Since I know how y'all love Number 8 on this forum, I thought I'd post this Kobe's only getting started Only 10 shopping days left until Kobe Bryant's 24th birthday. And we're left wondering what does one give to a kid with fame, fortune, three NBA titles, four All-Star appearances, a fade-away turnaround jumper set in iambic pentameter, mad hops, the NBA dunk trinket while still a teenager, his own shoe, a rap record . . . everything? Bill Russell was born Feb. 12, 1934. He would go on to win a record 11 NBA titles as the defensive monster of the Celtics. But by the age of 24, he had only two. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was born on April 16, 1946. He would go on to win a record six regular-season MVPs. But he didn't get his first one until age 25. Michael Jordan was born Feb. 17, 1963. He would go on to win six NBA titles, five MVPs and demigod status. But by the age of 24, he had nothing but a reputation for shooting too much and jumping so high. Karl Malone was born July 24, 1963. He has scored 34,707 points thus far in his NBA career and, barring injury, will become the league's all-time scorer in a little more than two seasons, passing Jabbar's 38,387 mark. But by the age of 24, he had scored only 2,982. Kobe already has 8,197. Malone didn't even hit his stride until age 25 when he strung together six seasons of 27-plus points per game. Jordan started a year earlier, tallying seven straight seasons of 30-plus points per game. Kobe stands on the threshold, having already averaged 26.7 points per game over the last two seasons as Shaq's sidekick. He's been named to the All-NBA third team, second team and first team as well as the NBA's all defensive team and all interview team. He speaks two languages, doesn't cheat on his wife as far as we know and scored more on his SATs than you and I combined. Forget walking. He could dribble on water. In his first six years as a professional basketball player, Bryant has averaged 15 playoff games per season and rising. Malone is averaging 9.8 and sinking. Jordan is at 12.7 and sinking even faster. Think about this just for a second. We spend countless hours arguing amongst ourselves over this shooter and that scorer long after they sank their last bucket. Or came back out of retirement. Kobe has been under our breath before he ever took his first. We began judging him before the sixth period bell rang. Heck, you called him a ballhog before you could buy him a drink. He was a bobblehead before daily shaving. It's hard to believe that Bryant is about to enter his seventh season, a quarter of his life spent between TV timeouts while men much older and wiser than he already argue about his accomplishments past. Where were you when the Lakers made him the No. 13 pick of the 1996 NBA draft out of Lower Merdian High School? Bryant was born Aug. 23, 1978, too young to legally sign his first NBA contract. Shaquille O'Neal, the best player of the current generation, says he is going to play five more seasons after hyping Bryant as the best player in the league last season. Do the math, find some wrapping paper and don't forget to rip off the price tag.
lmfao, kobe's an undeniable legend, but the man logged a 760 on his sats ( not that they mean anything ) . . . which would be instead "combined less than either section" for me lol ) . . . kinda like that sprite commercial all "he had a real knack for science" . . . come on, kids . . . and btw "espn dude", it was charlotte, not la, that drafted him w/ the thirteenth pick . . . *chuckles*
i thought it was 1060...which still isn't THAT high. 760? That sounds more like Dexter Manley than Kobe. 760 is in the illiterate range.
Hey man I got a 1050 on my SAT's and I got into a pretty good undergraduate univ. and I'm starting law school in a week so back off 1060 is great score! Oh and you only need something like a 750 to get into a college and play sports so while 760 isn't a genius, I wouldn't go as far as to say its borderline illiterate. PS: I hate Kobe.
Bryant is not the best player on his team like these guys were. A more apt ring comparison would be Scott Pippen.
1080, actually. Speaking of SAT's in the NBA, here's a neat trivia question that I found out a few weeks ago. Which current NBA starter got a 1330 on his SAT, likely giving him the title of smartest (starting)basketball player? (don't know for sure, but I was surprised that there was one player with above a 1300)
So, are we supposed to bow down and kiss Kobe's you-know-what? He a good basketball player, fine. Argue the finer points of how he compares to the bball legends, ok. But this crap about dribbling on water and having a higher SAT score than 'you and I combined' means this guy is so dumb he got a negative score. I wonder how many candles this guy lights around the altar where he worships Kobe. What an idiot.
I think according to an old SI...Hobe scores somewhere in the 1200 or 1300's. For some reason I remember him having a higher score than me and I got an 1180. I could be wrong...but if anyone has an archive of SI's there should be an article in one of the 1997 issues about him.
Make sure you make the proper adjustments for SAT I and SAT II. I think they switched over in 1995 or 96 or so, and the SAT II scores are a 100 points higher. So if David Robinson scored a 1250 in 1987 and Darius Miles scored a 1300 in 1999, David Robinson actually scored 50 pts higher than Miles, surprisingly enough.
Kobe is no idiot. Dude can speak four languages. No way did he only score 760 on the SAT unless he wasn't trying.
I think it was on NBA Inside Stuff that said he spoke 4 languages. It's probably just 2 that he speaks fluently and they overexagerated.
He probably speaks english and some italian, and then claims that since he knows italian he also knows spanish and french or portugese. I am not a native speaker but I'm pretty sure I could beat him in a spanish test.
OK so speaking 4 languages makes you a genius right? I know plenty of multilingual people out there that aren't very bright. Multilingual, while impressive, does not necessarily equal genius.
Do the Kobe haters have to cry about EVERYTHING with Kobe, on or off the court? What next, making fun of Kobe's family or something? You guys are so pathetic it makes me laugh, yet cry at the same time. If you don't care about Kobe, then don't comment about him. Part of his "overexposure" is from all the haters bellyaching about Kobe.
So it's wrong for people to point out flaws in the article or "hate" on Kobe, but it's ok for this guy to kiss his @ss? People are entitled to have and express their own opinions, negative or positive.
Not once did I say genius. I guarantee you that someone that gets a 760 on their sat's could not speak 4 languages. Read what i post before you post.
