Why hasn't Kobe gotten any credit for wanting to play defense?

Question

People always shooting at Kobe for being selfish yet he's the only player who went to coach K and told that he wanted to guard the opposite team's best player(perimeter). Bron didn't do that nor has Wade, Anthony or Redd. People say that's because he wants the challenge of playing one on one but he could have wanted that challenge offensively but he chose the one that would benefit the whole team. He had some great passes against Turkey like the bounced aley oop to Anthony or the one to Lebron, no matter what he does people will always critize him!

Answer 1

I dont care, Lebron is taking care of USA, showing why he is the BEST player in the game

kobe went 2-6

Lebron wnet 8-9 ENUFF SAID

Answer 2

Defense has nothing to do with being selfish.

Answer 3

I have seen his Credit report and let me tell you something it is BAD! He has collections on all his accounts....Just Kidding..

I dont think his D is anything to brag about.

Answer 4

All i see is Love for Kobe Bean Bryant!

The haters just don't matter!

Answer 5

everyone is hating on kobe so much that they forget how good of a player he is offensively and defensively

i know he is a ballhog but he has to be in the situation he is.lebron or carmelo would be if they were in his posittion.

he defense is great thats why he made the fist defensive team

Answer 6

Because when it Comes to Kobe, Anything possitive that he Does is viewed as A "selfish" way To improve His Public Appearance.. instead of Just looking at it as Him Wanting to Be a Naturally Good Person and Team player. Had it Been Tayshaun Prince that came out and said it, He would of Been Praised For wanting to be on the team to WIN. but because it's KOBE he's trying to Hard To be a good team mate.

Answer 7

i believe he has gotten credit.  hes the only one out of those players who gets on the all defensive team.

they over hype his defense, so its expected of him to do this, plus hes one of the veteran leaders on that team.  leaders are suppose to set an example and thats what he did, and im sure people give him credit for taking on the challenge.

Answer 8

No matter what he does his fans will defend him too. No matter what selfish thing he does or no matter how many games he goes 10 for 30, as soon as he has 10 assists the Kobe lovers are on here going, see see. So he asked to defend the best player on the other team. No kidding. Seeing that most teams the best scorer is the shooting guard. And asking to defend the best scoring threat on Turkey or Paraquay or whoever else USA plays is no great feat. He sees better players every night in the NBA.  

Answer 9

bcuz stupid celtic fans are g*y and dont respect anything.  haha dat alley oop bounce pas to "me" was tight tho lol

Answer 10

It really doesn't matter what Kobe does the haters will hate.

They don't hate because of the lil things Kobe needs to improve in they hate because he's the best player in the world.

People always hate the best man.

Answer 11

Ok since you are so desperate for credit.  I'll give you 3 credit points.  LOL.  

Stop trying to over-hype Kobe.

Kobe jocker always trying to over-hype Kobe even when he didn't have a good game.  That's why no one care what you have to say when Kobe actually have a good game.

And when people disagree like now saying Kobe didn't have a good game which is completely 100% true, you go around and called them "hater".  How pathetic you Kobe jockers are.

Edit:  LOL.  Here we go again.  Fakers fans crying again because I didn't agree with him.  Where's your mommy little boy.  haha.

Answer 12

Because dont you get it,, hes the most hated because hes the best no matter what he does, how many records he sets or breaks, or how many points he scores or how many games he wins,, he will still get hated on,, trust kobe no hes the greatest.. and his teammates know it to dont stress youself over this it wont change

Answer 13

First of all, I agree with u that Kobe does have good defense and passing ability in additional to his exceptional scoring ability.

However, about 3/4 of the basketball game viewers are just watching for fun.  Only about 1/4 of us actually analyze the plays and moves (maybe even less).  Thus, those who just watch for fun aren't gonna know what he did defensively, because they're only here for the thrill when players score.  They don't care whether Kobe passes or or defends, they only care if they score.  So after the game is over, if Kobe scores a lot, of course they will say "man he's a ball hog".  But those that actually pay attention to how the players play teh ball at both ends of the courts will notice he's a very skilled defender.

hope that answers ur question of why so many people criticizes him so much.

Answer 14

panther you must be really delusional to believe that kobe was the primary reason for team usa basketball's recent success...  jason kidd was the one who pulled the team together and ran the offense... the team's orginal point guards were kirk hinrich who was garbage and chris paul who wasn't ready to become a leader...  why don't you get off kobe's n*****k and give j-kidd some respect...