The following is a quote from my favorite sports writer ever, (not named Hunter S. Thompson) and that is Bill Simmons. Anyways, this quote comes from an article he wrote today about the crazy west and how things might shake up towards the end of the season and how he see's the playoffs shaking up, (Funny thing, but didn't I just do that in my latest post, and to think he and I see eye to eye on one thing, a Lakers/Celtics finals would be the best thing EVER!!!!).
Okay so here's what he mentioned about my Kobe and a scene that I witnessed but never gave much a thought about until now. It's from a game the Lakers played on monday against the Warriors, a game the Lakers won by the way)
Biggest weakness: I know he's been playing out of his mind lately, but I still don't trust Lamar Odom. During regulation of Monday's Warriors game, he went to the line in the final few seconds with a one-point lead, endured a few taunts and standing-in-front-of-him maneuvers from Davis and Jackson ... and eventually, he had this weird smile on his face, almost like the smile a boxer gets right before he's about to get knocked out. Of course, he missed the first free throw. Mark my words -- there's going to be at least one monster moment in April, May or June when Odom has to come through in a humongous spot for the Lakers. And he won't.
(Follow-up to that story: In that same game, the Lakers were up two with four seconds left in overtime when Kobe got fouled. Three interesting things here. First, none of the Warriors came within 10 feet of him as he was preparing to shoot the first free throw. Second, he stared down all the Warriors around him, drained the first free throw and muttered "Game over, game over" to everyone who would listen. Third, he made the second one and that was that. The lesson, as always: It's good to have Kobe Bryant on your team.)
If you want to read the rest of the article, just go to the bottom of this blog and click on his link.
later.
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