Thursday, May 31, 2007

Excuse Me, Mister Pot. Mr. Kettle Is On Line 3. He's Heard What You've Been Calling Him.


In an interview Wednesday with ESPN's overbearing Stephen A. Smith, Kobe Bryant announced that he wanted to be traded. Seems he believes that the Laker front office has been putting out the rumor that they had to get rid of Shaquille O'Neal to appease Kobe. That nobody other than Kobe has ever arisen to challenge that version of the story speaks volumes about the situation.
In any event, according to Kobe it has now become "a trust thing."
" It's rough man, but I don't see how you can rebuild that trust." he told the unusually silent Stephen A. " I just don't know how you can move forward in that type of situation."
Well, I know somebody he can consult about moving forward "in that type of situation."
His wife.
You might recall a couple of years ago Kobe Bryant got charged with raping a desk clerk at a resort hotel in Colorado. The charges were dropped but Kobe got sued by the victim. They settled. Kobe admitted to having a "consensual encounter" with the woman.
I would imagine that the missus was only marginally comforted by the fact that her soul mate was not held criminally liable for the entire sordid transaction. But she didn't leave and clean him out in the process as similarly situated wives might have done. She "moved forward" in a far worse situation than Kobe is being forced to endure.
But it was the hubris of Kobe Bryant that got him in that fix in the first place. And it is hubris for him to presume to lecture the Lakers about "trust issues."
But if her really is confused about how to go on, I say that the expert in the field may be found right in his back yard.
Trust me.

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