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Jan. 23, 2006 The sports media is all a twitter today because of the scene that took place last night at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Kobe Bryant upstaged the NFL playoffs by pouring in 81 points against the Toronto Raptors thus becoming the second highest scorer for an individual game in NBA history. Only Wilt Chamberlain's 100 points in 1962 in Hershey, Pennnsylvania, topped it. Let me use MY phrases of Kobe Bryant's performance. I think the perspective that I suggest, will make more sense to all of you sports fans out there... Last night, on the home court of the Los Angeles Lakers, a basketball team that is in existence to make the playoffs and win championships, a ball hog wearing the team (of which HE has no clue concerning that definition!) colors of purple and gold, made certain that none of the other Laker players had any chance of shooting so that he could take another step closer to being the #1 scorer of all-time in one game. The moronic fans in attendance cheered this selfish superstar's every basket as if he had discovered the Holy Grail, cured cancer, located Amelia Earhart and convinced Lindsay Lohan to enter the convent all at the same time. Is scoring 81 points in an NBA game impressive? Yes. Is making certain that the Lakers will always be a .500 team and never win a championship as long as this self-indulged maniac is playing for them a good thing? Nope. The Lakers, as long as Kobe Bryant is the shooting bully on the team are DOOMED. Book it. You may be watching the San Antonio Spurs or the Detroit Pistons in the NBA Finals in June, but you will not see any purple and gold on your television set as long as "Kiss my Butt Kobe," is in uniform. I know the argument and it leaves out the reasoning for it which I will provide here. "Kobe has no choice but to shoot! He is surrounded by a bunch of BAD players who cannot put the ball in the basket. So, he HAS to do it!" Wrong. He lacks great athletes for teammates because no one wants to play basketball with him. That is why Shaq left Los Angeles. (by the way, Shaq has NO problem playing next to another superstar, Dwayne Wade, does he?) That is why Kevin Garnett and Ron Artest will not come play with him. They would never SEE the ball if they did! Two weeks ago, Lebron James and Kobe went head to head and Kobe outscored Lebron by a few points and the Lakers won the game. But, what no one mentioned is that in this battle of young superstars Lebron had nine assists (passing the ball to someone else and they score) and Kobe had...TWO! Get it? The Kobe dog-and-pony show will sell tickets. Every night at Staples Center is the NBA All-Star Game featuring Ball Hog Bryant. But, the most important ticket is the one that Laker fans will never see as long as this leather-toting boar hound is allowed to continue his egocentric games.... An admission into a championship game. ------------ About the author: Pat Hurley has won three Emmy awards for writing, hosting and producing television shows. He resides in Southern California. Email: coolhumor@sbcglobal.net Comment on this article here! ------------ All articles are EXCLUSIVE to Useless-Knowledge.com. Please link to this article rather than copying and pasting it onto your site (which would be unauthorized and illegal). |
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