Kool Bob Love
01-05-2014, 02:28 AM
Beggin.
New Lakers point guard Kendall Marshall begs for a Twitter follow from Kobe Bryant http://l.yimg.com/os/388/2013/05/31/KellyDwyer100-jpg_163527.jpg (http://sports.yahoo.com/author/kelly-dwyer/) By Kelly Dwyer (http://sports.yahoo.com/author/kelly-dwyer/) 8 hours ago Ball Don't Lie (http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-ball-dont-lie/)
(http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8aBvHQoi2C_5gLldgOVKaw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7cT04NTt3PTYzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en/blogs/sptusnbaexperts/KB51414.jpg)View gallery
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http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8aBvHQoi2C_5gLldgOVKaw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7cT04NTt3PTYzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en/blogs/sptusnbaexperts/KB51414.jpg"It's 'at K-b-u-t-t-e-r, five.'" (Getty Images)
Kobe Bryant (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/players/3118) doesn’t follow me on Twitter, he infamously doesn’t follow (http://sports.yahoo.com/news/gasol-marshall-lead-lakers-over-060652283--nba.html) Dwight Howard (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/players/3818) on Twitter any more, and unless you’re one of the lucky 853 (https://twitter.com/kobebryant/following), he probably doesn’t follow you on Twitter.
One of the luckier unluckies is new Los Angeles Lakers (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/teams/lal) point guard Kendall Marshall (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/players/5019), who went from being a celebrated lottery pick to league washout in just a year and a half after being selected by the Phoenix Suns (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/teams/pho) in the 2012 NBA draft. Traded to (http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-ball-dont-lie/phoenix-deals-marcin-gortat-washington-deal-could-win-223000143--nba.html) and then released by the Washington Wizards (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/teams/was) before the season started, Marshall was working in the D-League until a depleted Lakers squad – working without Steve Nash (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/players/3103), Bryant, Jordan Farmar (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/players/4154) and Steve Blake (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/players/3741) – reached out to the University of North Carolina product with an unguaranteed deal.
Given starter’s minutes for the first time in his five-game season, Marshall responded with a 20-point, 15-assist game (http://sports.yahoo.com/news/gasol-marshall-lead-lakers-over-060652283--nba.html) in a needed win over the Utah Jazz (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/teams/uth) on Friday night. Beaming from the effort, Marshall wants one more bit of recognition in the wake of his newfound stardom – a Twitter follow from Kobe Bryant:
@kobebryant (https://twitter.com/kobebryant) #followback (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23followback&src=hash)?
— Kendall Marshall (@KButter5) January 4, 2014 (https://twitter.com/KButter5/statuses/419592890809982977)
Seeing as how Bryant has tweeted just twice since Dec. 19, and considering the tweet he sent out just before Marshall sent his plea out …
… we’re not expecting a follow back any time soon. Those things are kind of desperate, anyway.
(Hat-tip: For the Win (http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/01/kobe-bryant-twitter-kendall-marshall/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+UsatodaycomNba-TopStories+%28USATODAY+-+NBA+Top+Stories%29).)
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-ball-dont-lie/laker-point-guard-kendall-marshall-begs-twitter-kobe-230809484--nba.html
New Lakers point guard Kendall Marshall begs for a Twitter follow from Kobe Bryant http://l.yimg.com/os/388/2013/05/31/KellyDwyer100-jpg_163527.jpg (http://sports.yahoo.com/author/kelly-dwyer/) By Kelly Dwyer (http://sports.yahoo.com/author/kelly-dwyer/) 8 hours ago Ball Don't Lie (http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-ball-dont-lie/)
(http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8aBvHQoi2C_5gLldgOVKaw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7cT04NTt3PTYzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en/blogs/sptusnbaexperts/KB51414.jpg)View gallery
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http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8aBvHQoi2C_5gLldgOVKaw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7cT04NTt3PTYzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en/blogs/sptusnbaexperts/KB51414.jpg"It's 'at K-b-u-t-t-e-r, five.'" (Getty Images)
Kobe Bryant (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/players/3118) doesn’t follow me on Twitter, he infamously doesn’t follow (http://sports.yahoo.com/news/gasol-marshall-lead-lakers-over-060652283--nba.html) Dwight Howard (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/players/3818) on Twitter any more, and unless you’re one of the lucky 853 (https://twitter.com/kobebryant/following), he probably doesn’t follow you on Twitter.
One of the luckier unluckies is new Los Angeles Lakers (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/teams/lal) point guard Kendall Marshall (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/players/5019), who went from being a celebrated lottery pick to league washout in just a year and a half after being selected by the Phoenix Suns (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/teams/pho) in the 2012 NBA draft. Traded to (http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-ball-dont-lie/phoenix-deals-marcin-gortat-washington-deal-could-win-223000143--nba.html) and then released by the Washington Wizards (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/teams/was) before the season started, Marshall was working in the D-League until a depleted Lakers squad – working without Steve Nash (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/players/3103), Bryant, Jordan Farmar (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/players/4154) and Steve Blake (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/players/3741) – reached out to the University of North Carolina product with an unguaranteed deal.
Given starter’s minutes for the first time in his five-game season, Marshall responded with a 20-point, 15-assist game (http://sports.yahoo.com/news/gasol-marshall-lead-lakers-over-060652283--nba.html) in a needed win over the Utah Jazz (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/teams/uth) on Friday night. Beaming from the effort, Marshall wants one more bit of recognition in the wake of his newfound stardom – a Twitter follow from Kobe Bryant:
@kobebryant (https://twitter.com/kobebryant) #followback (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23followback&src=hash)?
— Kendall Marshall (@KButter5) January 4, 2014 (https://twitter.com/KButter5/statuses/419592890809982977)
Seeing as how Bryant has tweeted just twice since Dec. 19, and considering the tweet he sent out just before Marshall sent his plea out …
… we’re not expecting a follow back any time soon. Those things are kind of desperate, anyway.
(Hat-tip: For the Win (http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/01/kobe-bryant-twitter-kendall-marshall/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+UsatodaycomNba-TopStories+%28USATODAY+-+NBA+Top+Stories%29).)
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-ball-dont-lie/laker-point-guard-kendall-marshall-begs-twitter-kobe-230809484--nba.html