Kobe Bryant: Least Valuable Player
Paul Ramsey
Boy, KB wins my nomination for Rookie Game LVP. He almost singlehandedly
lost the game for the West. Could he have ignored his teammates MORE?
Could he have forced up MORE improbable shots? Allowed MORE points
through defensive gambling? And ironically, TNT chose HIM to speak for
the rookies against the charge of being the NBA's "me generation". Yech.
I-M-M-A-T-U-R-E.
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Sean Mitchell
Paul Ramsey <ram...@math.uvic.ca> wrote:
>Boy, KB wins my nomination for Rookie Game LVP. He almost singlehandedly
>lost the game for the West. Could he have ignored his teammates MORE?
Um, no.
>Could he have forced up MORE improbable shots?
Again, I'm pretty sure it's a no.
>Allowed MORE points through defensive gambling?
Guess what...that's right! No!
Well Paul, I know you're asking rhetorical questions, but I agreed
wholeheartedly. That kid needs a good spanking. Well, maybe not, but
someone needed to sit him down and tell him to quit being such a
ballhog.
Sean Mitchell
smit...@direct.ca
Andrew Ryan Chang
I watched a fair amount of the game; missed the closing moments.
I saw Kobe elevate against two defenders while SAR stood wide
open.
Then I looked at the box score from www.nba.com: 31 pts, a new
record and tops of the game. Kobe also led in turnovers, 7. 7 turnovers
in a 30 minute game. That's just bad.
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James Burns
In article <Pine.HPP.3.91.97020...@smart.Math.UVic.CA>,
ram...@math.uvic.ca says...
I'm glad a number of other people noticed. Bryant
lost the game for the west. It's sad that someone
who makes all the players around him worse gets so
much attention. I'm just glad he didn't get MVP.
The few times Reef took the ball to the hoop he
looked pretty damn good. He needs to really work
on his outside shooting though.
James Burns
Murray Taylor
>lost the game for the West. Could he have ignored his teammates MORE?
>through defensive gambling? And ironically, TNT chose HIM to speak for
>the rookies against the charge of being the NBA's "me generation". Yech.
>
>I-M-M-A-T-U-R-E.
>
to get the MVP. He ruined the game for me cause every time he got the
ball you knew he was gonna force it and, as you said, ignore the rest of
the players. I'd be more than a little pissed off if I was Shareef or
some of the others on the west especially considering that even Iverson
was dishing on the other team. Oh ya, it was real fun watching Maloney
get stripped and blocked about a million times while Nash rode the pine
too.
MUR
Alvin
On 9 Feb 97 08:43:28 GMT, jam...@iceonline.com (James Burns) wrote:
>The few times Reef took the ball to the hoop he
>looked pretty damn good. He needs to really work
>on his outside shooting though.
The highlight for me was when Nash took the ball down court, dished a
no-look pass to Reef, who finished with a smooth one-handed jam.
*Oooohs & Aaaahs from the crowd*. Sweet.
~^~^~^~
Alvin
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"Ability is nothing without opportunity"
Michael Rohaly
Paul Ramsey (ram...@math.uvic.ca) wrote:
:
: Boy, KB wins my nomination for Rookie Game LVP. He almost singlehandedly
: Could he have forced up MORE improbable shots? Allowed MORE points
: through defensive gambling? And ironically, TNT chose HIM to speak for
: the rookies against the charge of being the NBA's "me generation". Yech.
:
: I-M-M-A-T-U-R-E.
It was a sad sight, with Iverson actually coming off as an unselfish team
player, which was kind of nice. Did Roy look like he wasn't ready or
what? Was he favouring the knee?
--
Michael
Paul Ramsey
On 11 Feb 1997, Michael Rohaly wrote:
> It was a sad sight, with Iverson actually coming off as an unselfish team
> player, which was kind of nice. Did Roy look like he wasn't ready or
> what? Was he favouring the knee?
Yep, Iverson did deserve MVP, do doubt about it. He played a nice game.
What was really galling was the CNN and TNT announcers gooing and gawing
"Oh, that Kobe Bryant, what a performance, 31 points, he should really
have been MVP." Whatever. Iverson demonstrably helped his team win, he's
MVP. Bryant demonstrably helped his team lose, he's LVP.
Everyone wants to pick the next Jordan, and sign him to $30 million in
shoe contracts, and Kobe Bryant is the flavour of the month, so he gets
all this (undeserved) buzz.
Roy didn't look A1, you're right, but then his offensive game is still
really inconsistent. He did get a nice purty block though, leading to
a fast break, of course. :) I didn't see him favouring. (On the favouring
note, did you see Barkley visibly LIMPING to the bench during the
all-star player introductions? *gulp* I'm really looking forward to
seeing the Rockets in the playoffs, I sure hope they're all healthy.)
Michael Rohaly
Paul Ramsey (ram...@math.uvic.ca) wrote:
: On 11 Feb 1997, Michael Rohaly wrote:
:
: > It was a sad sight, with Iverson actually coming off as an unselfish team
: > player, which was kind of nice. Did Roy look like he wasn't ready or
: > what? Was he favouring the knee?
: Everyone wants to pick the next Jordan, and sign him to $30 million in
: all this (undeserved) buzz.
I kind of disagree here, because I think the buzz might be deserved...but
there ARE other players on the court.
: Roy didn't look A1, you're right, but then his offensive game is still
: really inconsistent. He did get a nice purty block though, leading to
: a fast break, of course. :) I didn't see him favouring.
It seemed weird to me that he wasn't leaping around in that exciteable way
trying to block everything. It wasn't really an important game, so what
the heck.
: (On the favouring
: note, did you see Barkley visibly LIMPING to the bench during the
: all-star player introductions? *gulp* I'm really looking forward to
: seeing the Rockets in the playoffs, I sure hope they're all healthy.)
He's been worse. Remember that Houston/Phoenix series when he was limping
and running, screwing up his face in pain? Anyway, yes it would be nice
to see the full measure of that team's talent when it gets important.
--
Michael