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Kobe's secret Spanish for Gasol
Posted: Wed Feb 6, 2008 11:55 pm
by Jordan-esque
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!
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
Posted: Thu Feb 7, 2008 12:00 am
by theagent
Kobe speaks spanish??? i thought he was only fluent in italian???
Posted: Thu Feb 7, 2008 12:02 am
by Triangle Theory
WOW! I dont see Kobe leaving the Lakers when he is able to OPT out. This is so awesome.
Posted: Thu Feb 7, 2008 12:03 am
by Triangle Theory
theagent wrote:Kobe speaks spanish??? i thought he was only fluent in italian???
He seaks four or five.
Posted: Thu Feb 7, 2008 12:07 am
by hermes
how do the other players know what the calls are
they don't all speak spanish do they
Posted: Thu Feb 7, 2008 12:11 am
by Jordan-esque
Kobe speaks...
- Spanish
- Italian
- French
- English
That's Gasol, Sasha, and Turiaf's language right there.
Posted: Thu Feb 7, 2008 12:11 am
by ChocolateThundr
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
Posted: Thu Feb 7, 2008 12:12 am
by djericho
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!!!
Posted: Thu Feb 7, 2008 12:13 am
by Laker1
Didn't know Kobe spoke French,I just lost some respect for him....
.....lol jk Hes a brilliant guy.
Posted: Thu Feb 7, 2008 12:16 am
by LLcoleJ
italian and spanish is not that far off
Posted: Thu Feb 7, 2008 12:45 am
by crazyeights
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.
Posted: Thu Feb 7, 2008 12:49 am
by LLcoleJ
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.
Posted: Thu Feb 7, 2008 1:05 am
by Sofa King
No wonder Kwame looked confuse on offense most of the time.
Posted: Thu Feb 7, 2008 1:06 am
by 8'sReverse
Obviously this means instant chemistry.
Posted: Thu Feb 7, 2008 1:09 am
by tkb
Sofa King wrote:No wonder Kwame looked confuse on offense most of the time.
Posted: Thu Feb 7, 2008 1:17 am
by The Laker Kid
It will work... as long as we don't play Mark Madsen
Posted: Thu Feb 7, 2008 1:21 am
by CDB
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?
Posted: Thu Feb 7, 2008 1:28 am
by Squirrel Boy
Kobe's wife is Spanish. He learns Spanish from Vanessa. He said that on one of his sitdowns with Stephen A.
Posted: Thu Feb 7, 2008 2:34 am
by tkb
Lost in translation tonight. Lol
Posted: Thu Feb 7, 2008 2:36 am
by Whateva
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