A sneak peek vid on how Kobe feels

[Spurminator]

It's surprising to me that nobody has expressed genuine concern for his mental well-being. He sounds like he's cracking up to me. I expect him to do something kooky some time soon.

I've been thinking that since this whole train wreck began... He goes on a radio show, rants, then changes his mind, talks on more radio shows, then changes his mind back and forth. Dude is not stable.

And this actually isn't new either. Remember when he and Reggie Miller got in a fight back in 2002?

http://espn.go.com/nba/columns/ratto_ray/1345264.html

What made this a perfectly ugly moment, the kind that keeps us paying attention for the next game the two men play, was this segment of Miller's statement of explanation two days later:

"Kobe has other issues he has to deal with. This had nothing to do with me or the basketball game played on Friday evening."

Now THERE'S a brainful.

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Miller has used the vaguest form of scattershot innuendo to suggest that Bryant is somehow haunted by some undetermined life detail that explains his behavior.

Makes you wonder what that could be. Unrequited love? Extremely requited love? Cannibalism? Stalkers? Persistent dreams of Joey Crawford in a gingham dress? Telemarketers?

[ShoogarBear]

I was just thinking about that this morning. Kobe has always been very level-headed and stable in his manner (ignoring the alleged rape case), behavior and interviews.

In the past few months, he is starting to sound like he's losing it. Either he got fed up and he just can't handle it, or he might be cracking mentally. I'm not saying this as a joke. But the guy isn't Dennis Rodman or Ron Artest ... these interviews, changing his mind daily about wanting to be traded, etc. - it's all very odd coming from Kobe.

His ego is dealing with the data that not only is he failing to win much without Shaq, but Shaq has won a championship without him. So rather than look inward he's firing outward, because the truth its too much for him to handle.

[Marcus Bryant]

He hasn't been the same since the Spurs made him cry.

[smeagol]

After reading this thread, this guy needs to com to SA more than ever.

Sorry Emanuel, bye, bye . . .

[dbreiden83080]

uhm just what he was told to expect when Shaq left....they would get the necessary pieces to compete for championships in the coming years...it never happened...to me it's like your boss telling you he is going to give you a huge raise very soon, but 5 years later you're making the same.

Getting rid of one of the best centers of all time still basically in his prime and getting back one good player in Odom and a bunch of scrubs was never going to work right away. Kobe was a fool to think yeah they will dump Shaq i will resign and we will be back in the finals again real soon.

[dbreiden83080]

If you hate an NBA player that badly to where you want him to rot in and you don't even give a damn, I suggest you lay off the NBA for a while and get a life.

So if you hate someone that means you have no life. Well i guess about a million Suns fans out there have no lives since they have been cursing the Spurs to since they got bounced.

[Obstructed_View]

His ego is dealing with the data that not only is he failing to win much without Shaq, but Shaq has won a championship without him. So rather than look inward he's firing outward, because the truth its too much for him to handle.

I don't remember any time where Kobe has responded particularly well to adversity. He takes it personally if someone steals the ball from him or blocks his shot; that's why he throws those elbows. He gets more calls than anyone in the league, but is still one of the biggest whiners. He throws everyone else under the bus whenever something goes wrong, like when he told the cops that Shaq cheats on his wife. Why would he wait two years to suddenly lose his mind and start blaming Buss for trading Shaq? Kobe was a free agent; all he had to do was say "Don't trade Shaq or I'm going to the Clippers."

That said, it is ing laughable that the Lakers keep trying to trade for talent but don't want to trade their center because he might be a star after Kobe retires.

[Leetonidas]

Oh wow, he said the word " ."

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

I think Kobe just knows what he has to do to get out of LA. He hasn't changed his mind daily about wanting to be traded...he has stood firm on that. He is the ultimate compe or...he wants to win. If LA is just going to surround him with scrubs after he has already won 3 les and in his prime, I don't blame him for doing everything he can to make sure he is traded. I'd take Kobe on my team any day of the week.

If Kobe TRULY wanted to force the hand that feeds him into trading him, he would have had the judgement to do it behind closed doors; now the Lakers can't get full value, nor are they in the bargaining position, thanks to Kobe being a crybaby for that one week -- and if you listened to the interviews. He DID change his mind time and time again, and sounded like a girl on her period. He was pouting. Standing firm is not saying one thing, then taking it back the next day.

Anyway, though there's no doubt LA's GM didn't make the slickest of moves, Kobe was a fool, and I take this guy's words with a grain of salt. It's never 100 percent the other guy. Kobe has a history of making excuses, and never taking the blame for anything, only everyone else.

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

Kobe ran off the talent that made LA a serious contender. He deserves to be in the spot he is in.

Agreed.