Selfish.

It would be bad for me to wish a season / playoff ending injury on Kobe Bryant, but here we are.

Ladies, protect your anuses!

So?

Irrelevant game, so let him get his points.

Kobe's going to rape the Kings.

Yeah, only a classless player could play in a meaningless game with a specific point total in mind in order to win the scoring title. If only Kobe was more like, say, David Robinson, who would never do such a thing.

Who gives a fark? Good for the Mamba.

of course he is. and we would all do it too. i just wish he need something a little more difficult to accomplish during the flow of the game, say 78 points. it would be interesting to see him play 1 on 5, glare at teammates that even faked a shot rather than passing the ball to him, etc.

robsul82: Who gives a fark? Good for the Mamba.

Yeah fark the Lakers don't get me wrong, but let the guy go for a scoring record. He has worked his ass off this year to get it, let him go score 50.

Rozotorical: robsul82: Who gives a fark? Good for the Mamba.

Yeah fark the Lakers don't get me wrong, but let the guy go for a scoring record. He has worked his ass off this year to get it, let him go score 50.

No love for the Lakers either, but exactly. Go for glory.

I hope he gets it by shooting 16/45.

robsul82: Rozotorical: robsul82: Who gives a fark? Good for the Mamba.

Yeah fark the Lakers don't get me wrong, but let the guy go for a scoring record. He has worked his ass off this year to get it, let him go score 50.

No love for the Lakers either, but exactly. Go for glory.

This. Don't care for the Lakers, but he's gimped himself onto the court all year, and is in the running for the scoring title the last night of the season? WHO CARES.

you have pee hands: I hope he gets it by shooting 16/45.

nah, 6 of 24 with a shiat ton of free throws...that's how you win titles

/to be clear fark that rapist

No problem with that. If you're a coach and you have a chance to get one of your players an achievement in a game that ultimately doesn't matter, you're a dick if you don't give him a chance. You can't just puss out and be afraid of injuries.

Yea, because Kobe should sit tonight and concede the scoring title since his final regular season game is scheduled the day after the current scoring leader's last regular season game. The Thunder had nothing to gain by playing last night so why isn't anyone hating on Durant? He was already ahead of Kobe before he took the court. If it was the other way around no one would be biatching about this.

/Wizards fan
//They do exist

A Fark Handle: you have pee hands: I hope he gets it by shooting 16/45.

nah, 6 of 24 with a shiat ton of free throws...that's how you win titles

/to be clear fark that rapist

Hmmm, I'm going to assume that one of these is Bill Simmons, and the other is his alt.

Sacramento's pissed off enough already with threats of the team being moved out of town. You've already got people hacking Blake Griffin to hell, plus the Mettartest World Ron Interactive Fan Experience Something-Or-Other elbow to factor into it; I wouldn't be shocked if a Kings player just decided 'fark it, he thinks he can do that to us, he's going to get mugged'.

booztravlr: Yea, because Kobe should sit tonight and concede the scoring title since his final regular season game is scheduled the day after the current scoring leader's last regular season game. The Thunder had nothing to gain by playing last night so why isn't anyone hating on Durant? He was already ahead of Kobe before he took the court. If it was the other way around no one would be biatching about this.

/Wizards fan
//They do exist

That's funny, I was wondering about this just yesterday. Thanks for letting me know!

Well the only thing that makes me think maybe its not a dick move is that Durant was the scoring leader the last 2 years. So its not like you're ripping his first accomplishment.

At least the Lakers are playing a defensive stalwart that can stop him with ease.

you have pee hands: I hope he gets it by shooting 16/45.

Isn't that a typical game for him anyway?

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Jim from Saint Paul: Isn't that a typical game for him anyway?

10/23, it looks like.

I want him to go full chucker.

It'd be pretty funny if the other coach triple-teamed him.

Lakers tweeting Kobe is out tonight.

So much for this thread.

@sam_amick: Lakers coach Mike Brown says Kobe Bryant will not play tonight in Sacramento.

FinFangFark: @sam_amick: Lakers coach Mike Brown says Kobe Bryant will not play tonight in Sacramento.

boooooooooooooo. he's just scared of failure. what a wimp.

