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Untold Kobe stories (now told by Kevin Ding)

Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2014 4:52 am
by ArC_man
19 "untold" stories for his 19th season.

Some fun tidbits in here like:
Bryant has broken his nose and will be diagnosed with a concussion from a blow to the face delivered by Dwyane Wade in the 2012 All-Star Game. (Bryant makes both those free throws, too, by the way.)

He finishes the game, a three-point Western Conference victory, and breaks Michael Jordan's career All-Star scoring record. Bryant feels bad enough, though, that he skips the postgame media session.

Before leaving Orlando's Amway Center, getting more treatment and taking a long flight home, Bryant has one stop to make: seeing Wade, who had hit Bryant from behind upon being blown by on a third-quarter spin move. The moment is recounted in the book Relentless by Tim Grover, trainer to both Bryant and Wade:

"Kobe wanted to see him face-to-face before he'd go to the hospital. It wasn't about vengeance or retaliation or settling the score. It was about the law and order of the jungle, two animals instinctively facing off, the lion king getting up on that rock so the rest of the jungle could see who was in charge. One direct, silent look that says, 'I still own this, motherf----r.'"


http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2172 ... ld-stories

Re: Untold Kobe stories (now told by Kevin Ding)

Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2014 5:42 am
by #9
thanks for sharing

Re: Untold Kobe stories (now told by Kevin Ding)

Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2014 11:37 am
by Marionettetc
Thanks for the re post, it was a very good read

Re: Untold Kobe stories (now told by Kevin Ding)

Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2014 4:02 pm
by RJM
Awesome.

Re: Untold Kobe stories (now told by Kevin Ding)

Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2014 8:16 pm
by MAMBAEMD
Really good stuff.

Re: Untold Kobe stories (now told by Kevin Ding)

Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2014 8:57 pm
by Mamba Venom
I read it and loved it.

LOL at I know more than these guys.

Re: Untold Kobe stories (now told by Kevin Ding)

Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2014 10:18 pm
by crazyeights
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aimEswd0pA0[/youtube]

A teaser for a Kobe doc on Showtime just came out today. Figure I'll leave it here.

Re: Untold Kobe stories (now told by Kevin Ding)

Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2014 3:18 pm
by Tonyism74
Umm...some were just filler. Nevertheless, good read.

Re: Untold Kobe stories (now told by Kevin Ding)

Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2014 5:08 pm
by dAdo dA dEvil
... nice one ... :nod:

Re: Untold Kobe stories (now told by Kevin Ding)

Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2014 6:28 pm
by TrippyNate
man that doc is gunna be epic cant wait for that