Kobe punched teammate over $100

[Damnshow]

Only things I remember about Samaki Walker is his draft night outfit and his buzzer beater at kings game, after time ran out

 

[hazardous]

I finished the book and it was a solid read, but I agree with some of the comments in here that the author was bashing Kobe way too much. I know all the research/writing of the book was done prior to Kobe's death, but it seemed like any negative comment a player had to say about Kobe, the author made sure to shoehorn that into the book

It really came off as petty at times, and I know the author did criticize Shaq at times as well, but it seemed like he only gave Kobe credit begrudgingly

The other huge bias that stuck out was his description of plays. He'd often say Kobe was driving and missed multiple wide open teammates for shots. Then I'd look the play up on youtube and everybody either had a defender a step away or there were one or two defenders in between Kobe and the offensive player that was wide open. That and him ignoring or completely brushing over instances of Kobe killing shyt. He takes the time to hype up fukking Mark Madsen of all people and credits him with the Lakers going on a run while offhandedly mentioning Kobe averaging 40 for a month.

This. When I read that part in the book it had me like

 

[valet]

Smh

 

[Yayo Toure]

I finished the book and it was a solid read, but I agree with some of the comments in here that the author was bashing Kobe way too much. I know all the research/writing of the book was done prior to Kobe's death, but it seemed like any negative comment a player had to say about Kobe, the author made sure to shoehorn that into the book

It really came off as petty at times, and I know the author did criticize Shaq at times as well, but it seemed like he only gave Kobe credit begrudgingly


This. When I read that part in the book it had me like

Jeff Pearlman been a bytch.