Just another nerd.
The Center for Consumer Freedom points out that under definitions used by the U.S. government 75 percent of the players on the L.A. Lakers and Detroit Pistons are overweight or obese.
With all that junk food he’s been eating, Kobe Bryant’s just a heart attack waiting to happen.
I don’t get this. Kobe Bryant was a hoops sensation in Pennsylvania, but now they’re booing him like crazy in Philadelphia. Its not like he said he’d never play for the 76ers or anything like that. Apparently they just hate him because he’s from the area and he’s playing for the Lakers (he did, however, get in an argument with Allen Iverson at the end of Friday’s game, but if Philly fans are getting into that, they’re really hitting bottom).
Then again, booing an opponent is one of the most absurd act in sports anyway. Dumb.
More amusing, though, is that despite all the jeers the crowd directed at Bryant, it turns out there is someone the crowd despised even more than any of the Lakers. According to ESPN,
Bryant, who got into a heated argument with Iverson at the end of Game 2, was greeted with boos and “Ko-be sucks!” chants early on. The only person who drew more boos than Bryant was former president Bill Clinton when he was caught on camera by the arena’s video screen.
Yikes.
Is Kobe Bryant a better all-around basketball player than Michael Jordan was? Someday that might be a legitimate question, but at the moment it’s silly to even ask. And yet here’s Phil Jackson saying that yes, Bryant is better than Jordan. Please.
If this weren’t the playoffs this would be a bad joke. On the other hand, this is yet another example of why Phil Jackson is, to my mind, the best NBA coach for the modern period, bar none. The man knows exactly how to motivate his players and deal with the main obstacle to success these days — superstar egos.
If you want to judge coaches by basketball knowledge, Jackson’s definitely not your man. But like Jordan, he just knows how to win.