![]() ![]() I was one of the stalwarts, a die-hard fan willing to wait hours to see a star - a basketball obsessive. By 5 p.m., only the boys’ and girls’ varsity basketball teams and a few others remained. So, that day, after the last bell rang at 3, I hung around with 30 basketball lovers and Laker fans to check out this young phenom.īy 4 p.m., the crowd had thinned. The Showtime Lakers of Kareem, Magic, Coop, and Big Game James were a thing of the past, but, with Kobe and Shaquille O’Neal on board, Angelenos were dreaming of another dynasty, and even I, who prided myself on not falling for hype, couldn’t resist being curious. In the village, where we teachers regularly strolled to grab lunch at Gelson’s Market, we were likely to cross paths with someone who had won an Oscar, an Emmy, or a Grammy.īut that day just felt plain different. KOBE WINGSPAN MOVIENow, on most school campuses, the presence of any celebrity visit causes a stir, but at Pali High famous actors dropped off their kids daily, and schedules often were rearranged to accommodate a movie shoot. Colleagues were buzzing about a Life magazine photoshoot. Lakers rookie, was on his way to our campus. In 1996, I was an English teacher at Palisades Charter High in Pacific Palisades, a Westside neighborhood in Los Angeles, when I heard a rumor that Kobe Bryant, the 18-year-old L.A. ![]() I’m missing something so tell me what I’m missing.Like a lot of guys, I know I’ve spent more time in my life playing, watching, and thinking about basketball than doing almost anything else. ‘Bird tough to defend? Why?’, because he looks slow as sh*t to me. ‘What actually happened there?’, ‘What did you feel there, why?’. “I would always sit down and ask them questions about certain games I watched growing up. However, his lack of athleticism was something everybody took notice of, including 12x All-Defensive Team alum, Kobe Bryant.Īlso read: “Kobe Bryant gave the 2009 co-MVP trophy to Shaquille O’Neal’s son!”: When Lakers legend buried the hatchet with former teammate by including Shareef O’Neal This isn’t to say that he wasn’t good as he was clearly one of the best offensive players to have ever played in the NBA. Larry Bird has also been quite the unorthodox player. Kobe Bryant on Larry Bird and why he was tough to defend. Unfortunately for NBA fans, we never got to see perhaps the two most competitive players in NBA history go at one another i.e., Bird and Kobe. Bryant would get his revenge in 7 games in 2010 to win his 5 th and final ring. Kobe Bryant has had his fair share of run-ins with the Boston Celtics, with him being denied a title in ‘08 at the hands of Doc Rivers of his Celts. There may be an infinitesimally small faction of Celtics fans who believe perhaps Paul Pierce or John Havlicek are up for debate alongside Russell and the ‘Hick from French Lick’ but this certainly isn’t the case.Īlso read: “Kobe Bryant never body shamed Shaquille O’Neal!”: The Mamba talked about misinterpretations in a sit down with Kimmel It’s much easier for the Boston Celtics in this conversation as the only right answer is either Larry Bird or Bill Russell. When it comes to the Lakers, it’s tough to come to a unanimous decision as they have had guys like Wilt Chamberlain, Magic Johnson, Kareem, Shaq, and LeBron James play for them. ![]() Kobe Bryant and Larry Bird are arguably the greatest Los Angeles Laker and Boston Celtic to have stepped foot on NBA hardwood, respectively. ![]() Kobe Bryant asked his veterans on the Lakers why it was tough to defend Larry Bird because to him, he looked slow as sh*t. ![]()
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