CometsWin, Feb 8, 2013

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Bobcats up 17 in the 3rd

#1622 tehG l i d e, Feb 8, 2013
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CometsWin said: ↑

He's a baby sometimes. He's probably trying to prove a point.
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This. He's done it before.

#1623 professorjay, Feb 8, 2013
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Watchin this game, Gerald Henderson is WHOAH!

#1624 Sleepy Flloyd, Feb 8, 2013
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bryant with 6 pts

#1625 daywalker02, Feb 8, 2013
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Kobe dissing the entire league except the Lakers and Celtics. Why am I not surprised by that smugness? That's how Lakers fans think. That's why I hate the Lakers with a passion. They think everyone else in the league is second class to them.

Let me break it to you, Kobe. There are other teams that believe in hard work, competitiveness, and that only a championship is their only goal of success. They just don't have a silver spoon handed to them where:
1. Refs consistently helping out
2. Getting star players from other teams just because it's the glamor of LA

Kobe, be thankful for what you have been given. You could have been stuck in Charlotte while the Lakers got some other stars to win the championships in the last decade.
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Best. Post. Evar.

#1626 Sleepy Flloyd, Feb 8, 2013
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No surprise there... Bryant has been the rich boy with everything catered to him throughout his career

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come on charlotte, don't lose this one now...

#1628 across110thstreet, Feb 8, 2013
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Very arguable call on the Howard / Biyombo tip and that was pure travelling by Kobe, he changed pivot foot!

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I feel bad for the cats. There are more lakers fans in the crowd than bobcats fans. It might as well be a lakers home game.

#1630 AFS, Feb 8, 2013
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I feel bad for the cats. There are more lakers fans in the crowd than bobcats fans. It might as well be a lakers home game.
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I don't. They suck on purpose, they can't ask fans to show up when they intentionally put on a ****-show.

#1631 rolyat93, Feb 8, 2013
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Bobcats home crowd chanting "MVP" when Kobe was at the free-throw line smh

#1632 mr. 13 in 33, Feb 8, 2013
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I don't. They suck on purpose, they can't ask fans to show up when they intentionally put on a ****-show.
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Maybe I should have clarified. I feel bad for their players. I don't think their players are trying to suck, but they just lack the talent needed to win games. I bet it kills people like Kemba.

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they battle the Blazers for the 8th spot

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they battle the Blazers for the 8th spot
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Uh, Utah?

#1635 Kojirou, Feb 8, 2013
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Uh, Utah?
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Utah are still pretty good at home... I predict GSW will fall a tad
I hope for the 7th seed for us

#1636 daywalker02, Feb 8, 2013
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http://www.ajc.com/weblogs/jeff-sch...-howards-father-comes-his-defense-would-he-s/

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...Howard’s credibility has taken a major hit, but at least one person believes that’s unfair. Granted, Dwight Howard Sr., his father, can’t be completely objective about his son, but he makes some fair points when he criticizes Bryant for publicly questioning a teammate's toughness and desire. He also said of his son, “In his heart of hearts, I’m still not sure he was really sold on leaving Orlando.”

When asked about the unfolding soap opera in Los Angeles, Dwight Sr. defended his son and criticized both Bryant and Lakers coach Mike D’Antoni.

“I told him before he said it publicly, ‘It’s your career. No person can say what you need to do or not do. You can’t worry about what Kobe or anybody else says,’” the elder Howard said. “Nobody can say what Kobe said -- that’s stepping into another man’s shoes. I understand what Kobe was trying to do, but he went about it the wrong way. He’s trying to win a championship. But Dwight has to tell Kobe, ‘I appreciate your opinion, but that doesn’t matter. We’re two men on this team. We need to be reasonable about this.’”

Dwight Sr. said he believed Bryant was trying to motivate his son, but that the advice was misplaced, adding: “The problem is the coach. (D’Antoni) needs to step in and say, ‘You guys have got to be quiet. We’re trying to secure something here. Dwight is probably looking at the coach, thinking, ‘What are you going to do?’ I promise, if that had been Stan Van Gundy, that wouldn’t have happened. (Howard) wouldn’t have been admonished publicly. I think the coach has a lot to do with who controls Kobe’s mouth right now.”

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Howard and his parents speak frequently. “When he spoke up, he asked me what I thought, and I told him I applaud him for standing up for himself,” Dwight Sr. said. “But I still think he needs to have a sit down with the coach and Kobe.”

He believes Howard received some bad advice from representatives last year: “I don’t think he realized some of the things he was being blessed with in Orlando.”

The Lakers’ situation, he said, has worn on Howard.

“L.A. has been like humble pie for him," he said. "When you go from being the man in one city (Orlando) to second or third tier, it takes a toll on you mentally.”

What happens after the season? Howard’s father still thinks the center will re-sign with the Lakers. When asked about Brooklyn, he said, “Oh, I doubt it. That would surprise me.”

What about the Hawks?

“Dwight hasn’t said anything about Atlanta, either. But he likes home. I think he would love to end his career here, even though he hasn’t said that publicly.”
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#1637 J.R., Feb 8, 2013
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rofl... now that turns into a family drama, papa howard chiming in?

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Who else is gonna speak up or stick up on Dwight's behalf? Not Kobe. Not Nash. Not Mike D. Metta? Haha

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LeBron James was asked if he's buying it that Kobe Bryant has become a distributor. He said "no'' and added more.

“Do I buy that?" James said. "No. He told you all before, he’s a scorer. He said it every day, ‘I’m a scorer and this is what I do.’ So I don’t buy it. No. You guys buy it, though. I see how you all go, ’49 assists in four games,' whatever. You guys are going crazy about that. I don’t buy that. He’s a scorer.’’
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Who else is gonna speak up or stick up on Dwight's behalf? Not Kobe. Not Nash. Not Mike D. Metta? Haha

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alright but I think Kob is one heck of a distributing scorer there.... but at times you wonder his timing is off

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