Bill tells a fun Kobe Bryant story. For more from The Ringer: Shop: theringer.com/shop Website: theringer.com Twitter: / ringer Facebook: / ringer Instagram: / ringer The Ringer on RU-vid: / theringer
I want a 2nd camera angle of someone filming Bill on the other side of the sidewalk. Plus points if it captures people passing by and staring at Sidewalk Bill
Also a Lakers fan that grew up watching him every game. 1. Yes, an asshole. 2. Shot us out of more games than the Stan’s that probably just watched a few of his playoffs series and the occasional national TV game would ever believe. There’s a reason if you look at his advanced stats, he’s the worst of all the guys that usually get brought up in the top 10. Kobe was great but he was nowhere near the elite of the elite. Durant for example is significantly better and anyone that disagrees just didn’t watch those guys enough both in their prime or is very biased. Durants true shooting percentage for example is 6.5% higher than Kobe’s even if you removed Kobe’s rookie year and last two years to make it fair. Basically I’m convinced most Kobe fans probably watched about 5-100 of his games, and as someone’s who’s watch 100 Kobe games in a single season, I can tell you his performance doesn’t match his legacy.
@@michaelturley3457 Amen brother, I'm an even older multi generational Lakers fan. Born and raised in Los Angeles. Kobe was great. We all love Kobe. There's been this push since his unfortunate passing to elevate him to a level I just don't think he deserves.
@@mjwbulich haha thanks. Coming from an older fan, and assuming you watched in the 80s you got Magic over him? What drives me nuts is people justify the ball hogging on bad teammates but he did the same thing with Paul, Bynum and Odom and Ariza/Artest, our bigs would be dominating shooting like 65% and he’d still try to “take over” in the fourth, go 2-7 and cost us the game at least 7-10 times a year it felt like. If he didn’t have that desire to be MJ, and focused more on team basketball I think he’s top 3-4 ever but that really “ruined” his career relatively. The irony is he was a great passer, I think easily could’ve averaged 8 assist a game if he had been born 15 years early and tried to be the next Magic instead of the next Jordan. And they probably get 7 rings.
Bills desire to spread toxic poison about anything Lakers is sick, pathetic and proof it's not just about team spirit for him. What career do you have if it's all been based on Boston homerism and gambling?
Hell yeah! Each of us workers should be withholding our efforts until we’re compensated adequately, not just superstars! WORKERS UNITE! GENERAL STRIKE! ✊
This probably has a deeper backstory behind it and this joker never liked Kobe so figured it’s been a few years so might be okay to pass of some hate as a fun story
Kobe and Bill had a good relationship. Despite his love of the Celtics, Bill had a lot of respect for Kobe. It's not like he's talking out of school. Everyone knows Kobe could be a real dick sometimes.
@@mjwbulich Bill did not like Kobe and they did not have a good relationship. Were you alive in the 2000s when he was writing article after article bashing Kobe every chance he got? Most of that stuff is still archived on the Internet and easily findable. Even after Kobe granted him an exclusive interview he still threw shade in his direction in the article. He was basically the CEO of the Kobe hate club for most of his career. The only commendable thing he's done towards Kobe was put him in his top 10 all time list which is rare for a Kobe hater. But anytime he mentions Kobes name just know there's always going to be some hate or a backhanded compliment that follows it.