FinFangFark: Lakers tweeting Kobe is out tonight.

So much for this thread.

How dare Kobe not play? What about the people in Sacramento who paid their hard earned money for a ticket?

Yanks_RSJ: How dare Kobe not play? What about the people in Sacramento who paid their hard earned money for a ticket?

I know you're joking, but anyone who voluntarily paid money for Kings tickets this year deserves to have lost their money.

WTF? Not playing? Sucks, that actually made the game interesting.

FinFangFark: Lakers coach Mike Brown says Kobe Bryant will not play tonight in Sacramento.

Like I said upthread... something tells me they got word Sacramento was going to get chippy out of sheer spite and it's either lose him tonight or lose him for a lot longer after the Kings get done beating the shiat out of him.

Gosling: FinFangFark: Lakers coach Mike Brown says Kobe Bryant will not play tonight in Sacramento.

Like I said upthread... something tells me they got word Sacramento was going to get chippy out of sheer spite and it's either lose him tonight or lose him for a lot longer after the Kings get done beating the shiat out of him.

bad foot, bad wrist, shoulder...yeah you're right. They were going to toss him around to spite him tonight. Let him sit and rest for what will be one of his last few playoff runs.

anyone dumb enough to pay for tickets to the last game of the year when your basement team is up against a contender damn well knows what they're getting into. These are the tickets season-ticket holders give away.

I hope he blows out his knee after a nice dunk over the 12th man for his 38th and 39th points of the evening. They can give him his award in rehab.

drew46n2: anyone dumb enough to pay for tickets to the last game of the year when your basement team is up against a contender damn well knows what they're getting into. These are the tickets season-ticket holders give away.

But, having been to some of those games at Arco, that's also when they give away tons of free shiat to the crowd. So there's that. Free T-shirt for watching a shiatty game, score!

I wish he needed more than 40.

I'd have liked to see him go for 80 just because

Iceman's 63 vs Thompson's 73

Kobe is sitting out tonight.

Scoring 49 isn't really a challenge, so it is more important to set an example for the younger players

He's sitting out, since some people apparently passed the other reminders

Sargun: He's sitting out, since some people apparently passed the other reminders

Pre-playoff rest > scoring title.

FSargun'sFA: Sessions will play despite his left shoulder injury.

"It's not a concern from our medical staff," Brown said of Sessions' status."

I hope Ramon plays less than 30 minutes, takes a lot of jumpers and stays out of the paint. Playoffs start Sunday? Woo-hoo!

/ Go Lakers

downtownkid: It'd be pretty funny if the other coach triple-teamed him.

Bow-chicka-wow-wow.

/ NTTAWWT

Gosling: I wouldn't be shocked if a Kings player just decided 'fark it, he thinks he can do that to us, he's going to get mugged'.

And I'd be shocked if that Kings player weren't Demarcus Cousins.

FinFangFark: robsul82: Rozotorical: robsul82: Who gives a fark? Good for the Mamba.

Yeah fark the Lakers don't get me wrong, but let the guy go for a scoring record. He has worked his ass off this year to get it, let him go score 50.

No love for the Lakers either, but exactly. Go for glory.

This. Don't care for the Lakers, but he's gimped himself onto the court all year, and is in the running for the scoring title the last night of the season? WHO CARES.

These. I can't stand the Lakers (my roomate is a die hard fan, which may explain my disdain for them), but seriously who cares? Last game of the season, they have their playoff spot locked up, let Kobe go throw up 50 shots if he wants to. He has carried the organization since Shaq left.

Gosling: Sacramento's pissed off enough already with threats of the team being moved out of town. You've already got Blake Griffin hacking Blake Griffin to hell, plus the Mettartest World Ron Interactive Fan Experience Something-Or-Other elbow to factor into it; I wouldn't be shocked if a Kings player just decided 'fark it, he thinks he can do that to us, he's going to get mugged'.

TheLopper: I hope he blows out his knee after a nice dunk over the 12th man for his 38th and 39th points of the evening. They can give him his award in rehab.

Way to pay attention before trolling. That's why you got no bites. No, this isn't a bite. Unless you meant to do that, which you could totally claim you did...now.