Kobe Bryant On Track To Set An Unfortunate Lakers Record

[RoyceDa59]

Kobe has played for the Lakers longer than anyone else, so it's no coincidence he's also played for the most losing seasons. I think the better stat to acknowledge is that in his 18 years with the Lakers, Kobe has lead them to the playoffs 15 times, to the finals 7 times, and won 5 championships.

[kobe808lak]

Thanks for posting this, I see what a bum he really is now.

He should have really been able to get his team over the hump and into the playoffs last season in those 6 games played... what a scrub.

Nice research, again.

[fancynapkin]

There are a lot of ways to show that Kobe is the most overrated player of all time, but this isn't one of them..

[an_also]

The most mind-blowing thing about this post is the lakers have only missed the playoffs 6 times in their history?? wow.

[Fadeaway_Jumper]

Soo you're pointing out that any season Kobe has missed a ton of games, the Lakers arn't competitive enough to make the playoffs. I don't see how this hurts kobe at all.

He donesn't have the luxury of other stars being able to sit out a lot of games and still making the playoffs in the west.

[G35]

What would be cool is to see how many some of the all time greats have missed the playoffs after being in the league 15 years:


Steve Nash - 4 times
Kevin Garnett - 4 times
Patrick Ewing - 4 times
Hakeem Olajuwon - 3 times

Actually, now that I think about it, it's amazing Kobe has been with the same team for 19 years. The only other players I can think of that can say that is Karl Malone/John Stockton......

[Transistor]

lol, i'm no Kobe fan but he's been with the Lakers for close to TWO DECADES. No franchise, even a storied one like the Lakers, are going through 2 decades of basketball without some periods of rebuilding.

[BenoUdrihFTL]

It's kinda weird how hyperdefensive Kobe fans are. Sorry, but when you spend years claiming Kobe is top 10 all-time and the greatest Laker ever, you're gonna get rebuttals.

[sixerswillrule]

Is it really a surprise that the player with the most Lakers seasons would have the most number of Lakers missed playoffs seasons?

[Dat Gas]

Kobe missed 16 games in 2004-05, 76 games in 2013-14 and will likely miss 20+ this season.

This thread is dumb. Not one of those seasons were they projected to even sniff a playoff spot.