Kobetime

As we're sitting at the table eating In N Out, my pal and I were just in awe. See we're both born and raised southern Californians therefore born and raised Lakers fans. In fact I was born into showtime (if you're my age and you want to make an older Laker fan feel old just tell them that). My first words were "Magic" and "Johnson" (that's not true). My entrance into sports fandom began with the Lakers. When we got Shaq I almost went to the mall that day to buy his jersey, of course I was only in junior high and had no money of my own. And when we got our dirty little hands on Kobe Bryant he became my favorite NBA star. I knew that I'd have the chance to see the development of someone special on my team. Even after all the bullshit I'm still a Kobe fan and I will remain a Kobe fan till the day he takes off that purple and gold uniform for good, which I hope is not till his retirement. Sure it's easy to criticize Kobe. He can be a ball hog, but when you see some of the shit he does can you really blame him? Do you really want Kobe to pass the ball to SmushParker or Sasha Vouaeaoiwheehcoiawheoccichk? Phil Jackson told reporters that after Sunday night's ugly loss to Huston, Bryant was being too generous with the ball giving it to players who couldn't make a shot when he could have just taken it himself. Phil gave Kobe the greenlight on Tuesday night. Kobe put his foot to the floor. 62 freaking points after 3 quarters. 30 points in the third alone. At the end of the third it was Mavs - 61 Kobe - 62. Wrap your head around that. He outscored the entire Mavericks team. They showed shots of Cuban just sitting there looking like a family member just died, along with retired Shaqtime Laker Rick Fox, who used to have to guard Kobe in practice, just cheering his former teammate on. Last night was a sickening performance by the Mamba. I'm just glad I got to see it.