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Nothing says it’s baseball season…
…like seeing Ned Colletti…
..at the Oscars?
Maybe he thinks “Moneyball” was about him. Or he’s there to remind everyone that he was on the better end of a Milton-Bradley-for-Andre-Ethier trade, unlike you know, the guy “Moneyball” is based on.
Kobe Bryant throws another teammate under the bus; what else is new?
Kobe Bryant is the second greatest Laker ever (no, this guy is still No. 1), so my love and appreciation for his game knows no bounds.
But let’s be clear. What he did to Pau Gasol yesterday is pretty shitty. Kinda like what he did to Andrew Bynum.
Let’s not kid ourselves. Bryant wasn’t coming to Gasol’s defense with his post-game comments, as I’ve heard many suggest. He wants Gasol traded, and he wants it done sooner then later.
He’s realizing that there’s a big difference between the Lakers (a good team) and the NBA elites (Heat, Thunder, maybe the Bulls), and the only way to bridge that gap is to trade Gasol to fill other holes.
It’s fine to think that. Heck, the Lakers thought that, too, and likely still think that. But they can’t do anything about that until March 15, so what’s the point of complaining about it publicly now?
All Kobe did was fuel the idiotic Pau-is-soft myth by stating that Gasol has been affected by trade rumors (despite the fact that Gasol dropped 17/12/6 in the same game where No. 24 committed 10 turnovers), in addition to just about ruining any leverage the Lakers had in possible Gasol trades.
Remember when Kobe bitched about Bynum? All the Lakers were offered for him were stiffs like Jermaine O’Neal. Thankfully, management knew better and used other assets (expiring contract, young prospects, future draft picks) to land the piece that elevated them into a title winner.
You know, the guy Kobe is hoping gets shipped out of town now.
Congrats to Ryan Braun…
…On winning the National League MVP. He had a spectacular season (just not the most spectacular).
It’s not his fault that the people voting on the award are baboons.
