The Perpetual NBA Thread

**ssaloon** · October 27th, 2003 12:03 PM

november 11 ang release ng orig sa pc... give around 2 weeks para magkapirata

bibili na nga ako ng analog usb joypad para sa pc ko eh ehehe :D

**kimpOy** · October 27th, 2003 05:05 PM

Shaq and Kobe are Fueding Again
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/column...arc&id=1647603

**pajerokid** · October 27th, 2003 05:53 PM

ssaloon, you'll be surprised. when a CDROM "goes gold" in Israel (where they make the master copy SOLID GOLD cd rom), pirated copies are already made and cracks are immediately programmed. Sometimed by game developer employees themselves!

Thats why we were able to get Warcraft3 even before Blizzard released it in the states!

I think we'll get it as scheduled (1 wk Nov)... well, hopefully.

wala lang.

**pajerokid** · October 27th, 2003 06:01 PM

Kimps, diba mas maganda record na lakers nung nag-aaway silla shaq and kobe?

Yabang talaga ni bryant! I hope he realizes he's a lot more replaceable than shaq! not to mention there's a possibility he's gonna go to jail.

**baiskee** · October 27th, 2003 06:01 PM

hay nako...sarap pag untugin yang dalawang kalbong yan!

kinakabahan tuloy ako...

**nitrox** · October 27th, 2003 06:21 PM

sabi ni shaq - "I think [Bryant] has a lot of help out there. When he has a lot of help he should use them. While he's playing like he's playing, he should probably look to be more of a passer until he gets his legs strong."

sabi ni kobe - I'm not changing my game whatsoever," Bryant said. "I take good shots, hit the open man when he's there. I definitely don't need advice on how to play my game." "I know how to play my guard spot. He can worry about the low post. I'll worry about mine."

sabi ulit ni shaq - "He doesn't need advice on how to play his position, but he needs advice on how to play team ball," and added, "If it's going to be my team, I'll voice my opinion. If he don't like it, he can opt out."

tsk, tsk, tsk....

**ssaloon** · October 27th, 2003 09:39 PM

posible din magkaroon ng payton-kobe feud eh..

**ownertype** · October 28th, 2003 02:57 PM

i am sure this kobe vs shaq ploy is made by coach phil jackson. He did this during his stint in chicago. There were several times Jordan and Pippen verbally attacked each other. Then came Rodman and his antics that annoyed Jordan and Pippen.

Coach Phil just want to stir the team to look they have some kind of internal problems so that they would look beatable to other teams.

Right now kasi, in paper it seems its futile to beat this team with malone, o neal, payton and bryant in the lineup.

**kimpOy** · October 29th, 2003 09:50 AM

MOD PK, might as well change the title of this thread kasi
Opening night na!!!

MAVS * LAKERS
SUNS * SPURS
HEAT * 76ers

NBA 2004 na!

**IceColdBeer** · October 29th, 2003 09:59 AM

The transcript of Kobe Bryant's interview with ESPN's Jim Gray:

GRAY: What was your reaction to Shaq saying the Lakers are his team, and everybody knows it?

BRYANT: It doesn't matter whose team it is. Nobody cares. I don't, Karl [Malone] doesn't, Gary [Payton] doesn't, and our teammates and the fans don't either. There's more to life than whose team this is. But this is his team, so it's time for him to act like it. That means no more coming into camp fat and out of shape, when your team is relying on your leadership on and off the court. It also means no more blaming others for our team's failure, or blaming staff members for not overdramatizing your injuries so that you avoid blame for your lack of conditioning. Also, "my team" doesn't mean only when we win; it means carrying the burden of defeat just as gracefully as you carry a championship trophy.

GRAY: Do you consider Shaq to be a leader?

BRYANT: Leaders don't beg for a contract extension and negotiate some 30 million [dollars] plus per year deal in the media when we have two future Hall of Famers playing here pretty much for free. A leader would not demand the ball every time down the floor when you have the three of us [Malone, Payton, Bryant] playing beside you, not to mention the teammates you have gone to war with for years -- and, by the way, then threaten not to play defense and rebound if you don't get the ball every time down the floor.

GRAY: Shaq says that you have not been a team player. Is he right?

BRYANT: That's ridiculous. I have been successfully sacrificing my game for years for Shaq. That's what Phil [Jackson] wanted me to do, so I did it. Last year Phil told me Shaq was not in physical condition to carry the trust of our offense, so he asked me to do it. But then he saw Shaq was getting upset that the team wasn't running through him, so Phil asked me to pull back and I did. This year is no different; my role is whatever Phil wants it to be. Period.

GRAY: Through out the preseason, your leg and conditioning has been lagging. Are you in the proper shape to start the season?

BRYANT: My knee is not strong enough to play yet. I know it. When it is I will play.

GRAY: Does that mean you will miss the opener [Tuesday] night and other games?

BRYANT: I probably won't play tomorrow night or until I'm ready. But I don't need Shaq's advice on how to play hurt. I've played with IVs before, during and after games. I've played with a broken hand, a sprained ankle, a torn shoulder, a fractured tooth, a severed lip, and a knee the size of a softball. I don't miss 15 games because of a toe injury that everybody knows wasn't that serious in the first place.

GRAY: Kobe, Shaq said if you didn't like what he had to say you can opt out and leave next season. Will you leave the Lakers?

BRYANT: I won't make that decision until the end of the season. I told Shaq last year that I was planning on opting out. He knew before anyone. I told him out of respect for what we have been through together. I thought he should be the first to know. The fact that he acts like this is such a big shock is a mystery to me. If leaving the Lakers at the end of the season is what I decide, a major reason for that will be Shaq's childlike selfishness and jealousy.

GRAY: Do you feel Shaq has been supportive in regards to your legal situation?

BRYANT: He is not my quote unquote "big brother." A big brother would have called to lend his support this summer. I heard absolutely nothing from him. I spoke to Devean [George], Rick [Fox], Mitch [Kupchak], Phil, and our owner Jerry Buss. And Shaq's own Uncle Jerome called and left three messages. Other teammates like Derek [Fisher], Mark [Madsen], and [Stanislav Medvedenko] left messages as well. Opponents called like [Chris] Webber, [Mike] Bibby, and many others. So did a lot of coaches. Michael Jordan, who didn't have my home phone, tracked it down to lend his support. So did Tiger Woods. But yet from my so-called big brother, I heard nothing.

GRAY: Why not resolve this behind closed doors? Why is this so public?

BRYANT: I asked Phil on Sunday [yesterday] to say something to calm this situation down before it boiled over. But he backed away, so now here we are. I have been a bigger person every time something happened with Shaq, and I don't expect this to be any different. But somebody in this organization had to speak up, because his unprofessionalism hurt us last year, and I don't want it to hurt us this year.