Three days after the embarassment of losing the NBA finals in the worst defeat in finals history in game 6 and losing the largest lead in NBA finals history in game 4, the Lakers gathered one final time for the end of season team meeting. Let's listen in.
Mitch Kupchek: Well gentlemen, I think we can safely say.......
Kobe: You ####
Phil Jackson: Wonderful. He's going off again. Hold on, let me get a recorder so I can write another book and make another million while explaining why none of this is my fault.
Kobe: Forget it. I took all your #### when you wrote the first book, never said a word back. I kept quiet all season long but I'm not taking the heat for this one. There are a bunch of people in this room who stink and I'm saying what's up. Let's start with you Gasol. What the hell is your problem? Did you sign a contract with some toilet tissue company right before the finals and wanted to prove how soft you are?
Gasol: It's not my fault. In Spain we live with our mother until we marry and I was worried that my brother will get to be a big star with Memphis and I have problems with the language and besides I have a gold medal. Do you? I replaced Kwame Brown, it's not my fault I looked so good for a while.
Kobe: Shut up.
Jerry Buss: I can tear myself away from these bimbos if you like Kobe and trade Pau for nothing like I did Shaq if you like.
Kobe: If you were sober.
Lamar Odom: Can I ask a question? Who did we get for Shaq?
Kobe: Chill LaChoke, I'm getting to you. What's up with you Vlad? You live with your mother until you're 83 in Transylvania or where ever it is you're from? You couldn't even try a flop once in a while? If you can't guard anyone then why couldn't you just at least try until you fouled out or something?
Vlad: I tried Kobe, I swear to God I planned to foul out before the end of the first quarter in every game but Phil kept pulling me out of the game. Didn't you see me punching the padding? I knew Phil was pulling me.
Jerry Buss: Want me to fire Phil again Kobe?
Kobe: I'd settle for seeing you sober and with someone half your age. At least 40 or whatever. What is your story Turiaf? You had more fouls for the finals than points or rebounds. What's your excuse?
Ronny Turiaf: I honestly don't know Kobe. I was pumped, completely wound up and ready to go until Lamar told me that I had to drive him over to J.R. Rider's house and after that nothing seemed to be real. It was like I was floating in Jello.
Lamar Odom: That had nothing to do with it. It was the 117 big macs you ate on the way home. Who did we get for Shaq? I have it right on the tip of my tongue but for the life of me I can't say it.
Kobe: It was Kwame Brown you attention disorder ####. Remember that now?
Lamar Odom: No need to call names Kobe. But thanks, I was way off base. I was going to say Chris Mihm.
Chris Mihm: No way. I played for Boston.
Kobe: Damn sure did. And while we're at it Sasha what the hell happened to the machine?
Sasha: It's not my fault. I was warming up and had my stroke when Farmar wouldn't give up the ball and started yelling at me every time I touched it.
Farmar: Oh sure you found your stroke. I was 0-19 nd you were 2-17. Some stroke. I was shooting my way out of the slump and you were ball hogging.
Lamar Odom: I GOT IT!!!!! The next time you start thinking of calling me names Kobe Bryant you better think again. I'm not just your average dummy. We didn't get Kwame Brown for Shaq. We got Chucky Atkins for Shaq. How about that Mr. MVP? What time does game 5 start?
(Phil Jackson walking down hallway with Mitch Kupchek)
They're just getting warmed up. Kobe is not going to take any #### on this one. He's getting blamed for a total team breakdown that even I couldn't change by giving them all pictures of Jeannie Buss's Playboy Magazine shoot. He'll have them in there for a week.
Which part did you think was serious? Just the Kobe hating by you or the part that Lamar Odom is so dumb that he doesn't even know who the Lakers got for Shaq?
I never understood the Bynum thing. He went from no surgery and out 5 to 8 weeks to out for the season and surgery. I thought sports doctors these days knew what they were doing?
Yeah, you could do a hold routine with just Bynum, his doctors, and Phil.
Personally, I think it will be 2 years before he's back to where he was ... if he ever gets back ...
Nique
Rumor has it that the Lakers would've won the championship . Had they decided to place a life placard of Gisele Bundchen an a state of dressin the players' locker as an incentive to win. And then with each on ensuning win then the players would've begun to disrobe her.
A word to the Lakers' back office and coaching staff. There's a distinct difference between Gisele Bundchen and Bea Arthur .
But instead of getting a lifesize placard of Bundchen . Some id*iot within the Lakers' hierarchy went for a lifesize placard of Bea Arthur instead.
Surely any fool can see the difference between the two ?
Now I know why Kobe in particular was so angry and his teammates were so damn mad !
justan' aka tophatal ...........
Last edited by justanotherfan on June 23rd at 11:49 AM.
I don't think Kobe Bryant is the most arrogant person in the NBA. He's not even close to being as arrogant as Lebron James and Lebron is the second most overrated player in the NBA behind LeMar Odom.
I'm a Kobe fan. He is currently the greatest player in the NBA. In five years he may not be. Five years ago he may not have been. That was then, this is now. If you can't deal with that then kiss my grits. I'm sick of people hating instead of enjoying one of the all time greats. They don't come along very often and if your immaturity can't appreciate Kobe Bryant you're not mature enough to even listen to. Have a nice day.
