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The One Night Kobe Wouldn't Shoot
Kobe Bryant decided to not shoot in an NBA Playoff Game 7, but why? #nba “Kobe sucks, Kobe sucks” In a Game 7, Kobe isn’t even in frame?…**And this wasn’t the only time.** Kobe Bryant is one of the greatest scorers ever, He has made and missed the most shots ever, he told Shaq , heck he even took this…so how do we get here? You see Kobe was getting called #2, a guy who couldn’t win without the most dominant player in NBA history, Shaq. Sure Kobe was a star, he was a 3 time champion, averaged 30 points in the playoffs during a time where teams would score 80 points in a game, that’s so low but since Shaq left, the Lakers had done nothing. In the prime of Kobe’s career, they missed the playoffs in 2005, the first time in a decade, and well, the perception wasn’t so great. Allen Iverson said “There ain’t no No. 34 around here no more.” but here is Step #1, proving he could carry the Lakers by himself. You add Kobe who promised the Lakers would make the playoffs and came in averaging 35.6 points a game including a legendary 81 points in a game and maybe you have a chance. Nothing could stop Kobe hell bent on dragging this team to the playoffs and he did it. The Lakers were the #7 seed set to face the #2 seed Suns and the media seemed to be back on Kobe’s side. The Suns caught on and by Game 5, decided to double Kobe less and leave it to Raja Bell who couldn’t guard Kobe and clotheslined him… The Suns were frustrated no doubt, but they won Game 5 and kept the same strategy into Game 6, but here’s where it took a turn. Kobe was hitting shot after shot after shot. I lost track of how many midranges he was shooting over the Suns defenders just to keep the Lakers in the game and then this clutch 3, and layup to put the lakers up by 3, but the Suns hit a 3 to go to OT and despite 50 points from Kobe shooting 57% from the field, 63% from 3, the Lakers lose, the series is tied 3-3. The Suns get off to a good start and Kobe is just making impossible shots. Fadeaway, 3s, you name it. The crowd starts chanting Kobe sucks and he just takes it in. He dropped 23 points in the first half, but the Lakers were down …ok so it’s time for Kobe to turn up even more right? Well… Kobe comes out passing into the post and backing up. Heck he’s watching Smush Parker try to hit a fadeaway? Phil Jackson wanted to change that in the second half of Game 7, wanting to run things through other guys. The idea was to get everyone else involved to have them be in it more defensively and hopefully string a few defensive stops. The way the Lakers offense was set up didn’t mean Kobe would get an assist. It was designed to swing the ball to the open man once Kobe got doubled. Kobe just had to make a read on who would have the next quickest pass to the open man. This would get everyone involved. But this? No this looks intentionally low effort. Kobe would only end up taking 3 shots in the second half and watch as the Suns won Game 7 and the series. And everyone started to roast Kobe. It was getting called The Night Kobe Quit On The Lakers And behind the scenes, he cursed out Charles Barkley for 3 hours… **But what if I told you that this could all be part of master plan set by Kobe to get him to the finals?** Kobe changed his number from 8 to 24 in the offseason saying he wanted to move on to something different. It was clear to the Lakers front office that Kobe was unhappy with this team. And by the end of the next season on May 30, 2007, Kobe requested a trade. And it wasn’t a bluff. Kobe was tired of an aimless rebuild with no hope and was looking at homes in Chicago during the offseason. What made the threat more real was the possibility that Kobe’s Game 7 performance could have all been to prove a point that his team is horrible, that they couldn’t just rely on Kobe to keep the Lakers franchise relevant. Kobe reported to training camp, but sat out practices in October 2007. It was becoming all real and the Lakers were scrambling. In February 2008, they would make a trade that would change the future of the NBA. The Lakers acquired Pau Gasol to pair with Kobe and immediately made the finals. Despite any quitter allegations, he continued to put his legacy on the line and thrive. Winning his first chip without Shaq, Game 7 of the NBA Finals against Boston, and perhaps the most important, his ability to inspire a never quit attitude in chasing your dreams, your goals, to work for what you want and not care of what anyone else has to say in your pursuit of greatness which is why most people forget about the night Kobe didn’t shoot. **Miss you Kobe.**
