Okay. I'm done. Last night Kobe Bryant's Lakers played the OKC Thunder. And barely won. By 3.
But before you jump to any "whoa, are the Lakers that bad?" or "wow, the Thunder are about to show the league that drafing a guy that's 6-10 125lbs was the greatest move in history and they are on theyre way to a statement season!", I just found out that Kobe missed the shoot around, arrived at the arena late, and had to get an IV because he has the flu...
OKAY.....ummmm, Im so tired of this. First of all because he doesnt have the flu. He played 46 MINUTES!!!!!! Have you ever done anything besides sleep for 46 minutes when youve had the flu? NO.
And don't give me the crap about how these guys are superior atheletes and all that shit. They are, but that's not what last night was about. Last night was purely and simply about ego. And from one of the biggest that has ever graced the professional sports stage. Kobe Bryant's life long pursuit of wanting to be Michael Jordan is becoming tiresome. And after seeing Michael's HOF acceptance speech I cant wait to see what Kobe does for his: Admit that he got away with rape cause he's just that good?...sorry, had to.
What interesting here is that Kobe never plays 46 minutes even with overtime because this Phil Jackson Laker team doesn't need him to! But what Kobe needs is to rack up a couple more "performing under adverse circumstances" games so that when people look back they can use the stats to prove the Kobe was better than Michael. And here's the thing Kobe: you wlll never be considered better than Michael Jordan. He had a couple of things going in his favor. 1) Espn's Sportscenter had just started and he was on it every night doing things in front of a worldwide audience that hadn't seen anything like it before. And 2) He has and always will market himself better than you....
I guess this little rant is just to say: YOU DON'T FOOL ME KOBE. You never have and you never will. Win a championship without your franchise trading/buying SUPERSTAR players and getting help from David Stern okaying trades that should NEVER happen and I might have a little respect.
But right now, all I see is a guy who pretends to battle through adversity when there is none there. Just be okay with having things been handed to you from the time your were born with a silver-spoon in your mouth.
And the next time you have "the Flu", stay home and let your teammates beat the Thunder by 20. I think they can handle it and might prefer you not exposing them to possible H1N1.
F*ck Kobe Bryant. Seriously.
Give me Melo any day of the week.
