07-23-2003, 08:38 AM
I'm not going to get into the Kobe thing, because my opinion is biased. But my opinion of him won't change regardless of what happens. I'll still stand by Kobe, no matter what.
As for this street cred thing, it's crap!!! People need to stop trying to say who has street cred and who doesn't. Especailly those who are not qualified and have no idea what it is. Kobe's shit didn't sell becasue it was ugly!!! I'm a huge Kobe fan and I couldn't bring myself to buy it. That's the reason, plain and simple. They can analyze it however they want, but it was ugly. Kobe was the leading all star vote getter and had the best selling jersey this past year despite lacking this "street cred". They fail to mention those points. Only that his shoes didn't sell. How thug was Jordan? Not very. But his shit sold damn well. Sure, his competition was Bird and Magic, but there were also people in the league like Barkley and Charles Oakley and all of the Bad Boys from Detroit. Right now, there's Ron Artest, but he don't have a shoe deal. It's all about how much skills you got and how nice the shoes look. Street cred is crap and people should get over it.
As for him doing this to get street cred. Don't insult the mans intelligence like that. Noone would go and rape someone to go and get street cred. Even though I don't think rape would help much anyways. He was making much more money with his clean image. I don't see AI or KG with mainstream deals with McD's or Sprite. They're basically limited to athletic gear.
As for this street cred thing, it's crap!!! People need to stop trying to say who has street cred and who doesn't. Especailly those who are not qualified and have no idea what it is. Kobe's shit didn't sell becasue it was ugly!!! I'm a huge Kobe fan and I couldn't bring myself to buy it. That's the reason, plain and simple. They can analyze it however they want, but it was ugly. Kobe was the leading all star vote getter and had the best selling jersey this past year despite lacking this "street cred". They fail to mention those points. Only that his shoes didn't sell. How thug was Jordan? Not very. But his shit sold damn well. Sure, his competition was Bird and Magic, but there were also people in the league like Barkley and Charles Oakley and all of the Bad Boys from Detroit. Right now, there's Ron Artest, but he don't have a shoe deal. It's all about how much skills you got and how nice the shoes look. Street cred is crap and people should get over it.
As for him doing this to get street cred. Don't insult the mans intelligence like that. Noone would go and rape someone to go and get street cred. Even though I don't think rape would help much anyways. He was making much more money with his clean image. I don't see AI or KG with mainstream deals with McD's or Sprite. They're basically limited to athletic gear.
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