Originally Posted by
SPQR
When Kobe was 28 , it was a trade off. And he so great he could make it work to a large extent. But at 34 , it hurts like hell. In fact, not just this year, but for the last three years it has hurt this team. The teams that got booted by Dallas and OKC could have been better had Kobe played a more egalitarian form of ball because when you have many weapons, its better to use them all than just have them there as maniquins. But really, that is what they are and have been. Yes, Kobe will throw scraps once in a while, but none of teams in the last three years are close as good and diversified as they could have been and should have been. Yet it keeps going on through all the losses and all the months.
No matter what is going on, no matter how bad it gets, no matter how old he is, no matter the evidence against him playing it this way so late in his career, he just can't stop. And anyone who followed him all his career knew it woudn't stop, ever. One could even predict it, years ago, like um, someone here did years ago, lol. One could write a thread about it now, perhaps calling it the sad, inevitable end of Kobe Bryant. Hmmm...where have I heard that before....it almost rings a bell. Yeah, people gave that thread plenty of heat and negative reps. But baby, we are living it all year. Courtesy of Kobe Bryant. And yeah, it was just that sad and predictable. And all the attacks and neg votes by the fans who can't take the truth aint gonna change the reality that keeps smacking this team in the face, the blows being given by its own "leader" and best player.
And the truth is, at 34, if he keeps doing it, this team is done FOR GOOD.