Arenas fires back at Kobe's comments (real talk)

ILLnSkILLz · 12-26-2006, 03:56 AM

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...122400740.html

Gorilla Nasty · 12-26-2006, 04:10 AM

I don't even need to read that nonsense. Arenas wishes he could even hold Kobe's jock strap.

ILLnSkILLz · 12-26-2006, 04:16 AM

another ignorant kobe fan...

Gorilla Nasty · 12-26-2006, 04:31 AM

Yeah, cause Kobe is one of the greatest of all time at 29 and Arenas at 25 might make it to footnote status. I don't even like Kobe Bryant, and I'm rather unbiased on all things pertaining to him. Now those Kobe haters..... you wanna talk about bias?

If you don't believe me go look at the stats. Kobe has always been better than Arenas. And Kobe is also in his prime, that has and will last longer than Areans. Areans has only even been able to be mentioned in the same breat as Kobe by you haters for what? 1 year? Kobe has better stats, more hardware, more championships, need I say more? Thought so.

wilmer deryou · 12-26-2006, 05:01 AM

arenas has been good where the fuck have u been...its not a one year thing

But if you go year by year, number-wise, what's the difference between me and Kobe? He had Shaq. He got three rings. Other than that, my numbers are blowing his out of the water the first six years in the league."

Who Kares · 12-26-2006, 05:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Gorilla Nasty

I don't even need to read that nonsense. Arenas wishes he could even hold Kobe's jock strap.

wow...get off the mans dick

....BaSh.... · 12-26-2006, 01:00 PM

thinking about it I doubt theres any animosity between the two Kobe made those remarks just so there could be a lil rivalry and he knows when they play again everybody's gonna tune in so it makes for great tv

R-Tistic · 12-26-2006, 04:43 PM

Arenas does have a reason to come back like that, but he still needs to check what he's sayin. Kobe shouldn't have said what he did, and that just adds fuel to the fire that most people already have against him. But Arenas is definitely not Kobe. He does get ignored because he's such a clean cut, stand up type of player who doesn't have the image or anything controversial to make him into a superstar...along with the fact that he's never been on that good of a team. So I can see why he's mad...but he needs to still realize that he's not as good as Kobe.

If I were Arenas, I'd probably be more jealous of Dywane Wade, because I see them as being more similar with each other than with Kobe, but Wade gets a whole lot more attention than Arenas.

Ethan Albright · 12-26-2006, 04:49 PM

Arenas puts up good numbers. He's a good player, no doubt.

But he does not have the "it" factor like kobe. He doesn't have the fire, doesn't have the work ethic, doesn't have the ability.....

Arenas has always been underrated, but he's not on kobe's level. Hell...athletically he's not on McGrady's level either.

Brahman · 12-26-2006, 05:54 PM

i don't think arenas thinks he's as good as kobe, r-tistic

besides the part where he compared the statistics of their first five seasons and complained about "he had shaq", he's coming from an humble standpoint. he only wants a little respect.

"If someone downgrades, they really care; it really hurt them. That's how I look at it. If he didn't comment, he didn't acknowledge it. But for him to comment, I really got to him. A great player like him, you have to do something to that level to get his respect. Now it's going to be one of those games, he's going to write on his calendar, 'I've got to get back at him.' Before, it was, 'Who cares about that team? Who cares about that player?' Now it's, 'Let me circle his name with the rest of them.' "

he's obviously looking up and not down his nose

Ethan Albright · 12-26-2006, 09:12 PM

how the hell did anything Arenas said get to the media anyway...

is his wife a journalist or something?

wilmer deryou · 12-26-2006, 11:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ethan Albright

how the hell did anything Arenas said get to the media anyway...

is his wife a journalist or something?

umm an invention called the phone

J-A-B-B-A-R · 12-27-2006, 02:26 AM

lol at arenas not being on t-mac's athletic level. one of the fastest PGs in the game. Hell for a later pick in the draft, Arenas has been one dope ass surprise.

Pz

Ethan Albright · 12-27-2006, 03:44 PM

this isn't the nfl...and even there speed is overrated...

being the fastest usually doesn't amount to shit in basketball.

Iceodu921 · 12-27-2006, 04:12 PM

have you ever played the game of basketball?

being fast with the ball is a great tool. alot of the best guards are the fastest with the ball..nash, parker, kidd, wade, lebron etc.

Ethan Albright · 12-27-2006, 05:12 PM

Yes. I have. I was the fastest player on my team and starting PG up through my junior year (got in trouble, transfered, didn't play senior)....

