8 Ball

[Reality]

by ESPNs Tom Friend.  Allegedly has interviews with Phildo and Laker players saying they don't like playing with him but they realize the Lakers are better off with him then without.  

It's on that ESPN "in" feature, I'm not paying for it.  But if some of you find it on another site go ahead and post please.

He also refers to the "sycophants at Staples".  :lol:

sycophant:  a servile self-seeking flatterer

Latin sycophanta slanderer, swindler, from Greek sykophantEs slanderer.

Synonyms:

• apple-polisher, bootlick, bootlicker, ||brownnose, ||brownnoser, ||clawback, creature, ||easy rider, footlicker, groveler, lickspit, lickspittle, minion, reptile, spaniel, ||suck, toad, toadeater, toadier, toady, truckler, yes-man

[westkoast]

:rolleyes:

You would think if these guys really did have a problem (no I dont buy interviews with unnamed Laker players saying stuff) they would act like grown men and talk about it amongst themselves.  Man to man.  Sounds like bs to me.  Especially considering there is an interview with Phil Jackson in the OC register talking about how his and Kobe's relationship is much better now and how he has appointed Kobe the floor general over the last few weeks.

[westkoast]

"Kobe and I have a very good relationship at this time comparatively with the begging of the season or the middle of the season, which was mostly due to my hands off attitude, just letting him go in his own direction as opposed to this particular time when we're connection a lot about what were trying to get accomplished at this time.  He has been designated floor general for the past couple weeks, and I think hes doing a good job and im telling him that"

Page 9 in the sports section of the Orange County Register

 

[Reality]

In this ESPN article allegedly he names names and interviews both players and Phildo re Kobe.

You might be thinking of a few weeks ago in the LA Times article where a reporter used an unamed Laker as a source.

Someones gotta have the ESPNin article, I'm sure we'll get it on this board sooner or later.

[Guest_Randy]

by ESPNs Tom Friend.  Allegedly has interviews with Phildo and Laker players saying they don't like playing with him but they realize the Lakers are better off with him then without.  

It's on that ESPN "in" feature, I'm not paying for it.  But if some of you find it on another site go ahead and post please.

He also refers to the "sycophants at Staples".  :lol:

sycophant:  a servile self-seeking flatterer

Latin sycophanta slanderer, swindler, from Greek sykophantEs slanderer.

Synonyms:

• apple-polisher, bootlick, bootlicker, ||brownnose, ||brownnoser, ||clawback, creature, ||easy rider, footlicker, groveler, lickspit, lickspittle, minion, reptile, spaniel, ||suck, toad, toadeater, toadier, toady, truckler, yes-man

Umm, did everyone like MJ?  That was a big story during MJ's heighth of popularity but the same thing was said for him -- they didn't particularly like him but they loved being on his team.  I think that's the same thing the Lakers experience with Kobe -- the same is not the case with Shaq.  Shaq is easy going and would rather laugh and play than work hard and be competitive -- Kobe would rather be "in your face" than playing around.  It's one of the things that set MJ (and Kobe) above a lot of other players in the league -- their competitive nature is greater on the court than any other player.

[westkoast]

In this ESPN article allegedly he names names and interviews both players and Phildo re Kobe.
 

Spurs marketing juggernaut at its finest

[Reality]

Mr Nothing to Add,

Do you have accurate knowledge of the article?  
Or do you just want to whine and babble and be overly defensive towards anything that does not psuedo-glorify your Marketing Idols?

[westkoast]

Mr Nothing to Add,

Do you have accurate knowledge of the article? 
Or do you just want to whine and babble and be overly defensive towards anything that does not psuedo-glorify your Marketing Idols?

Sir cry alot,

Do you have accurate knowledge of the article?  
Or do you just want to whine and babble and be overly sensitive towards anything that does not put down the Lakers?

Lighten up young buck......they are called sarcastic comments.  Dont get your front runner panties in a bunch.  Its ok for you to make idiotic statements about marketing juggernauts but no one else?