If you actually watch every game Kobe's played, after a certain point it really isn't about the stats. This guy brings it every single night, and has that air of immortality despite his obvious mortal stature, like some legendary samurai (or Batman). In fact, Kobe Bryant is pure human will on display every night, as he is determined to get that final victory. That's his legacy, as an overachiever and a winner, and as someone who despite all the accolades and accomplishments, still worked as if he was the twelfth man in the rotation. You can chose to hate him, to judge him, but remember that judging others means you judge yourself as well. Truly secure persons relate to Kobe, emphasize with his passion and will, and respects that spirit that so few of us possess. Little by little, you see that it isn't really about Kobe, but rather a figure that we can all obtain inspiration from to fuel our own pursuits, for Kobe brings out the winner in all of us.
Struggle to beat Hornets/Raptors, barely limping to above .500. How far they have fallen when people are celebrating that.
Where was that during the OKC game This is why people always have something negative to say... Barely scratching a freaking Raptors team at home and all of a sudden hes a comic book hero? Seriously, its really sad that its at this point but you dont see it.
The Lakers needed Kobe to go on insane mode (and Nash's great clutch shot) in order to beat the lowly Raptors in OT ON THEIR HOME COURT. Yeah, they should celebrate right now.
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Howard rededicates self, with assist [from] Kobe Bryant Spoiler EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- It was four days in a season that at times has felt four years long. But amid the festivities of All-Star weekend in Houston last month, Dwight Howard says he found time to make some very important changes. "I'm a big thinker," Howard said during a wide-ranging, candid interview after the Los Angeles Lakers practiced Saturday afternoon. "So I just stayed in the hotel and thought about the first half of the season and how I could do better for our team. "And I just told myself, 'I'm going to commit myself to being better for the second half of the season.' " That meant cutting sugar completely out of his diet so he could get into the kind of shape he needed to be in to be the Lakers' defensive anchor and run coach Mike D'Antoni's pick-and-roll sets. That meant acknowledging that he was trying to be somebody he wasn't the first half of the season. And, yes, it meant admitting to himself that playing alongside the hard-driving Kobe Bryant was something that he needed both personally and professionally. "It's going to make me a better man and a better player from watching Kobe," Howard said. Playing in Los Angeles, for a franchise with expectations as high as the Lakers, is "a lot different," Howard said. "Besides just the expectations," he said. "In games, I mess up and there's somebody in the crowd saying something and I'm ready to snap at 'em. That's not what we're supposed to do. "But you look at a guy like Kobe and he doesn't care about nothing but going out there and playing hard. That's a lesson a lot of us have to learn -- especially young guys." Howard said he and Bryant always have had a good relationship, but it's deepened this season, particularly since the All-Star break. "I told him [Bryant]: 'I'm afraid to miss. When I get out there, I don't want to miss, and I end up missing.' And he was like: 'You know what? Shoot 1,000 jumpshots a day. You're going to miss a lot of those shots. But that's OK. Because you're teaching yourself it's OK to miss.' "Now I see it. He gets out there and he might miss a couple 3s, but then he'll make nine in a row. You see that and it just kind of gives you more inspiration." ... "When I first [came to L.A.], I wanted to come here and not talk to anybody and act completely different," Howard said. "But that's not who I am. I've never been that way. I shouldn't ever shut myself off to the world. I don't think that's good for the team or for me and what I want to accomplish in life. "I thought about it and said, 'No, I can't change. I've got to mature in certain areas,' and I think I have. But I can't change who I am." When did that change take place? "At the All-Star break," Howard said. "I just thought about what we're trying to accomplish as a team and I really want to win a championship. That's the reason why I'm in LA."
the Jazz will likely lose to the Knicks today, which will bring the Lakers tied with Utah. but The Jazz have already clinched the series 2-1 with no more matchups, so LA has to have a better record than Utah to get in
The Rockets got owned by Suns, what can you say then? if you troll a team, there is always chance that your team got trolled in return. there is no 100% bad team in the NBA, a win is a win, the "strong" heat still needs LBJ to penetrate to get the win against the Magic too..
I watched at ESPN and those analysts say the difference between a bad team and a contending team is 10% in the first three quarters and a 40% in the forth in due to Lakers' comeback against the Hornets
He's got Angel wings, I tell you, Angel wings! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobe_Bryant_sexual_assault_case
anybody watch the game? why did he get so many free throw attempts? (coaches strategy to foul dwight? or was he beasting? or david stern :grin
Dude's just helping out his old draft buddies Kobe and Nash. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacque_Vaughn
