"Even when he was in Memphis and he was the go-to guy, he was always very nice," Kobe Bryant said of Gasol. "Very white swan. I need him to be black swan. Be an (expletive) sometimes."
"It definitely had a very positive effect on me that he approached me," Gasol said. "He let me know, 'Look, it starts with us. And I'll go, but you've got to go, too.' "
Nice to know that Kobe is looking to step up and is looking for help doing it. If this were say, Shaq, I feel like this would be more of a convo like:
Kobe: "Stop being fat"
Shaq: "Stop being ign'ant I'm superman"
Kobe: "That's not a word"
With Gasol its like:
Kobe: "Yo Pau, tenemos que intensificar. ¿Estás conmigo?"
Pau: "Sí hombre, podemos hacer esto. Voy a ser tu cisne negro."
Kobe: "**** sí, vamos a tres de turba!"