Bryant: "I'd be trying to destroy [Lebron] every day in practice [if I were Durant]"

[ngates815]

In the future, I'd appreciate it if you refrained from calling me a "nuthugger". Last thing you want is me contacting your boss about your internet surfing on company time. Guy is probably in the middle of getting his teeth whitened and won't be happy.

Kobe is 1 ring shy of Jordan (not saying he's as good)......Lebron has a long way to go to get close to Kobe's 5.

I'm just sayin to the guy saying that Lebron can't be spoken about in the same sentence as kobe until he gets 8 or 9...which is fukkin ridiculous.

You Kobe fans will always fall back on the championships factor when comparing basketball's bests (jordan/lebron/kobe)

[William Walters]

You should take them to California Adventure.. The new rides look cool.. (will be there in a month)

Might check out Legoland later..

Have fun pal.

Our season passes just expired.....a few days before "Cars Land" opened. Need a break from Disney.

Will do. Thanks Mayan.

[BuddyBear]

nobody in the world would have gotten a championship with the players Cleveland had surrounding Lebron. It's a miracle that they did as well as they did. Pound for pound, Lebron James is one of the top 3 or 4 best NBA players ever. LOL talking about championships....sounds like a little kid argument. Some of the top players in the history of the NBA never won a championship.

[William Walters]

LOL guy who says "Must get old watching the purple & gold make it to the finals 16 times over the last 32 seasons (yes...that's 50% folks) while winning 10 NBA championships over that time period." Hey guy...nobody cares, we are gamblers not fans. If you are a fan, go to an NBA message board and talk about it there. Not the place for it here. Nobody in their right mind has "Laker envy." We are gamblers looking to cash tickets, not fans of teams because we were born or raised in a certain city.

Check out this guy speaking up for the entire board.

Buddy.......a large majority of this board has specific teams they root for. Sure, we root for our tickets to cash, but it doesn't mean we also don't have an allegiance to specific teams. As a SoCal native and lifelong Lakers fan........I see/hear the hate/envy quite often.

[ngates815]

Ngates will be a nuthugger soon William..

He will be in SoCal soon.. Living the high life.

Down there at least once a month.

Only made my way up to LA twice...furthest we normally make it north is Carlsbad.

My parents are coming down for the first time in August. Gotta take them around...probably go to the fukkin zoo. But I'm sure all they really wanna do is get drunk and make babies.

[BuddyBear]

Check out this guy speaking up for the entire board.

Buddy.......a large majority of this board has specific teams they root for. Sure, we root for our tickets to cash, but it doesn't mean we also don't have an allegiance to specific teams. As a SoCal native and lifelong Lakers fan........I see/hear the hate/envy quite often.

The only reason you like the Lakers is you were born there and your father or whomever rooted for them. Get real man with your laker envy nonsense. You sound like a 10 year old. Sometimes i bet on the lakers and sometimes i bet against them. That's it. Could care less about anything else to do with the Lakers. Do you have like a Kobe Bryant poster in your bedroom or something?

[William Walters]

LOL talking about championships....sounds like a little kid argument. Some of the top players in the history of the NBA never won a championship.

But, the vast majority........the great of the great.........certainly did.

Jordan, Magic, Bird, Wilt, Russell, Kobe, Lebron, Baylor, Robertson, West, Hakeem, etc. etc.

[King Mayan]

Down there at least once a month.

Only made my way up to LA twice...furthest we normally make it north is Carlsbad.

My parents are coming down for the first time in August. Gotta take them around...probably go to the fukkin zoo. But I'm sure all they really wanna do is get drunk and make babies.

babies come naturally here in So Cal.

San Diego Zoo is great.. Sea world too... LA ZOO sucks donkey dick.

[William Walters]

Do you have like a Kobe Bryant poster in your bedroom or something?

Yup............right next to my Justin Bieber cardboard cutout.

[BuddyBear]

But, the vast majority........the great of the great.........certainly did.

Jordan, Magic, Bird, Wilt, Russell, Kobe, Lebron, Baylor, Robertson, West, Hakeem, etc. etc.

So what. Basketball is a team game. You are using an inadequate measure to measure individual performance. variables don't match guy.

