Is Kobe Wasting his offseason by playing on the olympic team

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

mar10albert0 wrote: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

I agree . kobe is comitted to play for usa, so hes guranteed to play......sucks.

the tournaments only 12 days long and its in las vegas

y'all dont want USA to get the gold?

tdnet wrote:

mar10albert0 wrote: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

I agree . kobe is comitted to play for usa, so hes guranteed to play......sucks.

It's not like Kobe is the only NBA player on the USA team.

Speaking of which, I can't wait to see J-Kidd and Kobe playing alongside each other.

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.

mar10albert0 wrote: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

What?

Come on man of course Kobe is going to start. No way he sits on the bench.

As for him training. It's better to play with other people then by yourself. I mean he will playing against J.Johnson, Wade, Bron Melo in practice etc that is better then hanging out with Smush and his lock down D.

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

mar10albert0 wrote: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

What new skills and shots does he not have?

Kobe will finally be able to run and shoot. Nothing wrong with that.

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.

Do you realize how much coverage the USA team will get with Kobe?

I'm black wrote:

mar10albert0 wrote: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

What new skills and shots does he not have?

Until he shoots 100% every night there is always rom for improvement.

I for one would like to see his shot selection improve a little and his 3 point shot become more consistant.

But yes, he is the most skilled player on the planet.

nameant wrote:y'all dont want USA to get the gold?

thats what im asking myself. Im sick of hearing other countries gloat about their victories. WE ARE WINNING GOLD AGAIN.

Showtime is Magic wrote:

nameant wrote:y'all dont want USA to get the gold?

thats what im asking myself. Im sick of hearing other countries gloat about their victories. WE ARE WINNING GOLD AGAIN.

Not if Spain, Argentina, Greece , and Italy have anything to say about it.

JKsnoots wrote:

Showtime is Magic wrote:

nameant wrote:y'all dont want USA to get the gold?

thats what im asking myself. Im sick of hearing other countries gloat about their victories. WE ARE WINNING GOLD AGAIN.

Not if Spain, Argentina, Greece , and Italy have anything to say about it.

not with the team that we should have on the court. If every good US player played, we would win easy. Committment is KEY

Kobe
Kidd

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

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?

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

This team would be scary.

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.

JoeGibbsPhilJackson wrote: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.

Allen and Redd are guaranteed a spot on the roster considering the outside shooting sucks.

mar10albert0 wrote: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

He still needs to rehab his knee. He should use this as an excuse to not play. Kobe's will most likely go deep in the playoffs each of the next few seasons. Adding Olympic team duties too could really wear him down.

Plus team USA sucks anyways. They showed last year they are following the same model as they always do. They just grab the biggest names possible and could care less how they fit together. The only difference is that the media hypes this team up as the one with role players (even though they don't have any) and one that actually plays team ball (even though they dont).

If they wanted to win gold, they'd just dump a truckload of money at Phil Jackson's door and say "build a team and win a gold for us." Instead they just brought in big names to market the crap out of the team.

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

Showtime is Magic wrote:

JKsnoots wrote:

Showtime is Magic wrote:

nameant wrote:y'all dont want USA to get the gold?

thats what im asking myself. Im sick of hearing other countries gloat about their victories. WE ARE WINNING GOLD AGAIN.

Not if Spain, Argentina, Greece , and Italy have anything to say about it.

not with the team that we should have on the court. If every good US player played, we would win easy. Committment is KEY

beleive me. since the NBA has become more international, a lot of the guys on the foreign teams won't be new to the USA guys. IMO the team should be
PG: deron williams/ kidd
SG: kobe/ redd
SF: prince/lebron
PF: bosh/howard
C: Oden/wallace

I put oden and ben wallace in there because i think they need guys who are not constantly looking for offense, but to play defense. same reason for putting in tayshan prince.
i don't have wade, ray allen, or chris paul because they will all be getting off-season surgery