Young Lakers interview - ESPN

The Red Army · Post #1 » by **The Red Army** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 9:01 pm

wassup ya'll................raps fan here, and i saw this on espn, thought it would be good to post it here...........i didnt see it posted but if was , you can lock this

its basically andrew bynum, sasha, jordan talking about the lakers and other things

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/st ... ortCat=nba

Kobe_for_3 · Post #2 » by **Kobe_for_3** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 9:38 pm

that was funny. At the start LC pronounces the "machines" name Sasha Vuajack.

Post #3 » by **Danny Darko** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 9:45 pm

Thanks for the article.

CITYOFANGELSX3 · Post #4 » by **CITYOFANGELSX3** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 10:04 pm

it wouldnt work for me

nermindee · Post #5 » by **nermindee** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 10:56 pm

"a burden he must carry alone" lol he was was trying to hard to make it sound like something from the lord of the rings hahahaha, crappy article.

Frantik · Post #6 » by **Frantik** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 12:21 am

CITYOFANGELSX3 wrote:it wouldnt work for me

+1

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furrywan6 · Post #7 » by **furrywan6** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 1:42 am

"She gave me her underwear, and I was like 'Oh God!'" lol Sasha is priceless

iamworthy · Post #8 » by **iamworthy** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 3:08 am

Try this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5_xkb9E5w0

Mos Def · Post #9 » by **Mos Def** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 3:29 am

iamworthy wrote:Try this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5_xkb9E5w0

Thanks iamworthy, hilarious interview.

Farsi Man · Post #10 » by **Farsi Man** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 4:29 am

Sasha Vujajack lol

Post #11 » by **milesfides** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 4:57 am

Partial Transcript of the discussion about last summer and training camp:

LZ: Let's just be real for a minute. [everybody gets quiet] You start off the season, your number one guy says he wants to be traded. So when did this conversation about winning the Pacific happen - it couldn't have happened then. So at which point did you really start thinking, we're a really good team and we can win."

Machine: Training Camp.

Ronny: I don't agree with that statement.

Jordy: Yeah, I don't agree with that at all.

LZ: Ok, well, help me out.

Jordy: That was all you guys in the media.

Ronny: Yeah.

Jordy: You guys blowing it up. In house, we were always together from the get go -

Ronny: From the get go -

Jordy: Once he came together - once we came together -

LZ: So he never said, "I want to get traded"?

[in the background, Sasha is heard saying, "Drew. It's good. Should I get you some chicken?"]

Ronny: To us? Face to face?

LZ: No, no. He never said, "I want to get traded"?

[Ronny, confused, scrunches up his face]

Jordy: Oh, that was an offseason issue. As soon as training camp started, we were all together-

Ronny: It was a different story.

Jordy: -You know, it had nothing to do with anything. His issue with management was his issue with management

Ronny: Yeah. That was his issue, we were taking care of business on the basketball court.

Jordy: We were cool as soon as he came to training camp, everybody was on the same page. We started off by saying we trying to win the championship-

LZ: So, so from beginning of training camp, that's when you said, we're going to-

Ronny: -let's do it. Let me tell you a funny story. We all sitting at the table, in training camp

-laughter all around-

And Coach Jackson asks us to introduce ourselves, right. Where you from and all that stuff. Everybody says where they're from and all that stuff. And uh..haha...Kobe gets up...[Ronny puts on a serious face] "Kobe Bryant. I want a championship." That's all he said. So from the get go, we were all like, OK, we'd better be ready to go because the man is ready to go.

LZ: Did you believe from the beginning that you could win a championship?

Ronny (irritated): Why not?

LZ: Because you had just gotten bounced from the playoffs a year before.

Ronny (shrugs): Well, we were one rebound away from beating Phoenix.

-laughter-

Sasha: You know, Kobe's playing like MVP this year so I think that's the big key to our success because he just makes everybody better. And you know, when we play as a team we're very hard to beat.

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The rest of the discussion is really cool and illuminating, especially Andrew who starts talking a lot but looked a little nervous and quiet during the training camp talk.

