NBA Random Thoughts

[NAHSTE]

"Oh my God!" Kobe said following the game after walking away from the media scrum at his locker. "OH MY GOD!!" he repeated with a huge grin. "That was really something, wasn't it? That was one of the best plays I've seen him make — and he's made a lot of them.

"Did you see how he went up even higher once he (made contact) with Perkins? That was something else."



Yes, Kobe did get excited. Quit being butthurt Perkins.

Perk has a point though.

"At the end of the day, the guys who are playing for the right reasons who are trying to win championships are not worrying about one play. They also are not tweeting about themselves talking about going down to No. 2," Perkins added, according to the report. "I just feel [James] is always looking for attention and he wants the world to like him."

Perkins told Yahoo! Sports he respected Griffin for not making a spectacle of the moment. But if Griffin goes at the rim again the next time the Clippers and Thunder meet, Perkins said he won't back down.

"If I was in the same position, in the same rotation, I'm going to jump again and again and again," Perkins said, according to Yahoo! Sports. "A lot of people are afraid of humiliation or don't know how to handle embarrassment or would even get embarrassed. I don't care."

"That's my job," Perkins added, according to the report. "How will my teammates look at me if next time I just back out of the way and just let him dunk when I'm supposed to be defensive-minded, a shot-blocker? That would be a coward move on me. He'd just have to dunk on me again."

[Primetime]

I don't disagree with his point about LeBron being an attention whore, just seems like he's trying to get the attention by coming out with this. Seems hypocritical to me.

I could care less if LeBron and/or Kobe are tweeting 50 times a day so long as their heads are in the game when it comes that time. Kobe had the same reaction as LeBron other than the #2 label. Perkins just needs to let it go and move on. His team has the best record in the league.

[ralaw]

I think Perkins comments speak to a growing idea that while being extremely talented LeBron isn't or doesn't have the competitive nature or focus to be Jordan, Magic, Kobe, etc like.

"Well, probably Kobe, because of the fact that ... well, of course he wouldn't have been shooting as much as he does now ... but his desire to win, his dedication, to always get better, uh, and he's just, he's just tough," Bird said. "He's just a tough cat. But, if you want to have fun, like I did with Bill Walton, play with LeBron. It would have probably been more fun to play with LeBron, but if you want to win and win and win, it's Kobe. Not that LeBron's not a winner, just that [Kobe's] mindset is to go into every practice, every game, to get better."

[Rudi]

Yo....the Cavs beat the Clippers without Kyrie

[Bomberooski]

The last 10 minutes of the Bird/Simmons interview were money. Loved him talking about coming into the league

[Houston]

Rockets finally at a respectable 4th seed, let's see how long they can hold it..

[ralaw]

Yo....the Cavs beat the Clippers without Kyrie

That was a bad loss by the Clips.

[ralaw]

Did you guys here Will Ferrell's introductions in the Bulls/Hornets game?

[killgod]

Going to close down random thoughts in sports forums.

Please create individual threads for topics going forward.

Thanks.