Originally Posted by
Ratzz
Kobe is a pariah for star-free agents.
top 10 scorer. of course. Top 3 in fact.
but this is not 1-on-1 playground b-ball.
Superstars just do not take HUGE paycuts to avoid playing with All-Time Greats.
They don't. Period.
Ray Allen took a $7 Million paycut to join Lebron & Co. (and just did it again)
Lebron took at least a $10M paycut to join Wade & Co.*
Bosh took a $5M paycut to join them both.
Dwight took a $30M paycut to not play with Kobe again. It wasn't D'Antoni.
D'Antoni was not telling Kobe "take as many shots as you can"
EVERYBODY on the Lakers complained about ball-distribution. Everybody except Kobe.*
it is this lack of sharing the ball.. that ultimately leads to the exodus of so many free agents.
As well as his personal treatment of them. He takes all the credit for winning, and is the point a *finger and cast blame if the team is struggling. Who would go there and have their stats killed, while at the same time, being called out as the cause of failure.
You cannot question Kobe, because of the Kobe-tard run media in Los Angeles.
If Kobe takes 40 shots and they lose.. it was the rest of*team that failed, as though..
the other players refuse to shoot and just let the clock run out. *
Good players do not run AWAY from All-Time great players, they run TOWARDS that opportunity.