Just yesterday a LA fan tried to argue me down about whether Kobe was in foul trouble. He even went as far as to say, Kobe only got one foul guarding AI. When the game play by play transcript is right there on espn for all to see. And when I posted the play by play transcript which clearly recorded Kobe having three fouls in five minutes guarding AI, suddenly the guy dissappeared and everybody acted like they didnt see the post.
Because it's a known fact you're full of it.
Kobe had 4 fouls for the game.
Foul 1 comes with 47 seconds left in the first... against JR Smith.
http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/playbypla ... 7&period=1
Foul 4 comes with 11:22 left in the third and is an offensive foul.
http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/playbypla ... 7&period=3
A little birdie tells me that 3 more fouls guarding AI is not possible but I'll let you be the judge.
they still find a way to overrate him and the lakers through something subjective like defense or "making other players better."
Yeah, I mean, who values defense?
Or Fisher suddenly shooting nearly 50% overall and 44% from deep. I don't seem to remember threads about Fisher being the best free agent pick-up when he went to Golden State and lost his job to speedy Claxton or when he went to Utah.Now suddenly we have people saying Fish pickup >> Grant Hill pickup.
Here's a press release from the Heat after they gladly gave Smush more than a 3x raise:
MIAMI -- Free-agent point guard Smush Parker signed Friday with the Miami Heat, his seventh team since turning pro in 2002.
The deal came after the Heat failed to land several other point guards they pursued, including Mo Williams, Steve Francis and Steve Blake.
"We feel very good about acquiring Smush," coach Pat Riley said in a statement. "He brings size, shooting and defense to our backcourt. He has been improving every year, and we feel that this could be his best year yet."
Parker helped guide the Los Angeles Lakers to the playoffs in each of his two seasons as their starting point guard. They were over the salary cap and didn't try to re-sign him.
He played in all 164 games the past two seasons, averaging 11.3 points, 3.2 assists, 1.6 steals and 32 minutes.
Parker is one of four players with at least 110 steals and 110 3-point field goals in each of the past two seasons. Gilbert Arenas, Kobe Bryant and Jason Kidd are the others.
Parker went undrafted in 2002 and was with Cleveland, Atlanta, Charlotte, Detroit and Phoenix before joining the Lakers.
"We are excited to bring Smush to Miami," Heat general manager Randy Pfund said. "He's a talented young player who brings good size and athleticism to our point-guard position. Smush has been the starting point guard of a playoff team the past two seasons, and we believe he has his best years ahead of him."
He's played in 9 games so far.
And let's consider the case of Luke "couldn't hit a shot coming out of college" Walton LEADING THE LEAGUE in 3 point percentage for a good portion of last year.
Or Jumaine Jones shooting .391 from 3 the year he was with us and .295 the year before with another team.
Or Jordan Farmar's shaky jumper turning into .480 fg% and .397 from 3.
Or Lamar Odom shooting averaging 43% before the Lakers and 48% with us (currently at 49% this year).
Or Kwame "Bust" Brown shooting 45% in 4 years in Washington and 55% in the 3 years in LA.
Trevor Ariza is shooting 55.7 percent overall and 37.5% from 3 with us.
Even Laron Profit looked like a solid pickup when he played here. Had he not blown out his ACL in 62vs61 game vs Dallas then he might be driving a Ferrari like Smush too.
You're in denial if you can't see that Kobe makes players better.
P.S. how's Brian Cook and Mo Evans looking in Orlando?
I mean are people really believing that Kobe is better at defense than AI is at offense?