Sure. It's a good thing. It's not extremely important.

Ballhandling, passing, shooting, defense and knowledge are all more important.

makes me wonder if YOU've ever played basketball.

90% of the game you're not in a sprint. Therefore you rarely use your speed, therefore it not being very important.

On fastbreaks you can show off.... but usually on fastbreaks anyone that can run a 4.8 forty is just as effective as a guy that can run a 4.4.

NFL it's more important and still overrated. Plenty of players have ran 4/3's coming out of college...and they can't do anything else right so it never helps them a bit.
Then you've got players that get blasted for running 4.6's and they end up being far better than the faster guys.

Old Soul · 12-27-2006, 05:42 PM

Great first step > 4.4 40

Iceodu921 · 12-27-2006, 06:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ethan Albright

Yes. I have. I was the fastest player on my team and starting PG up through my junior year (got in trouble, transfered, didn't play senior)....

Ballhandling, passing, shooting, defense and knowledge are all more important.

makes me wonder if YOU've ever played basketball.

90% of the game you're not in a sprint. Therefore you rarely use your speed, therefore it not being very important.

On fastbreaks you can show off.... but usually on fastbreaks anyone that can run a 4.8 forty is just as effective as a guy that can run a 4.4.

NFL it's more important and still overrated. Plenty of players have ran 4/3's coming out of college...and they can't do anything else right so it never helps them a bit.
Then you've got players that get blasted for running 4.6's and they end up being far better than the faster guys.

speed doesnt make you a mvp candiate however its a great tool. a slow back court gets your team into trouble. It hurts on both the offense and defensive sides of the ball.

however arenas's speed helps him more than almost anything else. his speed is what allows him to shred defenses. His speed allows him to create his own shot.

Noone said its the most important thing for a player but to say it doesnt matter that much is simply retarded. If he was slow he would not be able to do half the things he does its used in way more than 10 pct of his game.

12-26-2006, 03:56 AM	#1 (permalink)
ILLnSkILLz Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 286	Arenas fires back at Kobe's comments (real talk) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...122400740.html

12-26-2006, 01:00 PM	#7 (permalink)
....BaSh.... Lakers all day! Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: FL Posts: 3,571	thinking about it I doubt theres any animosity between the two Kobe made those remarks just so there could be a lil rivalry and he knows when they play again everybody's gonna tune in so it makes for great tv Last edited by ....BaSh....; 12-26-2006 at 01:02 PM.

12-26-2006, 04:43 PM	#8 (permalink)
R-Tistic Your favorite DJ Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 4,932	Arenas does have a reason to come back like that, but he still needs to check what he's sayin. Kobe shouldn't have said what he did, and that just adds fuel to the fire that most people already have against him. But Arenas is definitely not Kobe. He does get ignored because he's such a clean cut, stand up type of player who doesn't have the image or anything controversial to make him into a superstar...along with the fact that he's never been on that good of a team. So I can see why he's mad...but he needs to still realize that he's not as good as Kobe. If I were Arenas, I'd probably be more jealous of Dywane Wade, because I see them as being more similar with each other than with Kobe, but Wade gets a whole lot more attention than Arenas. __________________ DubCNN + DJ R-Tistic = U.S.C. Volume One: Universal Sounds of California (Introduced by Murs) http://www.zshare.net/audio/201937037a3ef954/ AVAILABLE ON MIXTAPE TORRENT AND DUBCNN!! www.myspace.com/RTistic

12-26-2006, 04:49 PM	#9 (permalink)
Ethan Albright Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,327	Arenas puts up good numbers. He's a good player, no doubt. But he does not have the "it" factor like kobe. He doesn't have the fire, doesn't have the work ethic, doesn't have the ability..... Arenas has always been underrated, but he's not on kobe's level. Hell...athletically he's not on McGrady's level either. __________________ Michigan = Out. but... Georgia Tech is still kicking. Go Buzz.

12-26-2006, 05:54 PM	#10 (permalink)
Brahman Mel Van Peebles Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: 37th Chamber Posts: 17,248	i don't think arenas thinks he's as good as kobe, r-tistic besides the part where he compared the statistics of their first five seasons and complained about "he had shaq", he's coming from an humble standpoint. he only wants a little respect. "If someone downgrades, they really care; it really hurt them. That's how I look at it. If he didn't comment, he didn't acknowledge it. But for him to comment, I really got to him. A great player like him, you have to do something to that level to get his respect. Now it's going to be one of those games, he's going to write on his calendar, 'I've got to get back at him.' Before, it was, 'Who cares about that team? Who cares about that player?' Now it's, 'Let me circle his name with the rest of them.' " he's obviously looking up and not down his nose __________________ U Y d Z \ 卍卍卍卍卍卍卍亹见谷 ∞ 谷见亹

12-26-2006, 04:10 AM	#2 (permalink)
Gorilla Nasty Nasty Gorilla Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 6,632	I don't even need to read that nonsense. Arenas wishes he could even hold Kobe's jock strap.

