During a scrimmage Kobe Bryant went Willem Defoe in Platoon on his Laker teammates. ESPN reports that Bryant went at Jeremy Lin with classic shit-talk, “This motherfucker don’t got shit. He ain’t got shit right now. Shoot! Shoot!” After Lin missed a pull-up jumper, Bryant said, “I talked his ass right into that bullshit. I talked his ass right into that bullshit.”
Check out Nick Young jawing back at the future Hall Of Famer, it’s great.
And here is Kobe ethering his teammates whilst walking off the court.
Is there anything wrong with this? Nope. It’s all part of the game, plus, this goes on during practice scrimmages all the time. At times more or less depending on the player. We all know media outlets are probably going to crucify Bryant, but it is what it is.
Epic trash talk between Kobe and Nick Young at practice. Young to Kobe: “Nobody in the world can guard me. Nobody!”
— Mike Bresnahan (@Mike_Bresnahan) December 11, 2014
Kobe extremely unhappy on the practice court. “Now I see why we’ve lost so many games. We’re soft like Charmin!”
— Mike Bresnahan (@Mike_Bresnahan) December 11, 2014
Kobe yelled to Kupchak while leaving practice court: “These (expletives) aren’t doing (expletive) for me.” Didn’t think team practiced hard.
— Mike Bresnahan (@Mike_Bresnahan) December 11, 2014
More Kobe: He didn’t think the second unit did a good enough job today. Starters crushed them in scrimmage.
— Mike Bresnahan (@Mike_Bresnahan) December 11, 2014
Kobe: “I just challenge guys, see what happens. I’ve always believed in throwing them in the pool and then seeing if they can sink or swim.”
— Mike Bresnahan (@Mike_Bresnahan) December 11, 2014
Kobe laughed when asked about Nick Young: “I think Nick probably regrets getting me started in practice and saying something.”
— Mike Bresnahan (@Mike_Bresnahan) December 11, 2014
Kobe on Nick Young’s proclomation that nobody in this world can guard him one-on-one: “Thank god I’m not from this world.”
— Mike Bresnahan (@Mike_Bresnahan) December 11, 2014
Young on trash-talking with Kobe: “It brings out the best in practice…when you’re going at it like that.”
— Mike Bresnahan (@Mike_Bresnahan) December 11, 2014
