Kobe has high praise for Williams

GP · Post #1 » by GP » Tue May 13, 2008 11:09 pm

Utah won two games in Salt Lake City to even the series, in large part because of strong play by point guard Deron Williams. In those two wins Williams averaged 23.5 points and 13 assists.

"He's one of my favorite players in the league," Bryant said. "I love his toughness. I love his competitiveness. I love his skill. I don't throw accolades around too frequently and I really, really love him as a basketball player."

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-lak ... 2616.story

edfmx86 · Post #2 » by **edfmx86** » Wed May 14, 2008 5:48 am

the praise keeps coming from kobe, that respectable in my book. I bet he likes Deron more than Cp3 :lol:

Reckless · Post #3 » by **Reckless** » Wed May 14, 2008 7:21 am

Bet he won't like him as much when the jazz take the series!

TonyMontana · Post #4 » by **TonyMontana** » Thu May 15, 2008 5:13 pm

ut_jazz wrote:Bet he won't like him as much when the jazz take the series!

Win or Loose as a Laker fan , I think D.......... is one of the best P.G in this league .
If I had a choice between him and Cp3 .......... I would pick Deron ...

Size , speed , hell of a shooter .....

I cant believe we passed up on him ....................... :noway:

You guys a very lucky to have a young Bull like him leading your team .

Props

KB89 · Post #5 » by **KB89** » Thu May 15, 2008 5:37 pm

[quote="TonyMontana"][/quote]
What? How did we pass on Williams? He was picked 3rd while we picked Bynum 10th...

gojazzmjsucks · Post #6 » by **gojazzmjsucks** » Thu May 15, 2008 7:50 pm

so much for watching the 2005 draft! :clap:

enIIgma_chan · Post #7 » by **enIIgma_chan** » Fri May 16, 2008 3:30 pm

Oh, he's only sweet talking him 'cuz Kobe wants Deron to join the Lakers too. *laughs* I'm just joking... hahaha. I hope that's not really what he's doing to Deron that sneaking Kobe. o.o?? lol lol lol :wizard:

Gerald3Wallace · Post #8 » by **Gerald3Wallace** » Fri May 16, 2008 11:04 pm

-kobes right...derons going to be a beast..scratch that...dudes already a beast..and the nba is in good hands right now with these superstar guards in cp3, deron and farmar(joking)

those 2 are going to be competing every year, CP3 his first year, Deron his sopohmore year, then CP3 this year, Deron the next probably..

brewer and dwill is a hell of a backcourt...lol brewer was frustrating the hell out of me the first quarter with his quick 10 pts..haha

Allanon · Post #9 » by **Allanon** » Sat May 17, 2008 6:06 am

Deron Williams is an awesome player and has the right attitude. I like him alot more than CP3.

houstonboy01 · Post #10 » by **houstonboy01** » Sat May 17, 2008 4:50 pm

cp3 is the more talented player, but Dwill has a certain toughness about him...

TonyMontana · Post #11 » by **TonyMontana** » Sat May 17, 2008 5:50 pm

gojazzmjsucks wrote:so much for watching the 2005 draft!

My apologies if I made a mistake , but from my understanding we were going to trade a certain player and a pick to go after Deron .

So again I do apologize if I made a mistake on my post .
Yet as I posted before If I had to pick between Deron and Chris , I would go after Deron .

cdubbz · Post #12 » by **cdubbz** » Sun May 18, 2008 2:58 am

i hate cp3

Rallyks · Post #13 » by **Rallyks** » Sun May 18, 2008 3:11 am

deron is a tough mutha.. love watching him play

Heir · Post #14 » by **Heir** » Sun May 18, 2008 6:04 am

I can see why you Utah fans hate Kobe so much. *rolleyes*

Hawaii · Post #15 » by **Hawaii** » Sun May 18, 2008 9:07 am

Kobe's right, D's a special talent. I was watching the final Laker-Jazz game, and when he got the ball behind the line, I was going nuts. Only because I figured if anybody on the Jazz would beat the Lakers, it'd be him.

WadeKnicks2010 · Post #16 » by **WadeKnicks2010** » Sun May 18, 2008 7:26 pm

I agree with Kobe. Deron Williams is a fantastic franchise cornerstone. He single handedly carried you guys against the Spurs last year and again this year against the Lakers. You guys got yourself one heckuva player in the 2005 draft. He might realistically win an MVP someday before his career is done. Good job.

Ming Kong! · Post #17 » by **Ming Kong!** » Mon May 19, 2008 2:12 am

Thanks guys. I really get sick of people assuming that Chris Paul could just walk into Jerry Sloan's system and do a better job. I mean these guys are the two best PGs in the league, so it's not like the Jazz got a bust with their pick. Williams will probably average over 20ppg and 11 apg next season. I really feel that Williams could probably have a relatively similar impact in NO, and Paul could do the same in Utah.

Anyways, thanks for the praise :-)

jmgambino24 · Post #18 » by **jmgambino24** » Wed May 21, 2008 8:24 pm

Ive never understood why people dislike Kobe. I think he is the best player on both sides of the ball in this league. he is the only player in this league that you cant guard. Like Sloan said the only way you can guard him is if you have the whole team guard and even then he will still score on ya. I for one will root for the Lakers since they beat my Jazz. Kobe used to have a lot of good things to say about our fans until a few years ago when they booed Malone when he came back and I know that pissed him off.

d-will8 · Post #19 » by **d-will8** » Mon May 26, 2008 11:44 pm

Ming Kong! wrote:Thanks guys. I really get sick of people assuming that Chris Paul could just walk into Jerry Sloan's system and do a better job. I mean these guys are the two best PGs in the league, so it's not like the Jazz got a bust with their pick. Williams will probably average over 20ppg and 11 apg next season. I really feel that Williams could probably have a relatively similar impact in NO, and Paul could do the same in Utah.

Anyways, thanks for the praise

I agree with everything you said except the assertion that Paul could do the same in Utah. Obviously, we'll never know for sure and I wouldn't completely put it past someone so talented and smart. However, Paul's whole game is predicated on dribbling around and creating, which would not fly with Jerry Sloan. It's possible that he could change that if he needed to, but it was obvious from day one that Deron was a much more natural fit for Sloan's system.
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Copperhead · Post #20 » by **Copperhead** » Tue May 27, 2008 4:08 pm

edfmx86 wrote:the praise keeps coming from kobe, that respectable in my book. I bet he likes Deron more than Cp3

D*mn, didn't take long to bring CP3 into this conversation. The guy can't even get praise from another player without his fans bringing up CP3. You guys can't even enjoy him being praised without, once again, bringing up CP3. Even when Williams gets praise, his fans still try to make it about CP3. :rofl: