For the second time in his 12 year NBA career Kobe Bryant is on the losing end of the NBA Finals. This time is a little different though, no center to call overweight, no GM to blame, no more teammates to throw under the bus. Although Bryant went through the season like Jim Carrey's character in, "Me, Myself and Irene", the last few months Bryant has been extremely outspoken about his love for his teammates, and general manager. The 2008 MVP has been buying teammates expensive dinners and watches, and that's not because he ordered room service again.....It's because he has as he put it, "Changed his ways." He has learned to trust his teammates, but midway through the second quarter it looked like the only thing Bryant could count on was a Lamar Odom brick or a Vladimir Radmanovic air ball.
Kobe finished with 22 points and one assist, yes one....on the bright side that's half as many offensive rebounds as the entire Laker team had on Tuesday night.
After his Game 6 performance you wonder if the only reason Bryant wanted to make the trip back to Boston was to see his dear friend Curt Schilling. Or maybe he wanted to go on a double date with the Bundchens. Whatever the reason, fans around Southern California must hope that Kobe owns some Listerine, otherwise the taste of a 39 point beat down in Game 6 of the NBA Finals might cause Bryant to snap in mid-July....reducing him to a parking lot cameo waiting to happen again..... not for jumping over snakes or cars, but for stepping on the throats of his teammates and bosses.
Kobe falls Short
Wednesday, June 18, 2008, 12:10 PM PST [General]
Save it, please!
TerriThis Laker team out shined expectations by a large measure; suffered through one injury after another to the extent that Pau ended up on our rooster during the longest road-trip in NBA history, where the Lakers found themselves down by only 2 games when it was predicted they'd lose 90% of the games and barely hang on to the 8th seed. Celtics bought 3 superstars, while Kobe made mediocre players look like superstars. The Lakers went through Denver, fought a tough Jazz team, and then trampled the defending champions like no tomorrow. Are you saying that the Western Conference was a joke with the Lakers' gliding while Boston struggled with the hardest season and series of all time? 6 games does not a season define, but fly by night fans that you encourage with this kind of comment will act as if it does.
If the Lakers team (which all of the Loose Cannons, Jerry West, TNT commenters, sports writers, et all agreed until this series would be a dynasty for the next 5 years) is dismantled because of one series, fans will suffer from a hangover that will long last and be regretted by the botox using, plastic implanted, wanna-be Lakers fans who resemble more of the illogical, irrational, psycho chick you're scared of dating because she expects you to marry her after the 1st time you have sex. There will be some tragic consequences to some major over-reacting. The Lakers were simply beat by a team that we hadn't won in the regular season and deserves the kudos of being the better, scrapper, hungrier team. It doesn't mean that the Lakers were any less brilliant than we thought they were up to this series.
Give it a rest!
01:40 PM PST