Is Kobe Wasting his offseason by playing on the olympic team

mar10albert0 · Joined: 02 Aug 2005 Posts: 70

Is Kobe wasting his offseason by playing on the olympic team? I don't think that he's even a starter. but what I mean with this is, would kobe and the lakers be better off if Kobe just trains and harnesses new skills and new shots?

I think he should just train in the offseason

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CaCHooKa Man · Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 6:04 pm Post subject:

the tournaments only 12 days long and its in las vegas
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nameant · Joined: 16 Jun 2005 Posts: 16032

y'all dont want USA to get the gold? man3

Radner · Last edited by Radner on Sat Mar 24, 2007 6:06 pm; edited 1 time in total

Critical Beatdown · Joined: 26 Oct 2006 Posts: 11101

Kobe should definitely play...we keep losing and he will lead us back to Gold.

I find it very hard to believe he won't be starting and our top player.

strikemode14 · Last edited by strikemode14 on Sat Mar 24, 2007 6:05 pm; edited 1 time in total

mar10albert0 · Joined: 02 Aug 2005 Posts: 70

yeah maybe only 12 games but theres also time between games and also practices

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karacha · Joined: 01 Nov 2005 Posts: 15497

Kobe will finally be able to run and shoot. Nothing wrong with that.
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mar10albert0 · Joined: 02 Aug 2005 Posts: 70

well for one, i'd like him to have a go to shot that he uses frequently like jordan's post up and fade away shot. I know Kobe's done it a couple of times but there's a lot of room for improvement on that shot because he misses alot of them. I remember Jordan over and over again going to that shot and getting it most of the time.

Radner · Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 6:10 pm Post subject:

Do you realize how much coverage the USA team will get with Kobe?
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Showtime is Magic · Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 6:18 pm Post subject:

Radner · Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 6:19 pm Post subject:

GWHiZiTSPHiL · Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 6:19 pm Post subject:

you guys are crazy.
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Showtime is Magic · Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 6:45 pm Post subject:

kosstick · Joined: 15 Jul 2006 Posts: 1149

Kobe
Kidd

Back court = Gold medal then you throw in KG and all the other super stars :0

Weezy · Joined: 03 Jun 2006 Posts: 20949 Location: Anaheim, CA

No way is Kobe wasting his time playing the Olympic team, the notion of that sounds absurd. It's a great honor to do so, probably a once in a career thing for him and something he's guaranteed to never forget. Plus if he goes and they finaly get the gold back it would add to his legacy. Dream Team man, how could you not want to play and be a part of that?

Plus, what the heck new skills and new shots is he going to work on, the guy already has every shot in his arsenal?
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Radner · Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 7:00 pm Post subject:

I prefer these guys on the team:

Jason Kidd
Kobe Bryant
Chauncey Billups
Dwight Howard
Ray Allen
Michael Redd
Lebron James
Dwayne Wade
Carmelo Anthony
Tim Duncan
Kirk Hinrich
David Lee man1

This team would be scary.
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JoeGibbsPhilJackson · Joined: 29 Dec 2005 Posts: 1199

They need to cut terrible players like Wade. Wade is a good NBA player but just sucks for internatonal ball.

And get guys like Kobe , Ray Allen and Micheal Redd. To go along with KG and Duncan download and they win every game by 30.

Until then they will suck. With these ballers like Lebron and Wade who have no jump shot in traffic.

Radner · Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 7:25 pm Post subject:

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GasolBynumKobe · Joined: 11 Oct 2005 Posts: 145

Kobe should have his own team. No way should he play with guys who can't score 50+ points4 straight games.

10scott10 · Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 7:44 pm Post subject:

png247 · Joined: 18 Oct 2006 Posts: 1437

he deserves to go. he wants to go. it's as simple as that. he wont get the mvp, let him get the gold medal in his resume.

with him having a resurgence in the marketing dept he probably would have spent a lot of time traveling and promoting stuff anyways.

Radner · Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 7:52 pm Post subject:

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mar10albert0 · Joined: 02 Aug 2005 Posts: 70

actually yes i would want him to take a 1000 jumpshots in a gym. if you know KOBE you would know that that's exactly what he's said he's done in the past.

who's the moron now? man8

10scott10 · Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 9:36 pm Post subject: