Kobe's not going away unless the jury is composed of 12 racist Nuggets fans who've all had a family member who's been raped. Judging from his motions (complete with numerous misspellings), DA Hurlbert is about as quick on his feet as GW Bush. He's being set up for a mistrial just like the prosecution in Jayson Williams' case for keeping (and possibly concealing) evidence from the defense after being ordered by the judge to relinquish it.
Stupid melodrama? You're the one who believed what you read from an ESPN article. Stay away from ESPN. It's tripe.
Ripped from J.A. Adande of the LA Times http://www.latimes.com/sports/baske...32.column?coll=la-headlines-sports-nba-lakers Of course, this vivid reminder that Bryant can do what he wants when he wants only made Sunday's passive afternoon more glaring. Especially telling was when he went baseline, used a fake and a step-through to get past a double-team and elude a third defender to score just before halftime. This was two days after saying he couldn't get a shot off against the Kings because of, you know, the double-teams. We'll never know for sure if he did it intentionally. But sometimes perception can become reality. If enough people — especially the ones wearing Laker jerseys — think he did it, then it's just as bad as if he actually did. Especially telling is this: Bryant is just hard-headed enough that people believe he could do it. ... I've asked several players why they don't just go to Bryant with their complaints. They feel it wouldn't do any good, that he's so stubborn he'll just do what he wants to anyway. They want Jackson to do something about it. Jackson's problem is that he doesn't have any more juice; he has been unplugged by owner Jerry Buss. First Buss made it clear he favored Bryant during an ESPN interview. Then the Lakers ended contract discussions with Jackson, forcing the coach to finish the season as a lame duck. Jackson could attempt to use what little remaining power he has and bench Bryant whenever he strays from the program. But then he risks alienating Buss and the Laker fans by depriving them of the chance to watch the team's most exciting player. That's not the best way to secure a contract extension. Is that putting his own interests first? Sure. That's the way it is for almost everyone around, with so many people's futures up in the air and so much money at stake. This isn't a basketball team, it's "The Apprentice.
Actually, I believed what I saw in the game. Did you watch the game? Do you really believe the Kings defense all of a sudden shut him down completely? He's been double teamed before, and it didn't limit him to 13 shots in 42 minutes and One shot in the first half. You really think the Kings defense could prevent Kobe Bryant from shooting more than that if he wanted to? please.
