shadowgrin wrote::lol: Awesome.
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Andrew wrote:Westbrook's poor night from the field certainly helped out a little, but a great win for the Lakers. Still a long road ahead of them, though.
When Bryant and Howard hung up on a pre-trade deadline call a year ago, the suspicions of a toxic mix were confirmed with a most uncomfortable conversation. They had different visions on the way Howard would fit into the Lakers, which promised to compound the gulf between them as people. They were going to win with the Lakers and tolerate each other; or lose and develop a deep disdain.
On his way out of the Garden, out of a humiliating 116-95 loss to the Boston Celtics, Bryant returned a clichéd question – "Are Dwight and you on the same page?" – without a clichéd response.
With a bemused face and a shrug, Bryant told Yahoo! Sports: "What page is there to be on? Defend. Rebound…"
He shrugged again.
"I mean, what else is on the page?"
Truth be told, the Lakers are in deep, deep trouble – 3½ games back of the eighth spot in the Western Conference. They've lost Pau Gasol for several weeks and could be completely out of the playoff chase once he returns to the floor. Howard was out of synch in his return, fouling out in 28 minutes with little, if no, impact on the game.
More and more, it's become clear that Howard won't be his dominant self this season. The torn labrum could need surgery this summer, a league source said, and Howard couldn't even guarantee he'd feel strong enough to play in Charlotte on Friday night. From a herniated disk in his back to the torn labrum, from the pressures inside and outside the organization to get back on the floor, Howard has been reduced to a shell of himself.
Part of the problem of Howard's clowning act is that people don't take him seriously in times of crisis. It's easier to doubt his toughness, tenacity, when they're watching him grab the microphone to do impressions on team charters or booming farts in the locker room. Bryant never wanted Howard's disposition to rule the day in the Lakers' locker room, never wanted his own culture of seriousness and duty to be undermined with the frivolity that comes with Howard.
dare wrote:He keeps whining on his injuries while Kobe Bryant has played two years full of injuries and even won a championship.
NovU wrote:dare wrote:He keeps whining on his injuries while Kobe Bryant has played two years full of injuries and even won a championship.
Lol. Full of injuries. Wade went through more and yet cried less than Kobe.
stereoxide wrote:Show me that Kobe has two instances of crying through an injury.
NovU wrote:stereoxide wrote:Show me that Kobe has two instances of crying through an injury.
that's not the point. Those so called injury that Kobe suffered were minors. All those Kobe bandage on arms, pinkie news, getting massage during half time, having a cold are playing through full of injuries? Gimme a break. Howard having those injuries wouldn't even make news. Howard and Gasol has more severe injury that they're dealing with.
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