I am not going to argue with a little kid anymore though. Not worth it. Any guy who says the player who has more championships is better is a little kid.

[ngates815]

So what. Basketball is a team game. You are using an inadequate measure to measure individual performance. variables don't match guy.

I am not going to argue with a little kid anymore though. Not worth it. Any guy who says the player who has more championships is better is a little kid.

Exactly.

Nobody can win a championship single handedly...

The Lakers fan should be saying The Lakers were better than the Cavs those 8 years Lebron/Kobe were playing.

That's fair to say.

But statistic wise, everyone (yes Kobe fans as well) know that Lebron has been far more superior...

[William Walters]

So what. Basketball is a team game. You are using an inadequate measure to measure individual performance. variables don't match guy.

I am not going to argue with a little kid anymore though. Not worth it. Any guy who says the player who has more championships is better is a little kid.

Love being called a "kid".........makes me hark back to the days of Garvey, Lopes, Russel, and Cey. Thanks for a trip down memory lane Bud.

[ngates815]

Love being called a "kid".........makes me hark back to the days of Garvey, Lopes, Russel, and Cey. Thanks for a trip down memory lane Bud.

What in the fukk is that?

GI Joe characters?

[BuddyBear]

Exactly.

Nobody can win a championship single handedly...

The Lakers fan should be saying The Lakers were better than the Cavs those 8 years Lebron/Kobe were playing.

That's fair to say.

But statistic wise, everyone (yes Kobe fans as well) know that Lebron has been far more superior...

It's not even close either. Outside of Roger Federer, LJ is the best athlete on the planet. Guy is a machine. He's done nothing but win since he got to the league. Guy is a winner. The hate for LJ is irrational.

[19th Hole]

Why is Kobe always trying to fuk Lebron in the ass?

Kobe saves that rapin' and ass fukkin' for Colorado hotel rooms among other off court locations.

He's an admitted rapin' fool
What a waste of skin and talent...POS

[BuddyBear]

What in the fukk is that?

GI Joe characters?

They are LAD players from the 1970s and 80s. Poster WW may be "old" but sure acts and argues like a kid.

[ngates815]

It's not even close either. Outside of Roger Federer, LJ is the best athlete on the planet. Guy is a machine. He's done nothing but win since he got to the league. Guy is a winner. The hate for LJ is irrational.

I don't know about that.

He's great, there's no denying that...But he's lost plenty of times (especially when it counts)

[William Walters]

They are LAD players from the 1970s and 80s. Poster WW may be "old" but sure acts and argues like a kid.

I'm not arguing Buddy.......I don't argue over the internet. I'm simply enjoying our time together conversing from behind my computer. Have a great evening Buddy.

[BuddyBear]

Imagine someone 60+ years old arguing on the internet that his favorite player is better than another player because he has won more championships. WW you need to get out more and see that there is more to life than basketball...

[ngates815]

Imagine someone 60+ years old arguing on the internet that his favorite player is better than another player because he has won more championships. WW you need to get out more and see that there is more to life than basketball...

I've seen WW nude pics.

Guy definitely looks good for 60+...

[William Walters]

Imagine someone 60+ years old arguing on the internet that his favorite player is better than another player because he has won more championships. WW you need to get out more and see that there is more to life than basketball...

BB......I realize you're a "Founder" and all, but you're clearly lost here in Players Talk. PT is for homers, long haired college drop outs, long noses, beanie wearing cans, Texans with beautiful white teeth, flat topped fukkers from MN, rugs wearers, druggies, story tellers, Nazi's, pizza delivery guys, fatties, porn addicts, racists and ghosts.

[ngates815]

BB......I realize you're a "Founder" and all, but you're clearly lost here in Players Talk. PT is for homers, long haired college drop outs, long noses, beanie wearing cans, Texans with beautiful white teeth, flat topped fukkers from MN, rugs wearers, druggies, story tellers, Nazi's, pizza delivery guys, fatties, porn addicts, racists and ghosts.

Looks like I'm right where I belong.

