Kobe Bryant Discussion: Mamba Out!

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  1. TIME

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    Not so much lucky I think. He arranged for the Heat teams and he arranged for the recent Cavs teams. He was in a position of leverage that Kobe never enjoyed.
     
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    I probably should have said fortunate. Fortunate that his FO constantly made moves to try and keep his team in contention in Cleveland, then to be able to be on team USA and plan to team up with 2 other all-stars when his contract was up. Then to be able to leave Miami right when Wade was falling off (and right before Bosh's blood clot issues started), and go back to Cleveland who had the #1 pick and was willing to trade it for an all-star yet again to be competetive. And of course fortunate that the East has been garbage since 2011.
     
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    I don't know that he's on it anymore, but steroids helped him recover so much early on in his career, that the mileage hasn't shown... yet.
     
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    If we had the championship roster around prime Kobe hangs them up with two more at least.
     
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    ...the rest of the East sucked too. No more Pistons and the Whiny Ainge team's did not last past three years.
     
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    So true, and it's summed up nicely in this pic:
    [​IMG]
     
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    "Arranged"..."Mercenary" PotAto...Potato

    Hey, don't look now. There's this new team that has a ton of cap space and lot of promising young talent. I wonder where Lebrony will end up next?
     
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    Haha, great cartoon like picture
     
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    ^^^ That's one of my favorite Laker related images ever.

    Old school space creating




    I would personally call Taurasi the WNBA Kobe, so that's fitting

     
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    Kobe plays no D .... too old. :SadPau2:





    Love those two little clips and that he's being able to enjoy this with her.

    :Headbang:
     
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    That little girl is going to be a beast on the court. You can already see it
     
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    Yeah! One man's phobia is another man's treasure ..... eh?
     
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    or another man's hat. (Never Forget!)

    [​IMG]
     
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    http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/am...brings-star-power-animated-short-race-1040778

     
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    jeezus .... Kobe's getting audience now and landing collaborations with legends in the Film Industry. Glen Keane and John Williams if you need them.

    "Keane, meanwhile, is about as highly regarded an animator as there is, having worked at Disney for 38 years — during which he personally animated characters like Aladdin and Pocahontas — before leaving in 2012 to form Glen Keane Productions. And, further to the film's advantage, he animated Dear Basketball in the hand-drawn style that seems to be as popular with members of the short films and feature animation branch as any, even as it becomes less commonly seen in the industry. Dear Basketball, which Keane has called "the most difficult thing I've animated by a mile," is the product of black-and-white sketches, accented only by bits of purple and gold, the Lakers' colors."

    "And then there's Williams. Bryant first reached out to the legendary composer two years before retiring from basketball, hoping to observe and apply Williams' approach to music — from the way Williams first develops ideas to the way he structures a composition — on the court. The two became fast friends and, as a gift to Bryant, Williams took two weeks off from working on Star Wars: The Last Jedi to score Dear Basketball — the first traditionally animated film that Williams has ever scored. Bryant subsequently spoke at Williams' AFI Life Achievement Award tribute in June 2016 and then, earlier this month, read "Dear Basketball" at a Hollywood Bowl concert while Williams conducted a performance of his score by the Los Angeles Philharmonic behind him.

    Williams, of course, is about as popular with the Academy as anyone in history. The only individual who ever accumulated more Oscar nominations than Williams' 50 was — wait for it — Walt Disney.    "

    :FistPump:
     
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    ^When Johnson retired from basketball, he sought out and aligned himself with heavy hitters in the business world. Bryant is doing the same thing but from the artistic sense. I hope he finds much success.
     
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