Kobe Bryant Proves He Can Win Championship With Luke Walton

dingclancy · Post #1 » by **dingclancy** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 2:28 pm

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/ko ... um=twitter

ORLANDO, FL—With the Lakers' 99-86 victory over the Magic in Game 5 of the NBA Finals, Kobe Bryant silenced critics by achieving what most had thought impossible: winning an NBA title with Luke Walton on his team.

"I was so sick of hearing people say how I couldn't do it with Luke out there," said Bryant, acknowledging that his teammate's deficiencies have overshadowed the Lakers since Walton was drafted in 2003. "It gets annoying to hear that question over and over, but you can't argue it. You can't deny it. You have to show that you can prevail alongside one of the worst small forwards in the game."

"Now I just want to kick back and savor the moment," Bryant added. "I feel like a huge 6-foot-8, 235-pound burden has been lifted from my back." .......

garcia3 · Post #2 » by **garcia3** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 2:39 pm

wtf, that article's got to be a joke or something

Mamba Venom · Post #3 » by **Mamba Venom** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 2:42 pm

Once I heard a fan heckle Luke saying he cursed the team because he showed up and then the dynasty broke up.

Thats funny.

Luke is great but his contract is absolutely horrible. The 8th best player on a team should not make close to 6 mil. Same w/ Machine.

Post #4 » by **dockingsched** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 3:01 pm

garcia3 wrote:wtf, that article's got to be a joke or something

theonion.com

enlightenment wrote:Once I heard a fan heckle Luke saying he cursed the team because he showed up and then the dynasty broke up.

Thats funny.

Luke is great but his contract is absolutely horrible. The 8th best player on a team should not make close to 6 mil. Same w/ Machine.

luke won't even be making 6 mil the last yr of his deal. he made less than 4.5 this yr.

Dr Aki · Post #5 » by **Dr Aki** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 3:11 pm

theonion is a parody news site

lakersfanatic · Post #6 » by **lakersfanatic** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 3:20 pm

yeah, that gotta be parody news. that's like a major diss right now. Luke would have been so emotionally hurt, he couldn't have helped us with them crucial shots. But true his contract is kinda high for his involvement.

hermes · Post #7 » by **hermes** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 3:36 pm

lol oh the onion

chefy · Post #8 » by **chefy** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 5:54 pm

hermes wrote:lol oh the onion

daddyfivestar · Post #9 » by **daddyfivestar** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 6:03 pm

Phil calls Luke "the Stabilizer" . His contract is the only issue. And nobody in the league feeds the post better than Luke. He's a good role guy to have... just not at 5-6 mil for 17 years.

Kweli · Post #10 » by **Kweli** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 1:16 am

Luke gets a lot of heat on this board, and while I agree with some of it, I would still pick him over Sasha 10 times out of 10!

Flipdog69xxx · Post #11 » by **Flipdog69xxx** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 2:12 am

I love the onion. the movie was great too.

KObe Bryant · Post #12 » by **KObe Bryant** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 2:43 am

did kobe call him one of the worsts small forward?? He's got to be kidding man :lol:

Verbal · Post #13 » by **Verbal** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 5:12 am

skywalker or walton?

hermes · Post #14 » by **hermes** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 2:13 pm

Verbal wrote:skywalker or walton?

the force is strong with this one

:starwars

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Verbal · Post #15 » by **Verbal** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 6:46 pm

You have your moments, hermes. :naaa:

Post #16 » by **semi-sentient** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 7:08 pm

theonion wrote:"I was so sick of hearing people say how I couldn't do it with Luke out there," said Bryant, acknowledging that his teammate's deficiencies have overshadowed the Lakers since Walton was drafted in 2003. "It gets annoying to hear that question over and over, but you can't argue it. You can't deny it. You have to show that you can prevail alongside one of the worst small forwards in the game."

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In addition, Bryant said he tried to focus on making up for Walton's lack of production by scoring at least ten times as many points as the small forward.

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"Personally, I don't think Shaq could have won with Walton," Byrant added. "I'm not even sure Jordan could have."

rofl... these guys are awesome. I love reading their stuff.