But I'm tired of typing. Enjoy, and thanks for the video post!

MAMBAEMD · Post #12 » by **MAMBAEMD** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 5:02 am

Hilariuos

Erik Eleven · Post #13 » by **Erik Eleven** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 6:54 am

"I'm Kobe Bryant. I want a championship."

How's that for a welcome back?

The Laker Kid · Post #14 » by **The Laker Kid** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 8:47 am

lol.. Andrew looks sooo relaxed

Chubby Chaser · Post #15 » by **Chubby Chaser** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 6:40 pm

The Laker Kid wrote:lol.. Andrew looks sooo relaxed

It's hard to forget how young he is when he's on the floor.... But seeing an interview like this just reminds you of how young he really is.

Cboywhitey · Post #16 » by **Cboywhitey** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 11:56 am

My favorite thing in the video is this...

There is pizza on the table. The dude ordered food from California Pizza Kitchen. The guys are all grubbing down. All of them but Bynum.

This might not seem like much. But to me this is huge. As a guy who is a fitness freak. It drives me crazy when I see Athletes eat anything they want. Junk food like crazy. You can't perform at your highest level if you are eating junk. The major difference between an Olympian and a professional athlete is usually seen in their diets. It's why Olympian's are the fastest/strongest/highest jumping people on the planet and not runningbacks/shortstops/guards. I can't help but admire a guy who is sold out. One reason my respect for Kobe grew this year is diet. He said during the summer games that he lost weight to get quicker...but he had always gotten by eating whatever he wanted. He said now that he's older he can't do that anymore...he has to eat better. Finally he is getting it. It's insane to think but the young kobe could have been even better...even faster...even more explosive. In many many ways a highly tuned in and well oiled diet can produce performance enhancing effects similar to roids. If bonds took that rout his ball might not have an asterisk on it.

The guy even asks bynum about it...like your mom cooks you too much food that why you're not eating my food and he's like nah that's not why.

That tells me a lot. The kid is serious about what he is doing. The remarks phil made about him in the past...kobe...others??? might have got him going. Maybe it's an inner self thing...all I know is the kid is getting things right. He committed to a meal plan and diet last summer and it looks at least in this interview...as though he is still committed to it. After missing half the season the dude is still turning down insulin restricting and damaging glycogen busting pizza dough. Michael Johnson doesn't win gold medals and become the fastest man running 28 mph by eating pizza.

I'm pumped up now. Thanks for this video.

In the fitness industry food is harder than the workouts. Most athletes fail in their diet and not in their workouts. So when I see a guy passing up pizza. It tells me some'n about him. At 19 or 20 and selling out like that...man I'm pumped for what this kid can do...I could be reading into it. But I don't think so...

I love seeing athletes...on my favorite teams especially...completely sold out!

0HeadAche0 · Post #17 » by **0HeadAche0** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 1:42 pm

i would be inconsolable if ronny turiaf left the lakers, i would probably cry for 2 days straight. i love him.

Verbal · Post #18 » by **Verbal** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 9:12 am

Erik Eleven wrote:"I'm Kobe Bryant. I want a championship."

How's that for a welcome back?

Say what? Say what?

He said that?

Post #19 » by **Slava** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 4:20 pm

^^Yeah I believe it was during the pre-season photo shoot. Phil says that comment revved up most of the young guys on the team to perform better and meet his expectations.

Erik Eleven · Post #20 » by **Erik Eleven** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 6:37 pm

"I'm Ronny Turiaf, I'm from Martinique"
"I'm Vladimir Radmanovic, I'm from Serbia"
"I'm Brian Cook, I will be traded so that you guys can win rings"
"I'm Sasha Vujacic, I'm from Slovenia"
"I'm Lamar Odom, I'm from New York"
"I'm Andrew Bynum, I'm from New Jersey"
"I'm Derek Fisher, I'm from Little Rock, Arkansas"
"I'm Jordan Farmar, I'm from LA"
"I'm Kobe Bryant. I want a championship"

I don't know about you, but that'd wake me up.