Clyde interview @ IGN

Dirk_Diggler · Mar 9, 2006

Clyde Drexler Interview

pradaxpimp · Mar 9, 2006

nice read.

hashmander · Mar 10, 2006

IGN Sports: As a former guard, what do you think of Kobe Bryant's play this year?

Clyde Drexler: Kobe was the NBA's Golden Child until what happened out in Colorado tarnished his reputation. In high school, in the NBA, he was a good citizen, a nice guy. The thing that happened tarnished his image, commercially especially, but Kobe has always been a real nice guy. He's comeback in a nice way. Obviously, the disputes with Shaq and Phil Jackson didn't help, but at the end of the day, Kobe Bryant loves the game of basketball and all he does is come out and play. He's carrying his team, but we all had to do that in the past. I had to carry teams, Michael had to carry teams. He had Shaq early, and to play with a great player early makes everything so much easier…they won three championships. You get comfortable with that. But now that great player isn't there and you don't have the supporting cast, you know what that means? He has to work three times as hard, which in turn takes years off your career, you're going to get injured, and still, you're team might not win. So it's a whole lot more difficult. Knowing what he experienced the last year and a half, I'm sure he's a lot more appreciative of what he had before. It's a learning experience. I'm sure, if he had this experience before he had Shaq, he would've made sure Shaq was happy at all time. [laughs]
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pretty much sums up t-mac's orlando years and his current physical state.

glynch · Mar 10, 2006

Good read. Clyde as only a video game player!!

Clyde sounds so well spoken. Was this cleaned up? He doesn't sound so great on the play by play of the Rockets.

thephatp · Mar 10, 2006

hashmander said:

pretty much sums up t-mac's orlando years and his current physical state.
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Good point. Of course, we all hope he doesn't continue to have these problems, but you have to wonder if he's not thinking something like that.

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