Predict the ESPN Headline for Lakers/Raps

[DMC]

Kobe Leads Starters in 1st Game Back

[Clipper Nation]

Kobe Returns in loss to Toronto

[DMC]

Do you think they will tap dance around the loss or tap dance around Kobe's return?

[ElNono]

http://i42.tinypic.com/aop7ye.png

[lefty]

Kobe scores 9 points despite playing against improved Raptors roster

[HarlemHeat37]

ESPN is going to turn on Kobe soon, tbh..

This is a new era of basketball coverage, where most NBA writers understand advanced metrics and the concept of team basketball that has been ushered by Lebron, tbh..Kobe is beloved by the old regime of mainstream sports coverage, but disliked and assessed correctly by the new breed of media, tbh..

[Obstructed_View]

Kobe Returns, Defers To Teammates, Who Fail To Close Out Raptors.

[LkrFan]

How about Br:lolmance?

http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTrBIuOkbmCEOzWXUkr_Kh89Gx7sbKsM QEeyUVXzBDbzoOuSwmuxL4FlTc http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSxEkp9JrAorx6lNhA5JezVmZQwHIzou n0zbM-zKHmJvwnUxL1NXrtjwwg http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS24igik1vUvpxaEtRC6_J701omDjCMh f44OMdauO9YPM5Rt86OxYmKlhN4 http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS3Ht8Yj1sjSPwWGa2XhT3IRpfQ1KSve Zfh_iiAPoTf_VocLTPhDL-fEcRq

:lol

[TXstbobcat]

Lakers accuse Kobe of rape due to $48 million contract

[LkrFan]

Lakers accuse Kobe of rape due to $48 million contract

:lol

[AchillesHeel]

How about Br:lolmance?

http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTrBIuOkbmCEOzWXUkr_Kh89Gx7sbKsM QEeyUVXzBDbzoOuSwmuxL4FlTc http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSxEkp9JrAorx6lNhA5JezVmZQwHIzou n0zbM-zKHmJvwnUxL1NXrtjwwg http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS24igik1vUvpxaEtRC6_J701omDjCMh f44OMdauO9YPM5Rt86OxYmKlhN4 http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS3Ht8Yj1sjSPwWGa2XhT3IRpfQ1KSve Zfh_iiAPoTf_VocLTPhDL-fEcRq

:lol

:sleep

[Splits]

Kobe struggles with Gayless Raptors

[da_suns_fan]

Lakers accuse Kobe of rape due to $48 million contract

i made this joke two weeks ago. :toast

[DMC]

Kobe returns, but Raptors beat Lakers 106-94 (http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=400489176)


lol no mention of shitty performance

[lefty]

Kobe scores 9 points despite playing against improved Raptors roster
the best one imo

[DMC]

Funny no mention of Amir Johnson's dominating performance of 32/10

[DMC]

ESPN is going to turn on Kobe soon, tbh..

This is a new era of basketball coverage, where most NBA writers understand advanced metrics and the concept of team basketball that has been ushered by Lebron, tbh..Kobe is beloved by the old regime of mainstream sports coverage, but disliked and assessed correctly by the new breed of media, tbh..

ESPN LA is a big office for ESPN. They have to keep milking the Lakers franchise since Ubuntu isn't going to come through for them.

Every star in the league other than Lebron James is in LA and they can't win a fucking game against a scrub team.

[AchillesHeel]

No Gay, No Problem

[Splits]

Lenovo Stock Futures up 22% on Kobe's Return

[lefty]

Kobe scores 9 pts despite disfunctional gaydar

[DMC]

Starters Struggle in Kobe's Return.

[Clipper Nation]

Kobe Shoots 5-7 from Free Throw Line In Limited Minutes

[DMC]

How it happened: With Bryant on the bench to close the third quarter, L.A. used a 10-1 run to cut Toronto's once 14-point lead down to five heading into the fourth. Bryant started the fourth on the bench and checked back in with just less than seven minutes left and L.A. down by seven. From there, Bryant's presence alone wasn't enough to close out the game. He made two free throws to cut the Raptors' lead to four but missed a fallaway jumper on the next possession after the Raptors had pushed it back to six. Then, the lead ballooned back to 10 off two free throws from DeMar DeRozan (http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/3978/demar-derozan) and a layup by Kyle Lowry (http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/3012/kyle-lowry). L.A. never made it a game after that.


