OT: Reporter asks Lou, Hibbert if Kobe has reached out. Silence.

Dr Positivity · Post #61 » by **Dr Positivity** » Thu Jul 23, 2015 12:30 am

LOLLL

40 Guzzle · Post #62 » by **40 Guzzle** » Thu Jul 23, 2015 1:08 am

Kobe doesnt strike me as the "pick up the phone and welcome the new guys" type of dude

how is anyone surprised at this?

Romaniano · Post #63 » by **Romaniano** » Thu Jul 23, 2015 1:22 am

VC720 wrote:
Romaniano wrote:
Pooh_Jeter wrote:Lou has to be second guessing his decision right now. Swaggy P is the only guy he can go to the club with.

Lou took less money to live in LA, which is going to ruin his career bc he wont get the same opportunities with Swaggy on his side, and LA is the perfect place to go broke and spend all your money. Bad investment.

He took less money? what other team offered him a bigger contract?

Didn't we offer him way more?

40 Guzzle · Post #64 » by **40 Guzzle** » Thu Jul 23, 2015 1:27 am

we didnt make him an offer at all

SFour · Post #65 » by **SFour** » Thu Jul 23, 2015 1:40 am

Romaniano wrote:
Pooh_Jeter wrote:Lou has to be second guessing his decision right now. Swaggy P is the only guy he can go to the club with.

Lou took less money to live in LA, which is going to ruin his career bc he wont get the same opportunities with Swaggy on his side, and LA is the perfect place to go broke and spend all your money. Bad investment.

Lou signed with LA because the Raptors told him to do it. Lou told the Raptors to match Lakers offer but they didn't.

slothrop8 · Post #66 » by **slothrop8** » Thu Jul 23, 2015 1:41 am

Bold move by the new guys to show up one of the all time Laker greats in the twilight of his career at their introductory press conference. Sure Kobe should have called them = but these guys are all pros - if you get the question in the press conference you just say "No, I haven't heard from him - but looking forward to seeing him when camp starts" or whatever. That was pure amateur hour by all 3 of those guys - start dividing the team at your intro presser.

BJaysRaps · Post #67 » by **BJaysRaps** » Thu Jul 23, 2015 1:46 am

Rhettmatic wrote:Season hasn't started and already the Lakers are so entertaining.

[instagram]https://instagram.com/p/5ctF7hSLle/[/instagram]

sums up their reaction

720 · Post #68 » by **720** » Thu Jul 23, 2015 2:17 am

Romaniano wrote:
VC720 wrote:
Romaniano wrote:
Lou took less money to live in LA, which is going to ruin his career bc he wont get the same opportunities with Swaggy on his side, and LA is the perfect place to go broke and spend all your money. Bad investment.

He took less money? what other team offered him a bigger contract?

Didn't we offer him way more?

We didn't offer him a contract at all. He even said we didn't.

Scott Hall · Post #69 » by **Scott Hall** » Thu Jul 23, 2015 2:21 am

Kobes always been a terrible teammate and not a good leader. The fact that he's one of the best scorers of all time
it usually gets overlooked by many.

Jonn · Post #70 » by **Jonn** » Thu Jul 23, 2015 2:47 am

BrunoSkull wrote:

Goat.

kayliecee · Post #71 » by **kayliecee** » Thu Jul 23, 2015 3:02 am

Rhettmatic wrote:If you're at work and can't watch the video, Deadspin has a transcript:

REPORTER: Have any of you guys heard from Kobe, and if so, what did he say?

HIBBERT, WILLIAMS, AND BASS: ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... [nervous rustling] ...............................................................................

..................................................................................................... [the sun sets] ................................

......................................................................................................................................................................................................... [a wolf howls at the moon] ................................................................

............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. [an old man, dying and alone, draws his last, raspy breath] ........................................

...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... [the ocean rises, swallowing the greater Los Angeles area] .

.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... [the sun collapses in on itself; humanity is blinked out of existence] .............................

hahahahahahaha oh god, I laughed.

tms · Post #72 » by **tms** » Thu Jul 23, 2015 3:15 am

lol i love Lou Williams . i hope the LA crowd Loouuuuuus him at the end of quarters and kobe lo(uuuu)ses his mind

ciueli · Post #73 » by **ciueli** » Thu Jul 23, 2015 4:08 am

Kobe hasn't had a real season the past two years and it's no secret he's thinking of playing in Europe next season. Everyone knows he's just filling time in LA while he still gets paid like a superstar. Basically following in Steve Nash's footsteps.

Darknemo2000 · Post #74 » by **Darknemo2000** » Thu Jul 23, 2015 4:16 am

that was soooooo awkward.

Why does Kobe need to contact those scrubs though? They missed on big targets, dont start thinking that Kobe will start treating as if they were more than just a flash in the pan.

Basketball_Jones · Post #75 » by **Basketball_Jones** » Thu Jul 23, 2015 4:17 am

Kobe isn't a terrible leader or teammate. Anybody who's followed the Lakers know this. Is he a great leader, great teammate? No. Not great. But overall, good. He's just mentally checked out and is clocking his pay day nowadays.

RedX · Post #76 » by **RedX** » Thu Jul 23, 2015 4:45 am

Strange to not answer a question... "No" instead you just look stupid sitting there quiet like your anus hurts.

Boogie! · Post #77 » by **Boogie!** » Thu Jul 23, 2015 4:50 am

RedX wrote:Strange to not answer a question... "No" instead you just look stupid sitting there quiet like your anus hurts.

yeah, i dont understand why anyone didnt say anything? was very awkward? someone couldve just said, "no, we havent gotten a chance to speak with him yet." and that's that... instead now there's some weird tension around this team. wtf were they thinking? were they just waiting for one another to respond or did they just go braindead?

Boogie! · Post #78 » by **Boogie!** » Thu Jul 23, 2015 4:53 am

btw, why the hell did the lakers sign lou when they already have a chucktastic kobe and a chucktastic swaggy p? what are they trying to do out there?

almatic · Post #79 » by **almatic** » Thu Jul 23, 2015 5:16 am

Boogie! wrote:
RedX wrote:Strange to not answer a question... "No" instead you just look stupid sitting there quiet like your anus hurts.

yeah, i dont understand why anyone didnt say anything? was very awkward? someone couldve just said, "no, we havent gotten a chance to speak with him yet." and that's that... instead now there's some weird tension around this team. wtf were they thinking? were they just waiting for one another to respond or did they just go braindead?

Because they know it's the Lakers & there always has to be drama surrounding the Lakers, otherwise they'd be pretty much irrelevant right now this offseason.

Romaniano · Post #80 » by **Romaniano** » Thu Jul 23, 2015 6:35 am

VC720 wrote:
Romaniano wrote:
VC720 wrote:He took less money? what other team offered him a bigger contract?

Didn't we offer him way more?

We didn't offer him a contract at all. He even said we didn't.

That's disappointing, I feel like he would've been a good fit off the bench :s