Kobe's secret Spanish for Gasol

Jordan-esque · Post #1 » by **Jordan-esque** » Wed Feb 6, 2008 11:55 pm

Pau on radio just said that on his first game in New Jersey, Kobe was actually calling out sets and offensive plays on the open floor in Spanish so that the other team's defenders wouldn't be able to understand what they were going to do!

:eyebrows:

Just like Kobe's new Nike Zoom III commercial... GENIUS!

P.S. Pau also said when Kobe would make a mistake, he would cuss in Spanish - "pu

theagent · Post #2 » by **theagent** » Thu Feb 7, 2008 12:00 am

Kobe speaks spanish??? i thought he was only fluent in italian???

Triangle Theory · Post #3 » by **Triangle Theory** » Thu Feb 7, 2008 12:02 am

WOW! I dont see Kobe leaving the Lakers when he is able to OPT out. This is so awesome.

Triangle Theory · Post #4 » by **Triangle Theory** » Thu Feb 7, 2008 12:03 am

theagent wrote:Kobe speaks spanish??? i thought he was only fluent in italian???

He seaks four or five.

hermes · Post #5 » by **hermes** » Thu Feb 7, 2008 12:07 am

how do the other players know what the calls are
they don't all speak spanish do they

Jordan-esque · Post #6 » by **Jordan-esque** » Thu Feb 7, 2008 12:11 am

Kobe speaks...

- Spanish
- Italian
- French
- English

That's Gasol, Sasha, and Turiaf's language right there.

ChocolateThundr · Post #7 » by **ChocolateThundr** » Thu Feb 7, 2008 12:11 am

hermes wrote:how do the other players know what the calls are
they don't all speak spanish do they

Im assuming the plays are for Kobe and Pau. But anyways wow this is tight

djericho · Post #8 » by **djericho** » Thu Feb 7, 2008 12:12 am

Triangle Theory wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

He seaks four or five.

I think it's just the three, But I could be wrong, unless you count Pig Latin

ogbae!! akerslae!!!

Laker1 · Post #9 » by **Laker1** » Thu Feb 7, 2008 12:13 am

Didn't know Kobe spoke French,I just lost some respect for him....

.....lol jk Hes a brilliant guy.

Post #10 » by **LLcoleJ** » Thu Feb 7, 2008 12:16 am

italian and spanish is not that far off

Post #11 » by **crazyeights** » Thu Feb 7, 2008 12:45 am

Phil_2.0 wrote:italian and spanish is not that far off

Yeah the words are very similar, but there's a whole different cadence to the language.

Also prepositions are a lot more complex in Italian, IMO.

Post #12 » by **LLcoleJ** » Thu Feb 7, 2008 12:49 am

crazyeights wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Yeah the words are very similar, but there's a whole different cadence to the language.

Also prepositions are a lot more complex in Italian, IMO.

Very true and I didnt mean they were interchangeable. The learning curve from knowing Italian makes it alot easier to learn/understand other latin based languages as opposed to those who only know one language like English.

My wife is romanian and she can understand what italians and spanish people say without any formal language training.

Sofa King · Post #13 » by **Sofa King** » Thu Feb 7, 2008 1:05 am

No wonder Kwame looked confuse on offense most of the time.

8'sReverse · Post #14 » by **8'sReverse** » Thu Feb 7, 2008 1:06 am

Obviously this means instant chemistry.

Post #15 » by **tkb** » Thu Feb 7, 2008 1:09 am

Sofa King wrote:No wonder Kwame looked confuse on offense most of the time.

The Laker Kid · Post #16 » by **The Laker Kid** » Thu Feb 7, 2008 1:17 am

It will work... as long as we don't play Mark Madsen

CDB · Post #17 » by **CDB** » Thu Feb 7, 2008 1:21 am

theagent wrote:Kobe speaks spanish??? i thought he was only fluent in italian???

You didn't know besides being the best player in the world he was a class A Genius? :wink:

Squirrel Boy · Post #18 » by **Squirrel Boy** » Thu Feb 7, 2008 1:28 am

Kobe's wife is Spanish. He learns Spanish from Vanessa. He said that on one of his sitdowns with Stephen A.

Post #19 » by **tkb** » Thu Feb 7, 2008 2:34 am

Lost in translation tonight. Lol

Whateva · Post #20 » by **Whateva** » Thu Feb 7, 2008 2:36 am

Squirrel Boy wrote:Kobe's wife is Spanish. He learns Spanish from Vanessa. He said that on one of his sitdowns with Stephen A.

She's not spanish, she speaks spanish