12-26-2006, 04:16 AM	#3 (permalink)
ILLnSkILLz Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 286	another ignorant kobe fan...

12-26-2006, 04:31 AM	#4 (permalink)
Gorilla Nasty Nasty Gorilla Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 6,632	Yeah, cause Kobe is one of the greatest of all time at 29 and Arenas at 25 might make it to footnote status. I don't even like Kobe Bryant, and I'm rather unbiased on all things pertaining to him. Now those Kobe haters..... you wanna talk about bias? If you don't believe me go look at the stats. Kobe has always been better than Arenas. And Kobe is also in his prime, that has and will last longer than Areans. Areans has only even been able to be mentioned in the same breat as Kobe by you haters for what? 1 year? Kobe has better stats, more hardware, more championships, need I say more? Thought so.

12-26-2006, 05:01 AM	#5 (permalink)
wilmer deryou Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 2,407	arenas has been good where the fuck have u been...its not a one year thing But if you go year by year, number-wise, what's the difference between me and Kobe? He had Shaq. He got three rings. Other than that, my numbers are blowing his out of the water the first six years in the league."

12-26-2006, 09:12 PM	#11 (permalink)
Ethan Albright Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,327	how the hell did anything Arenas said get to the media anyway... is his wife a journalist or something? __________________ Michigan = Out. but... Georgia Tech is still kicking. Go Buzz.

12-27-2006, 02:26 AM	#13 (permalink)
J-A-B-B-A-R Knick Hater Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Chicago and Dubai Posts: 3,257	lol at arenas not being on t-mac's athletic level. one of the fastest PGs in the game. Hell for a later pick in the draft, Arenas has been one dope ass surprise. Pz __________________ "Israel in the Middle East is like a rich white family in Harlem with a sign on its door that says 'I Hate Ni**s'" - Jabbar Brought to you by Sony BMG: Here To Stay - COMING SOON!!!!

12-27-2006, 03:44 PM	#14 (permalink)
Ethan Albright Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,327	this isn't the nfl...and even there speed is overrated... being the fastest usually doesn't amount to shit in basketball. __________________ Michigan = Out. but... Georgia Tech is still kicking. Go Buzz.

12-27-2006, 04:12 PM	#15 (permalink)
Iceodu921 Resident Sports Genius Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: wit ur girl Posts: 6,284	have you ever played the game of basketball? being fast with the ball is a great tool. alot of the best guards are the fastest with the ball..nash, parker, kidd, wade, lebron etc.

12-27-2006, 05:12 PM	#16 (permalink)
Ethan Albright Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,327	Yes. I have. I was the fastest player on my team and starting PG up through my junior year (got in trouble, transfered, didn't play senior).... Sure. It's a good thing. It's not extremely important. Ballhandling, passing, shooting, defense and knowledge are all more important. makes me wonder if YOU've ever played basketball. 90% of the game you're not in a sprint. Therefore you rarely use your speed, therefore it not being very important. On fastbreaks you can show off.... but usually on fastbreaks anyone that can run a 4.8 forty is just as effective as a guy that can run a 4.4. NFL it's more important and still overrated. Plenty of players have ran 4/3's coming out of college...and they can't do anything else right so it never helps them a bit. Then you've got players that get blasted for running 4.6's and they end up being far better than the faster guys. __________________ Michigan = Out. but... Georgia Tech is still kicking. Go Buzz.

12-27-2006, 05:42 PM	#17 (permalink)
Old Soul Nipple Nibbler Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: I'll stay below the surface, breaking bread with worms. It's depravity, not gravity, that anchors flesh to Earth......... Los Angeles, CA Posts: 27,029	Great first step > 4.4 40 __________________ The venom is inside of me, the reason Greece is fallin to pieces The whole world's callin for Jesus And I'll let him take a strike or three Then crush his skull with a tree from the Garden of Eden I know he has a high threshold for pain So I'll tie him to a bull's tail and drag his flesh over Spain An equisite work of art I'll drop his head at the Louvre I'm impossible to stop once I get in a groove

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