Pics, video later
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Some stuff he said.
Rookie year each of the new guys got a "mentor". His was Cedric Ceballos. During practice and stuff, Ceballos would be telling Kobe "get me the f*cking ball" and cussing him out. Later on, Kobe goes to the back of the bus, where the cool guys sit and rookies aren't allowed, goes up to Cedric, points at him and tells him (don't have this word for word of course) basically to never f*cking disrespect him again or he'll pop him in the face. The next day, his mentors were B Scott and Eddie Jones.
Hardest player to guard? Carmelo. Guys like Wade and Lebron and others are good in one/few aspects, like driving to the hole or just shooting. Melo can do it all, post, mid, 3, step left, step right, everything.
Who guards you best? Tony Allen. He's not the biggest guy but he knows how to guard you. He then went on to talk about how he can tell that some guys give up, each guy has a breaking point. Sometimes after you drain 2 shots on them they don't play as hard. Sometimes 3, 4, whatever. But each guy can break.
What do you think about Miami? He respects them. Doesn't give a **** if they win their division or whatever, he'll see them in June. Said Lebron and Wade play the same way so that causes them problems.
He said the Lakers will win the title next year. Also said he will be in the Olympics.
Talked about him and Lamar hating on Pau. In 2008 USA won the Gold over Spain. In 2010 USA won the Gold with Lamar. Kobe and Lamar would go up to Pau and show off their golds to hate on him haha. This year Pau got a gold so Kobe texted him and congratulated him. Pau replied "What do you want..". Kobe said "Nothing, just saying congrats." "Thanks." "You'll never win one again".
Last year he took a lot of practices off. He said he got mad that the Lakers lost their edge without him. He would see Drew and Pau on opposite sides. Pau would make a shot, Drew would tell him "nice shot man"... Kobe don't play dat shyt.
Said about Italy, don't believe everything you hear. Neither he nor the team will reason any info til something is official, so don't believe the BS.
Said he went to the lockout meeting yesterday, was boring and stupid. The same arguments over and over, no real negotiating, just repeating the same thing. He also said 50/50 is dumb, people think that's equal but it really isn't.
Can you give a shoutout to Imadul? And out of any player in the NBA, who would you want on your team? What do you do when you wake up at 6am?
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GK5sjh7zJw[/youtube]
"Jordan would never want you to know this, but I call him sometimes and we talk and he calls right back"
Kwame Brown story!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZoHAjaMYkg[/youtube]
Short one talking about who is better, him or Messi
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2vxox52U8k[/youtube]
Kobe speaking on Jordan
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvBXMvMdhHs[/youtube]
Talking about 2002 Kings ("they shoulda beat us")
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8agGHdVw1eY[/youtube]
2010 Celtics ("Greatest feeling I had winning a championship")
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUOzcvJ7dLM[/youtube]
and Cedric didn't even retaliate. it was good though. I'd rather be mentored by B.Scott and E.Jones.