[SteelRain]

Kobe is garbage. He is a huge ball hog and a real life piece of shit

dude wouldn't have made into the finals let alone win 5 rings had he played for the cavs or hornets

Lebron > Kobe = 100% truth

[InTheDrink]

nobody in the world would have gotten a championship with the players Cleveland had surrounding Lebron. It's a miracle that they did as well as they did. Pound for pound, Lebron James is one of the top 3 or 4 best NBA players ever. LOL talking about championships....sounds like a little kid argument. Some of the top players in the history of the NBA never won a championship.

Really? Name them. Karl Malone is legit the only "top player" to not win a championship. Don't say Barkley and DEFINITELY don't say Ewing.

[InTheDrink]

It's hilarious that Kobe will always be number two in laker lore to magic and guys who are fans right now automatically act like he's the greatest of all time.

Whats funnier is that he's actually the third best player to wear a laker uniform at best when you factor in Kareem's whole career.

[Scorpion]

It's hilarious that Kobe will always be number two in laker lore to magic and guys who are fans right now automatically act like he's the greatest of all time.

Whats funnier is that he's actually the third best player to wear a laker uniform at best when you factor in Kareem's whole career.

bingo
sharp post sir

[Jeffie]

Please. In terms of raw physical basketball talent, Lebron James is better than Kobe and by a good margin if you want the truth. Who cares about NBA championships. That is a team accomplishment. LJ has had absolute garbage surround him until he went to Miami.
Kobe recognizes that his skills are diminishing and is looking to stay relevant. Durant and James and Rose have all surpassed him and probably a few other players as well.

LOL guy who says "Must get old watching the purple & gold make it to the finals 16 times over the last 32 seasons (yes...that's 50% folks) while winning 10 NBA championships over that time period." Hey guy...nobody cares, we are gamblers not fans. If you are a fan, go to an NBA message board and talk about it there. Not the place for it here. Nobody in their right mind has "Laker envy." We are gamblers looking to cash tickets, not fans of teams because we were born or raised in a certain city.

Yes his skills are diminishing yet 2nd in ppg... he must of been incredible then? People are failing to realize he was talking crap when he was winning as well, He has every right to say whatever he wants he earned it. Lebron is the first person to admit Kobe is one of the best ever to play.

[onlooker]

[Balco10]

"I'd probably be trying to destroy him every single day in practice. Being the friends thing, that's fine. Once you start playing, I'd really have to go after him. There's just no way."

Bro this guy is a straight assassin. He is the most ruthless player ever to play in the league. Jordan on that same level.

I will never forget when Kobe was like 23 years old. The media asked him about playing Philly in the finals. Note that Bryant a Philly kid.

He said, "we're going to cut their hearts out."

What an animal.

Both are drama queens! Jordan 10x better than both!

[Inkwell77]

BB......I realize you're a "Founder" and all, but you're clearly lost here in Players Talk. PT is for homers, long haired college drop outs, long noses, beanie wearing cans, Texans with beautiful white teeth, flat topped fukkers from MN, rugs wearers, druggies, story tellers, Nazi's, pizza delivery guys, fatties, porn addicts, racists and ghosts.

[Grits n' Gravy]

The funniest part of it all is the most intense guy on team is CP3.

[8ArIvd5]

[Goat Milk]

It's hilarious that Kobe will always be number two in laker lore to magic and guys who are fans right now automatically act like he's the greatest of all time.

Whats funnier is that he's actually the third best player to wear a laker uniform at best when you factor in Kareem's whole career.

Magic Johnson said Bryant is the greatest Laker of all time and Magic is not a humble guy. Magic right behind him because Bryant is one of the all time great perimeter defenders. Going to retire with the most all nba first team defense than anyone in history.

[ngates815]

Magic Johnson said Bryant is the greatest Laker of all time and Magic is not a humble guy. Magic right behind him because Bryant is one of the all time great perimeter defenders. Going to retire with the most all nba first team defense than anyone in history.

SO you think he's only going to get better the older he gets?

Because right now he's tied (which yes will make him have the most, but tied, so it's no great feat)

And likely won't get another.

[Goat Milk]

SO you think he's only going to get better the older he gets?

Because right now he's tied.

And likely won't get another.

No he won't get better but that won't stop them from putting him on the 1st team defense. He got it over Wade the last few years before this one when Wade obviously deserved it. Guy averages as many blocks as a PF and he's 6'4. The coaches love Bryant.