Kobe and Artest’s ‘Conversation’
Going into Houston last night, the Lakers were in the midst of a three-game road losing streak, and Kobe Bryant wasn’t exactly feeling chipper. And that was before Ron Artest began jawing at him.
With the Lakers trailing headed into the second half, the two stars started going at it, and that’s when the trouble began for Ron-Ron. Their chat went something like this:
Clearly, they were jawing back and forth. They also were shoving, which earned them matching technical fouls with a little less than 7 minutes left in the game. I wasn’t close enough to hear what was said, but my answer to Ramona was this:
Artest: “Eff you.”
Kobe: “No, eff you.”
Artest: “No, no, eff you.”
Kobe: “No, no, no, eff you.”Bryant would later say only that their conversation was “edgy.” I ran my guess of their conversation by Derek Fisher and he laughed and said, “Yeah, something like that.”
The agitated Bryant scored 31 of his 37 in the second half, leading the Lakeshow to a much-needed road victory.
The number of F bombs dropped, however, has yet to be tallied.
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And then Ron was all like, “I will literally eat your kids! Seriously, I would.”
And then Kobe was like, “Dude, that’s not cool.”
And Ron was like, “But I’m from the hood! And I hate it when dudes wear girl jeans!”
And Kobe’s like, “That actually bugs me out too. Like, that Wayne guy? What is up with that?”
And Ron’s all, “I know, homie. It’s messed up. Kids today. You wanna get a beer later?”
Kobe: “Nah, man, wish I could. Leash is still kinda tight, if you feel me.”
RA: “Word, word.”
KB: “Maybe next time you guys are in L.A. we can hit Fatburger or something. I’ll bring the girls.”
r: “Bet. Bye, Kobe.”
k: “See ya!”
Ron:You’d be pissed if you had to put up with Tracy’s mangina too.
Ron: Although I bite my thumb, I do not bite it at you, sir.
But Kobe was clutch at the end of that game. The Rockets miss Rafer’s composure. (I’ll bet nobody has written that yet.)
josh powell control the boards last night, artest was so consumed with 24 that he didnt notice, josh got postion evry time he wanted a rebound.
and shane b ,try helping your teamates push people off the block, instead of your hand in the face defense, it didnt stop kobe , he worked the rockets again. they miss rafer… i co sign allen p
Ron: Your opinion is that of a ninny
Kobe: Heavens to betsy!
A few plays before that, somebody, I think Artest, tried a post entry pass to yao that was easily stolen because: 1. Yao didn’t adequately seal his man on the bounce pass. 2: YOU DON’T THROW BOUNCE PASSES TO PEOPLE WHO ARE 7′6″!
That is basic basketball. You always try to throw the ball up high to your big man because it’s easier for them follow the flight of the ball, and it’s easier for them seal their man. You only throw it low when there is extreme defensive pressure on the passer that prevents a lob pass, or if it’s a drop off in the lane. Yao may be soft, but his team throws some of the WORST post entry passes in the damn league.
Ron Artest is one of my favorite players in the league on one of my favorite teams, and I don’t blame him one bit.
Now D Wade is the man, but the MVP man?! Not until Kobe and LeBron cool down.
So…………. Kobe is still the best player.
OKAY NO MORE DEBATES ON THIS SUBJECT. I couldn’t help it!
Also @ Allenp: Yao is NOT soft in the Luke Walton sense. I agree he could have dominated Luke all night long, but they went for a balanced attack this game. This was definitely not Yao’s best game.
But the strangest thing happens: Whenever Yao matches up against a good center like Dwight, he always plays a million times better.
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