The Official 2015-16 NBA Thread

[ZydecoShawty]

Quincy went Drake with this lol
https://twitter.com/QuincyPondexter/status/671187002033758208

This dude need to STFU and worry about getting his ass back on the court to help his team out.

 

[its....JOHN B]

I'll cry when Pierce retires fuck this dude Kobe who should of retired 2 years ago

 

[NoCanadiansEH]

Kobe shoulda retired years ago...

Now tickets at the acc for the next laker game finna be stupidly high smh I gotta see him live atleast once

 

[MR.CJ]

Lol @ ticket prices for lakers games now going up

 

[ZydecoShawty]

Lol @ ticket prices for lakers games now going up

People bout to waste they money to see a shitty ass performance.

 

[Peezy_Jenkins]

dont have to like him but much respect.

i would consider goin to a la/memphis game if the lakers werent beyond ass.

 

[NoCanadiansEH]

dont have to like him but much respect.

i would consider goin to a la game if the lakers werent beyond ass.

This. I say I want to go see them but let's be real I'm not going to it's not worth it lol

 

[IceBergTaylor]

Kobe retiring means I'm getting old ughh

 

[blackrain]

First time I've ever seen Kobe truly uncomfortable talking about something.

Hes been a basketball player damn near his whole life. This shit is like an identity crisis for athletes when they retire. Your whole existence as one thing comes to an end and you have to start actually living life as who you really are, which alot of them don't know themselves outside of shooting a ball

 

[RAPH]

I don't recall EVER seeing a superstar fall off THIS BAD... I mean Iverson's decline was pretty bad too see... but watching Kobe play now... is like wanting to close your eyes it's so bad...

I mean, dude is shooting .305% from the FIELD and .202% from the three...

 

[Crude_]

First time I've ever seen Kobe truly uncomfortable talking about something.

Hes been a basketball player damn near his whole life. This shit is like an identity crisis for athletes when they retire. Your whole existence as one thing comes to an end and you have to start actually living life as who you really are, which alot of them don't know themselves outside of shooting a ball

Kobe seems like a very intelligent dude unlike some of these other guys who aren't that sharp but just happen to be gifted with some athletic talent; he'll adjust and land on his feet somewhere.

 

[Peezy_Jenkins]

that achilles injury was ultimately the end, its tough for even young players to have a decent career after that, so imagine a player with all that mileage.

 

[Chi-Town Bully]

How is the Sixers' coach still employed? You know a nigga would never get this much of a chance considering he was there last year when they started off losing like this, too. Hell, Mike Brown got fired after his first five games coaching, and he won a game lol.

Are you serious, how is he suppose to win with the garbage Hinkie gives him and the sixers want to lose so why fire him when he's doing what is asked of him

 

[Chi-Town Bully]

Why the hell y'all trying to see Kobe now, you see players when they can actually entertain you not when they broke down

 

[MeTaL]

Smh.. we gave up a 14 point lead.. and then lose in over time.. I just don't get it.. we just can't finish games.. playing better ball than last year.. but can't finish games.. we got a soft schedule coming up.. Starting with the Sixers on tuesday.. knowing these niggas they may just give the Sixers their first win of the season smh..

These niggas gotta start finishing games..there should be no reason you lose a game while shooting 57.7% from the field..ever since these niggas lost in miami.. shit just went downhill..

 

[O.G.]

Why do niggas say it is a sad day bcuz Kobe is retiring? Yall been complaining for damn near 5 years that the Lakers are on tv. This is what yall wanted right?

 

[ghost!]

Why do niggas say it is a sad day bcuz Kobe is retiring? Yall been complaining for damn near 5 years that the Lakers are on tv. This is what yall wanted right?

ha ha that is true..no more lakers on tv, but still. Kobe offensively was a sight to watch. Ball hogging and all.

 

[Crude_]

Why the hell y'all trying to see Kobe now, you see players when they can actually entertain you not when they broke down

Kinda of a nobody misses you until you're gone type of mentality.

A lot of these young cats grew up watching Kobe; he was kinda the first guy annoited as the next big thing after Jordan retired.

I never liked the Lakers or cared for Kobe particularly early on in his career, but I grew to appreciate his game over time to the point of admiration.

He was one of the few players that players that was as mentally tough as they come and he did not care about being friends or liked by his peers; older Kobe mellowed out a lot from his younger days.

 

[infamous114]

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/why-kobe-bryant-decided-it-was-time-to-retire-070605697.html

"Just thinking about some of the guys that I take advantage of now, taking advantage of me later – that doesn't sit too well with me," Bryant told me.

Three years later, they're getting over on Kobe Bryant. For as excruciating as it's been for everyone to watch him struggle this way, it's far worse for him to endure. He can't work his way out of this trouble. He can't lose himself in the practice gym and make it all better.

It isn't ending for Kobe Bryant.

It is over.

He isn't losing it.

It's gone.

Bryant desperately wanted that sixth championship to match Michael Jordan, but it never happened. Five years ago, the Lakers had gone to back-to-back NBA Finals – and would never come close to returning again. After beating Oklahoma City in the Western Conference playoffs in 2010, Bryant was walking out of his news conference as Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook were walking into the room. As they passed in the corridor, Bryant stopped and shook his head and told them, "You all are two bad motherfuckers. I'm glad I'm done with you."

What Bryant was trying to say, of course: Done with them for that season. As it turns out, he'd never play deeper into the playoffs than those young stars again.

Here he was, about to turn 32 years old, and walking out of the arena in Oklahoma City and he told me that victory had strangely rivaled the fulfillment of the 2009 NBA championship, the 2008 NBA Finals appearance. They were versions of his younger self, and holding them off promised to be an impossibility.

"More than last year or the year before, this means something because now they're trying to force me out," Bryant told me. "They're trying to force me out. And I'm not going anywhere."

Two years later, the three of them would spend the summer together with USA Basketball on the way to the London Olympics. Back in 2008 with Team USA, Bryant could still intimidate LeBron James – with those around the league's two biggest stars marveling at the ways with which Bryant preyed on James' vulnerabilities. Only, James was a different man in 2012 – an NBA champion now – and had surpassed Bryant as the world's best player.

Bryant could no longer mess with James and gain a competitive advantage come the NBA season. So, he spent the summer imploring Westbrook that he couldn't let Durant win another NBA scoring title, trying to send him back to Oklahoma City with gunning on his mind. Kobe couldn't worry about the East anyway – he needed to get out of the West again.

 

[ghost!]

Kobe retiring means I'm getting old ughh

ha ha....remember this?