Kobe and Planned Celebrations

[Coach]

One of the best things in sport, is the unscripted drama.  When you watch, you don't know what is going to happen (Unless Tom Donahey is reffing)  Every thing is random, and the best laid plans always doesn't always go the way the are supposed to.

This is including celebrations.  When Michael Jordan hit the shot against Cleveland in Game 7, the jump in the air, and the subsequent fist pumping was great, because it wasn't planned. 

Big baby hitting the game winner and running down the sideline (knocking the kid over in the proccess) was great, because it was unscripted joy.

One the flip side, What I absolutely hate is scripted celebrations.  Signing the football with a sharpie, stealing the pom poms, all I hate.

This brings me back to the most recent bad example.  Kobe and sticking his chin out.  ABC runs that promo every time the finals come up, and I can't stand it.

Feel free to comment!

[Rondo_is_better]

Haha every time I see Kobe do the jaw-jut I die laughing. Its just so fake--and I think everybody sees that. It only makes him look like even more of a tool.

[dark_lord]

i hate everything about kobe, lol

[Chief]

i hate everything about kobe, lol

and Lebron.

[ManUp]

I don't get how the chin thing was planned.

Am I missing something? Serious question.

[Toine43]

I don't like it but Big Baby actually does the same thing...not that I like it anymore when he does it, it looks ridiculous no matter who's doing it.

[ToppersBsktball10]

He also copies Jordan whenever he can

[Steve Weinman]

I don't like it but Big Baby actually does the same thing...not that I like it anymore when he does it, it looks ridiculous no matter who's doing it.

Absolutely, and if I'm thinking of the right thing, it always seemed reasonable to me to believe the Infant got that from Garnett, who spent the entire Bulls series doing that in his suit.  If only a bit more of his rebound rate had rubbed off as well...

I've got no complaint about Kobe's celebrations or the Celtics.'  Or anything the Cavs did this year, for that matter, while we're on the subject.

-sw

[bobdelt]

This is dumb.

Kobe sat around at home, thinking about how to stick out his jaw? Seriously? That's the best he could come up with?

I dont think he tries to copy Jordan, especially with celebrating.

Maybe it's human nature, that if you saw someone celebrate a certain way, and you by growing up watching Jordan, and idolizing him, that you also do the same thing instictively. Just a crazy thought a guess!

It's like slang - your friends start using a certain word or phrase and before you know you are too - without intnentionally copying them.