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Name the only 4 former teammates Kobe considers friends 

Post#1 » by dockingsched » Tue Dec 1, 2015 5:22 am

Can you name the only four players Kobe said he considers friends from his 20 yr career?

After guessing, answer is in the spoiler tag:

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CHICAGO—In his foreword to Caron Butler’s recently released memoir, Tuff Juice, Kobe Bryant revealed that over the course of his 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers, there have been just four teammates that he considers friends. Butler was one of them, as were Derek Fisher, Ronny Turiaf and, most notably, Pau Gasol.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2594581-pau-gasol-recognizes-kobe-bryant-as-one-of-the-best-ever-ahead-of-retirement?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=share&utm_campaign=web-des-art-top-19
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Re: Name the only 4 former teammates Kobe considers friends 

Post#2 » by Crooked-I » Tue Dec 1, 2015 5:41 am

Pau Gasol, Caron Butler, Derek Fisher, and MWP.
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Post#3 » by snaquille oatmeal » Tue Dec 1, 2015 5:48 am

Smush, Slava, The Machine, and Chucky Atkins
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Re: Name the only 4 former teammates Kobe considers friends 

Post#4 » by Slava » Tue Dec 1, 2015 6:02 am

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Fisher
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Re: Name the only 4 former teammates Kobe considers friends 

Post#5 » by TyCobb » Tue Dec 1, 2015 6:16 am

So not LO all of a sudden?
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Post#6 » by ArC_man » Tue Dec 1, 2015 6:31 am

Damn, I missed Ronny, I thought it was Lamar instead.
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Post#7 » by SubZero » Tue Dec 1, 2015 6:43 am

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Post#8 » by Tarik_shaq » Tue Dec 1, 2015 7:14 am

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Re: Name the only 4 former teammates Kobe considers friends 

Post#9 » by Danny Darko » Tue Dec 1, 2015 7:17 am

dockingsched wrote:Can you name the only four players Kobe said he considers friends from his 20 yr career?

After guessing, answer is in the spoiler tag:

Spoiler:
CHICAGO—In his foreword to Caron Butler’s recently released memoir, Tuff Juice, Kobe Bryant revealed that over the course of his 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers, there have been just four teammates that he considers friends. Butler was one of them, as were Derek Fisher, Ronny Turiaf and, most notably, Pau Gasol.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2594581-pau-gasol-recognizes-kobe-bryant-as-one-of-the-best-ever-ahead-of-retirement?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=share&utm_campaign=web-des-art-top-19


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Re: Name the only 4 former teammates Kobe considers friends 

Post#10 » by carlquincy » Tue Dec 1, 2015 7:44 am

Come on. Odom is definitely on the list.

Pau, Odom, Fisher and Butler/Sasha/Turiaf?
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Post#11 » by Dr Aki » Tue Dec 1, 2015 12:44 pm

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Post#12 » by Wavy Q » Tue Dec 1, 2015 1:41 pm

this turned into the name obscure teammates thread fast.
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Post#13 » by Sofa King » Tue Dec 1, 2015 3:36 pm

miggs, slava, hermes, gek
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Post#14 » by cashflo » Tue Dec 1, 2015 4:13 pm

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Re: Name the only 4 former teammates Kobe considers friends 

Post#15 » by gts1 » Tue Dec 1, 2015 4:22 pm

TyCobb wrote:So not LO all of a sudden?
Never thought of them as buddies... good teammates, they got along great and respected each other but off the floor two totally different people... Kobe definitely strikes me as a person who's going to stay away from the party guys...
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Re: Name the only 4 former teammates Kobe considers friends 

Post#16 » by dockingsched » Tue Dec 1, 2015 4:42 pm

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TyCobb wrote:So not LO all of a sudden?
Never thought of them as buddies... good teammates, they got along great and respected each other but off the floor two totally different people... Kobe definitely strikes me as a person who's going to stay away from the party guys...

Kobe flew out to be by Lamar's side during his recent health scare, weird he didn't list him as a friend whenever the piece in the OP was written.
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Re: Name the only 4 former teammates Kobe considers friends 

Post#17 » by Kilroy » Tue Dec 1, 2015 5:20 pm

I think naming guys like LO and Shaq would distract the intended audience from the purpose of this and all the retirement articles. Namely, it would become more about his relationship with LO and Shaq and less about the completion of his 20 yr career. I think those other articles will come later.
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Re: Name the only 4 former teammates Kobe considers friends 

Post#18 » by gts1 » Tue Dec 1, 2015 5:30 pm

dockingsched wrote:
gts1 wrote:
TyCobb wrote:So not LO all of a sudden?
Never thought of them as buddies... good teammates, they got along great and respected each other but off the floor two totally different people... Kobe definitely strikes me as a person who's going to stay away from the party guys...

Kobe flew out to be by Lamar's side during his recent health scare, weird he didn't list him as a friend whenever the piece in the OP was written.

I've visited colleagues in the hospital to lend support that I consider a friend but not considered them really "A Friend" if you know what I mean.... And he didn't fly there, the Lakers were in Vegas that day.

I guess it's all in how you look at the word "friend"
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Re: Name the only 4 former teammates Kobe considers friends 

Post#19 » by dockingsched » Tue Dec 1, 2015 5:34 pm

Kilroy wrote:I think naming guys like LO and Shaq would distract the intended audience from the purpose of this and all the retirement articles. Namely, it would become more about his relationship with LO and Shaq and less about the completion of his 20 yr career. I think those other articles will come later.
the info is from a foreword that Kobe wrote for Caron's autobiography. The context isn't really kobes retirement or his 20 yr career.
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Re: Name the only 4 former teammates Kobe considers friends 

Post#20 » by ItsThatEasy » Tue Dec 1, 2015 10:52 pm

People are definitely looking too much into the whole LO hospital visit. It's exactly like having a work friend who you relate to work wise. In terms of basketball Kobe and LO were great together, probably had lots of long talks about the game. Off the court though they're not necessarily "friends". Still, you're going to visit that guy in the hospital if he's right down the street because of your work history together.

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