marco102

lol if he showed nothing ever he wouldn't have been drafted.

I can see your point in wanting a pure playmaker on the second unit, but we have plus passers at every other position. We have Dyson, Jalen, Porzingis, NAW, Kennard, and even OO is a pretty good passing center. When you take into account Kobe's ability to leverage a defense, I think what he does fits with those guys. I remember reviewing his scouting videos and he was like in the 90th percentile coming out of college as a pick and roll ball handler in scoring and passing I believe. He was also one of the best finishers once he got to the rim. We are lacking rim pressure on this team. I'm not trying to say he's the de facto back up. I'm saying there is not enough evidence to make sweeping conclusions about his game either way because he hasn't been healthy. I just want to see what he can do before completely giving up on him. If he plays 60+ games this season and is Malcom Delany ( @kg01 ) out there then by all means bring out the pitchforks.

I surely did and will continue to do it. You don't have to like Kobe and I'm not trying to make anyone like Kobe, but an entire thread just shitting on him over a summer league game is out of order.

Jakucionis wasn't going off against Kobe. He may have hit two or three shots when defended by Kobe. Pretty sure one of those shots was contested. Summer league doesn't even have good defensive structure. In his rookie season before injury, Kobe was our best point of attack defender.

oh no, I'm not..lol

Don't you want those qualities in your back up point guard? Someone who takes care of the ball and defends? You are getting so caught up on the shooting which he won't be doing as much of in an actual nba game, you are missing the qualities that you've clamored for in our backup point guard.

Did he take care of the ball while he was on the court and did he defend decently?

So you agree he played well in the 4th quarter? He took better shots, took care of the ball and made better reads as he got downhill?

Agreed. Still a ways to go as a floor general, but don't understand why some are projecting these sweeping generalizations from a summer league game. I honestly hate this place this time of year. No nuanced thinking what so ever, just see and prognosticate.

Had the most assists on the team with 3 and only had one turnover. 29 pts to go with the win, but sure keep up with your agenda.

Here are the highlights for you.

I fought the battles in this thread on behalf of Kobe, but he won the war! Not projecting this game to mean anything. It was fun watching him take over at the end and getting the win.

Backcourt did okay.

Great pass from Kobe to get three.