By now you probably know that Kobe Bryant’s witch wife Vanessa reportedly cursed out someone named Laura Lane over Lane linking (in her personal blog) to a web rumor that Kobe was cheating on Ms. Bryant. Ms. Lane, who also writes for ESPN.com, wrote in her blog about the confrontation earlier this week.
For some reason, I just can’t get all that worked up about Kobe Bryant’s MVP award. I’m even in L.A. at the moment, but the emotion just isn’t there. Maybe it has something to do with him being an a$$hole who’s undergone an 82-game image rehab session. I also wonder just how *happy* Mitch Kupchak is about his shiny, new trophy.
Meanwhile, the only possible news that could’ve dragged down Kobe’s award - and the Lakers freight-training the Jazz in the NBA playoffs - is latest Andrew Bynum injury update.
The man who could quite possibly turn the Lakers into a dynasty has been out three months with a bad knee. And according to doctors, his lack of recovery may cause him to require knee surgery. Read more…
The Lakers’ offense took a hit Monday, as Andrew Bynum is expected to miss at least 8 weeks due to an injured knee.
The ASSOCIATED PRESS diagnoses that Bynum got hurt during the 3rd quarter of LA’s Sunday night win over Memphis. He fell on Lamar Odom’s left foot while going for a rebound, and had to be carried off the court by Kwame Brown & Ronny Turiaf.
MRI tests on Monday revealed that Andrew had temporarily dislocated his kneecap (ouch!) and suffered a bone bruise.
A bad break for Bynum & the Lake Show. It’s enough to make you curse.
Thanks in part to Kobe Bryant, Lakers GM Mitch Kupchak has been the most maligned man in the 213 for some time now. Most of the criticism has been deserved. The drafts, trades and acquisitons by Kupchak since taking over for Jerry West have been largely dreadful, and have set the Lakers into steady decline.
But Kupchak (and Jim Buss, to be fair) has stuck to his guns on Andrew Bynum. Considering the way Kobe called the kid out over the summer, Kupchak’s intractable, untradable stance on the former first rounder is astonishing. And as it turns out, correct.
In honor of all that, we bring you, via WITH LEATHER, Andrew Bynum in all his f-bomb dropping glory.
The NEW YORK POST breathlessly reports that Kobe Bryant revealed Saturday that the Knicks were one of four teams he told the Lakers he wanted to be traded to. The others: Mavericks, Bulls and Suns. Of course, Bryant made plenty of overt overtures about wanting to leave L.A. in the wake of the Lakers’ latest stumbles. But with the club 9-4 in its last 13 and Andrew Bynum emerging as a potential dominant NBA big man, suddenly Bryant doesn’t seem so intent on dialing Atlas Van Lines.
The Lakers play the Knicks today at MSG, so the Manhattan media had to get Kobe to say something that would defuse what will likely be another Isiah-led stinkbomb, and the Lakers’ sitting attention whore superstar gave them what they wanted. But while Bryant may have feigned that he’s still considering a trade-deadline departure, it’s becoming clearer by the day that, providing Bynum doesn’t break down (like last season), Bryant’s wave of demands has significantly receded.
STOMACH FLU CAN’T CUFF KOBE, NETS 20 IN LAKERS WIN: Kobe Bryant and Andrew Bynum were illin’ in Minny before the Lakers’ game against the Timberwolves:
