
What's Kobe Bryant to do?
The gifted L.A. Laker has a dilemma. Should he be a "ballhog" as he has been accused of being, and try to get at least 50 points a game? Or, should he work at getting his teammates involved? Kobe, earlier in the playoffs, did try dishing the ball off, but the Lakers still lost.
Here's the problem.
You can't suddenly try to get your teammates involved, and expect the team to be successful. If you don't practice that way, so each player knows he has a significant role to play, it isn't going to happen in the confines of one game. It has to be done over and over again, even at the risk of losing a few games in the earlier stages.
However, the playoffs isn't the time to start doing it.
For now, Kobe needs to do what gives his Lakers the best chance of winning the game tonight. And, that's to shoot. I'm definitely not for ballhogging at the expense of the team effort. Teamwork is, and always has been, God's way. And, Jesus Himself, was a master at it.
My point is, the Lakers aren't used to Kobe passing the ball off. They don't know how to play together as a team, with each player enthused about his particular contribution. Sure, at times, they are lethargic. Why not? They're also spectators for the Kobe Show. Because the rest of the team sees their role to get the ball to Kobe, they aren't creative in how they can help in the scoring.
So, at this late stage, the Laker's best shot is for Kobe to take it.
That's not the way it should be.
It's just the way it is.
If they're going to be successul next year, that will have to change.
The gifted L.A. Laker has a dilemma. Should he be a "ballhog" as he has been accused of being, and try to get at least 50 points a game? Or, should he work at getting his teammates involved? Kobe, earlier in the playoffs, did try dishing the ball off, but the Lakers still lost.
Here's the problem.
You can't suddenly try to get your teammates involved, and expect the team to be successful. If you don't practice that way, so each player knows he has a significant role to play, it isn't going to happen in the confines of one game. It has to be done over and over again, even at the risk of losing a few games in the earlier stages.
However, the playoffs isn't the time to start doing it.
For now, Kobe needs to do what gives his Lakers the best chance of winning the game tonight. And, that's to shoot. I'm definitely not for ballhogging at the expense of the team effort. Teamwork is, and always has been, God's way. And, Jesus Himself, was a master at it.
My point is, the Lakers aren't used to Kobe passing the ball off. They don't know how to play together as a team, with each player enthused about his particular contribution. Sure, at times, they are lethargic. Why not? They're also spectators for the Kobe Show. Because the rest of the team sees their role to get the ball to Kobe, they aren't creative in how they can help in the scoring.
So, at this late stage, the Laker's best shot is for Kobe to take it.
That's not the way it should be.
It's just the way it is.
If they're going to be successul next year, that will have to change.
1 comment:
Kobe is a ballhog, but a talented player. I don't think he ever learned that basketball was a team game. His father was an NBA player, maybe he learned the "take the ball alone," from him. At any rate, he impresses us as a self-absorbed crybaby. His selfishness has tainted the Laker team. It caused Shaq to seek another team to get away from him.
All of the people Wes has written about have the same defect. Selfishness. It's a quality that we try to avoid. We know it's not correct. God taught us not to be selfish but to share. So in God's eyes, my selfish attitude and these player's selfish attitudes are sinful. I'm trying to change that attitude in my life, and that's all I can speak about.
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