Kobe Beefed Up. Bryant moments after winning it all.

LOS ANGELES (Sportsman’s Daily Wire Service) Kobe Bryant captured the fifth championship ring of his illustrious career on Thursday night as the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Boston Celtics 83-79.

With tears streaming from his eyes, Lakers teammate Pau Gasol announced to teammates his family, visiting from Spain, prepared a sumptuous Spanish buffet for the entire team. (more…)

When Irish Eyes Are Smilin'. This smile means you're through.

BOSTON (Sportsman’s Daily Wire Service) The Boston Celtics are just one win away from capturing their eighteenth NBA championship. The series will shift back to Los Angeles for Game 6, placing the Lakers in a must win situation. But many Lakers have stopped focusing on winning anything after what happened yesterday after their 92-86 loss. (more…)

If you thought his team mates steered clear of Kobe on the floor, they were no where to be seen as he stormed into the locker room looking to pin blame for their Game 2 loss.

LOS ANGELES (Sportsman’s Daily Wire Service) – When it was over, there wasn’t a Laker to be found…anywhere. Only fifteen seconds after the Lakers lost Game 2 to the Boston Celtics, the home team’s locker room was mysteriously empty and if not for the solitary figure of Kobe Bryant calling out his “punkass” team mates and heaving every object not nailed down (including a Japanese reporter), eerily quiet.

“I hate you! I hate you!” fumed Bryant. “I hate you, hate you, hate you!”

Onlookers unfamiliar with Kobe’s juvenile tantrums were as stunned as Staples Center fans who had just witnessed the Lakers lose the second game in the Finals against the (marginally) underdog Celtics.   Kobe was uncharacteristically ineffectual, his frustration mounting as the game progressed. (more…)

Why the long face? This will be as happy as you’ll see Kobe Bryant after his operation.

Tricky Procedure Could Leave Him Dull

LOS ANGELES (Sportsman’s Daily Wire Service) — At the request of teammates and handlers, Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant has opted to undergo a controversial and potentially career-threatening operation which will remove his arrogance. (more…)

Shooting Tattoo. Kobe Bryant sporting his tat in full view.

LOS ANGELES (Sportsman’s Daily Wire Service) The 2009-2010 NBA season got underway last night as the Lakers hosted their crosstown red-headed step-sister, the Clippers. The 99-92 Lakers win was expected, but what happened late in the third quarter was not. (more…)

Half-Caff Frappuccino Please. That's all this Lakers "fan" cares about.

LOS ANGELES (Sportsman’s Daily Wire Service) Initial reports of Wednesday’s victory parade celebrating the Los Angeles Lakers’ 15th NBA Championship may have left out one important detail – no one saw it. 

The trendy, detached Lakers faithful were too busy Twittering, texting and chatting away on their cell phones on the parade route. 

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Who Do You Trust? This guy's got nothing to worry about. Unlike Dwight Howard.

ORLANDO (Sportsman’s Daily Wire Service) The Los Angeles Lakers won their 15th NBA World Championship on Sunday night defeating the Orlando Magic 99-86.  Kobe Bryant scored 30 points and was named Finals MVP.  

But the real story is what happened in the Magic locker room shortly after the series ended. 

As part of a post game ritual, win or lose, the team participates in a trust fall – a confidence building exercise generally practiced by scouting or youth organizations to promote trust among friends and group members.  This time, coach Stan Van Gundy encouraged big man Dwight Howard to fall back in the waiting arms of his teammates. When he did, he hit the floor hard opening up a four inch gash on the back of his head which required immediate medical attention. 

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Whether the Lakers can squeak out of Round Three or not, Kobe faces an uphill battle in Round Two with wife Vanessa.

LOS ANGELES, CA (Sportsman’s Daily Wire Service) — After Game 1 at the Staples Center, a triumphant Kobe Bryant left the floor and headed under the stands to the locker room where Vanessa Bryant and the couple’s two children waited, providing viewers at home with a warm Hallmark moment. It was a scene the Bryants have enacted a number of times before, and while scripted down to Vanessa’s bionic smile, it’s been a demonstrable pr asset, seeming to humanize the aloof, self-absorbed, hard-to-like superstar. 

But things took a horrible turn when a fuming Kobe stormed off the court after a gut-wrenching 106-103 loss to the Cavaliers. (more…)

  

 

 

With all due respect to the Spurs, Mavs, Celtics, etc., let's cut to the chase, shall we?

CLEVELAND (Sportsman’s Daily Wire Service) – Fans are not the only ones looking forward to a clash for the ages. Players are also eager to watch two of the NBA’s transcendent players meet in the finals, reminiscent of the days of Magic and Bird and their epic contests. But not all NBA players itching to see Kobe and LeBron battle are sipping pina coladas from a wind-swept suite somewhere in the Caribbean – many are actually still playing on the rosters of active playoff teams, giving at least token resistance to the Lakers and the Cavaliers as they continue their inexorable march toward the Finals. 

“Hey, I love being out there competing as much as the next guy, but let’s face it – we be lucky if we get out the first round,” said an unnamed member of the Miami Heat. (more…)