:lmao "Bryant's presence alone... "

[DMC]

Misses: There was a sequence in the fourth quarter in which Young airballed a 360-degree layup that could have cut Toronto's lead to five. The Raptors pushed the ball up the court for a Terrence Ross (http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/6619/terrence-ross) 3 to push their cushion to 10 with 9:06 to go. Big sequence.

Pau Gasol (http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/996/pau-gasol) shot just 3-for-11.


:lmao:lmao Kobe mysteriously absent... Pau under a bus now.

[HarlemHeat37]

:lol I guess they'll never change..

At least there's Grantland, tbh:lol..

[lefty]

http://d3j5vwomefv46c.cloudfront.net/photos/large/826241678.gif?1386443440

[TXstbobcat]

i made this joke two weeks ago. :toast

I hope your suns beat the fuck out of the Kobe and the Lakers on Tuesday night. :toast

[Fabbs]

Xavier Henry with 17 points in just 14 minutes on 6-8 shooting.
Pulled in favor of Cryant. :lol

[HI-FI]

Kobe scores 9 pts despite disfunctional gaydar

http://gifatron.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/taxi-drive-clap.gif

The GOAT.

[TXstbobcat]

Lakers demote Kobe Bryant to play for NBDL team.

[lefty]

The GOAT.

Thanks son

[Splits]

Kobe critical of himself after loss to Raptors (http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/story/_/id/10107791/kobe-bryant-los-angeles-lakers-pleased-critical-return-achilles-injury)

[Bulaien999]

Xavier Henry with 17 points in just 14 minutes on 6-8 shooting.
Pulled in favor of Cryant. :lol

I know a tank job.... Kobe is the catalyst to it... let the games begin

[UZER]

Kobe scores 9 points despite playing against improved Raptors roster


Kobe Returns, Defers To Teammates, Who Fail To Close Out Raptors.


No Gay, No Problem

:lol these are good.

I would've said..."Kobe Returns, No Homo"

[Seventyniner]

http://d3j5vwomefv46c.cloudfront.net/photos/large/826241678.gif?1386443440

I hadn't seen the animated version yet. I saw that sign from the back but only could make out the ESPN letters. I never, ever, ever in a million years would have ever guessed what it actually said.

[lefty]

:lmao PTI



No mention of Kobe's return in the 1st half of the show


:lmao GTFO

[Leetonidas]

How about Br:lolmance?

http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTrBIuOkbmCEOzWXUkr_Kh89Gx7sbKsM QEeyUVXzBDbzoOuSwmuxL4FlTc http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSxEkp9JrAorx6lNhA5JezVmZQwHIzou n0zbM-zKHmJvwnUxL1NXrtjwwg http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS24igik1vUvpxaEtRC6_J701omDjCMh f44OMdauO9YPM5Rt86OxYmKlhN4 http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS3Ht8Yj1sjSPwWGa2XhT3IRpfQ1KSve Zfh_iiAPoTf_VocLTPhDL-fEcRq

:lol
Considering there are pics of Kobe kissing Brian Cook on the court you should probably drop this lame "post Tim Duncan next to a teammate/other male smiling" shtick tbh :lol

[lefty]

:lmao PTI



No mention of Kobe's return in the 1st half of the show


:lmao GTFO
Still nothing :lmao

[DMC]

Kobe Leading Scorer in Loss to Suns

[spurraider21]

Kobe leads Lakers in scoring with 20 points, team lets him down in loss that totally wasn't his fault.

[lefty]

We still love you, Kobe

[DMC]

Kobe Leading Scorer in Loss to Suns

Kobe leads Lakers with 20, but Suns hold on (http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=400489190)

[Splits]

Bryant, meanwhile, entered the 2013-14 campaign hoping to become the first player to rupture an Achilles and make it all the way back to All-Star status since Dominique Wilkins in 1992-93.


:lmao All-star status as a measure of success. Guess what? He's going to make the ASG playing 6 games averaging 6TO/per. Idiots.

[lefty]

"Kobe able to watch Laker games on TV despite knee injury"

[Holden_Caulfield]

brokenback mamba

[Splits]

Bryant had just returned from a long offseason rehabbing from a ruptured Achilles heel in the same leg. Remarkably, Bryant played over seven minutes against the Memphis Grizzlies on Tuesday night with a broken knee and hit a key 3-pointer, which doesn't seem humanly possible.