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16 Best Memes of Kobe Bryant & the Los Angeles Lakers Firing Mike D’Antoni
It doesn’t really matter that Mike D’Antoni actually resigned. The overall feeling was that the Los Angeles Lakers didn’t want him anymore, and the same goes for Kobe Bryant looking for a new head coach. Obviously, it sparked a long line of memes, some joking about the unemployed coach, but the others mostly making fun of the Lakers star.
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Kobe Bryant – His Legacy Comes Before the Los Angeles Lakers
As time goes by the decision to give Kobe Bryant two more years for a salary that makes it close to impossible for the Los Angeles Lakers to build an instant championship team seems more and more like a huge mistake, which isn’t stopping the ring-hungry player to try and push the team’s ownership to forget about sensible building and try to make sure he has a team he can win with next season.
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NBA Players With Most 60 Point Games
It’s hard to say if this is going to be the first and last time LeBron James reaches 60 points in a game, but it’s rare for a player to do it more than once. Only four: Elgin Baylor, Kobe Bryant, Wilt Chamberlain and Michael Jordan have been able to do it.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Road Back to the Top Isn’t Guaranteed
The most interesting thing left this season for the Los Angeles Lakers seems to be the feud between Pau Gasol and Mike D’Antoni. However, looking into the near future, becoming better and a contender in two years isn’t as automatic as some may think.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Embarrassing, No Matter How You Try to Spin It
Great teams and franchises can have off years, but the decline of the Los Angeles Lakers and the way they’ve set themselves up to not succeed through a 3-4 year stretch is an excellent example of a once excellently run club that has simply lost its way.
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Longest 35 Points or More Scoring Streaks in NBA History
Right now LeBron James is on a 3-game streak of 35 points or more, something that has been done by three other players this season, and Kevin Durant doing it twice. However, it isn’t remotely close to LeBron’s longest such streak, and there are a few NBA greats with impressive scoring stretches like Wilt Chamberlain, Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant.
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Dwight Howard vs Lakers – The Return to Los Angeles
When the Houston Rockets return to action after the All-Star break, it’ll be in a game that should have been a lot more interesting going into: On the road against the Los Angeles Lakers, which would have been a chance to see Dwight Howard play against his former team and especially Kobe Bryant for the first time.
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Kobe Bryant – East All Star Team Kryptonite
It should have been quite obvious to everyone – Kobe Bryant not playing in the All-Star game (although he was voted to start) meant the West were going to lose, no matter how good the other players filling in for him were going to be.
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Most Points Scored in the NBA All-Star Game
The 2014 NBA All-Star game will be the 63rd edition of the best exhibition event in North American sports, as a few players will try to join Michael Jordan and Wilt Chamberlain as the only players with 40 points or more in the event. With Kevin Durant having the year he’s having, and LeBron James obviously capable, we might see a third player join that extremely short list.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Slow, Tired & Worse Than Ever
One of the sad things about the Los Angeles Lakers this season is that they’re not trying to tank or lose on purpose: They really are that bad. In a campaign that’s been about reaching low points one after the other, their 96-79 home loss to the Utah Jazz marked another chapter in futility and failure.