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The Dark Truth About The Boston Celtics Players
The Celtics have been hiding a lot from the #nba The Celtics did it again. Another trade that’s supposed to win them a championship, but that’s part of a problem that we’ve been seeing for years that’s kept them from actually winning. You might think that’s crazy, I mean the Celtics just got Kristaps Porzingis, a 7 foot 3 big that can shoot who averaged 23 points a game and is 27 years old and you’re right, the Celtics are a damn better team on paper but the issue with the Celtics was never talent or roster. I’m about to talk about the not so obvious behind the scenes that ruin the Celtics each year as they continue to build a toxic culture. And no I’m not saying don’t ever trade players. But the amount of shopping around the Celtics do to then not trade said players is also insane. The original trade that was proposed involved Brogdon instead of Marcus Smart. And now you done traded Marcus Smart who has over and over again been undoubtedtly the heart and soul of the Celtics. But before we get to the on the court implications of losing Smart, it’s important to acknowledge that the Celtics treat their players like disposable assets when their feelings and mental state are crucial to the success of the team. And it’s not just role players And that’s just with the current Celtics roster, but this has been happening for years. Remember Isaiah Thomas, the unprobable 5’ 9” star of the Celtics averaging 29 points a game in 2017, who played in the playoffs the day after his sister passed away but what did the Celtics did to him was damn near unforgivable. In the 2017 playoffs, Isaiah Thomas had a significant hip injury, yet continued to play carrying the Celtics to the Eastern Conference Finals putting up a 53 point game. He was set up for his first big contract next season and the Celtics didn’t want to pay him so they got the most out of him by playing through a hip injury that would eventually ruin Thomas’s career as he never fully recovered back to what he was doing. Thomas all but confirmed it when he responded to the Celtics forcing another player to play through injury with “heard that before lol”. In fact Isaiah claimed that the long term implications of his injury were never revealed to him. Thomas never returned to his All-Star form, never got the big contract and was promptly traded for Kyrie Irving. That’s what loyalty, what putting it on all the line for the Celtics organization means now. Even the Celtics locker room problems were blamed on Kyrie Irving, but why did the problems continue to this day? The answer is in plain sight, but so many missed it. Kemba Walker, another star point guard, was pissed off with the Celtics culture in 2021, believing that they didn’t want him around long-term. And if one of your key guys is like that, how do you think that’s affecting the mood of the team? In fact, In the past decade, the Celtics have never stood behind a player whether it’s been with Danny Ainge as president or Brad Stevens and it’s cost the team everything that I’m going to outline and show the receipts starting with trying to trade Jayson Tatum, the rookie that had just averaged 18.5 points in the playoffs helping lead the Celtics to the Eastern Conference Finals without Kyrie. Yup, Tatum was in several Anthony Davis packages that never panned out. Jaylen Brown has constantly been in trade rumors his whole career on the Celtics, from the earlier KD trade package to Anthony Davis to Ben Simmons. And you could say the culture starts with the players who lead to locker room, but at one point that was Kyrie and Hayward which created several problems. Then it was Tatum and Brown? At one point are we going to look at the dysfunction as a result of the front office’s ineptitude. Heck just this past playoffs, Joe Mazulla, their current head coach, admitted there was a disconnect with the rest of the players. Marcus Smart even agreed that Joe should recieve the media’s criticism. But all this can be traced to one league altering trade, when the Celtics traded away Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett for a bunch of roles players and 3 first round picks…since then the Celtics have always been in the mix to trade for star talent, mainly because they have all the assets. Since then, players have only been looked as assets. And the players feel that. But more importantly, the Celtics organization needs to make players feel like this is a community.
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