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ESPN: Kobe Bryant Puts The Last Year In Perspective
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"Michael is Michael, let me be me" [1:41 min]
NBA-Blog — Dass man auch einem Stephen A. Smith den Mund zunageln kann, ist das eigentlich Bewundernswerte an diesem Statement Kobe Bryants:

ESPN: Sunday Conversation: Kobe Bryant
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ESPN.com - TrueHoop — From the Associated Press: "[Doc Rivers] smiled and added, 'I told Kobe, the one thing I know from this point on, our generation had better bodies than their generation, because they looked horrible in those shorts.' Bryant wasn't thrilled about wearing the old-time shorts. 'I don't know what it feels like to wear a thong, but I imagine it feels something like what we had on in the first half,' he said with a grin. 'I felt violated.'" Chad Ford's latest mock draft includes the idea that the Grizzlies might trade up to get Michael Beasley. That idea intrigues me. They should take that kind of gamble. If he plays as well in the NBA as he ...

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