Very Important News: the Lakers will be going, for the second year in a row, to the NBA Finals. This year they will win it all, mostly because of #24. As Denver coach George Karl put it, reported by snarky Los Angeles Times columnist TJ Simers:
"I think Jesus would have had trouble covering" Kobe Bryant.
When Karl's comment was relayed to Bryant, he said, "It's tough to say that's a compliment, you know what I mean? It's a tremendous honor . . . I don't know, I did a great job using my teammates, and they knocked shots down and put the defense into a position where I could play one-on-one a little bit and take advantage of that."
When Karl's comment was relayed to Bryant, he said, "It's tough to say that's a compliment, you know what I mean? It's a tremendous honor . . . I don't know, I did a great job using my teammates, and they knocked shots down and put the defense into a position where I could play one-on-one a little bit and take advantage of that."
Added Simers:
As you notice, he never denied that He would have had trouble covering him.
True enough, but here's my question: Why assume Jesus can play at this level? Because he can get up? One good head fake from Kobe might be enough to put him clean out of the building...
[pic from Robert Gauthier of the LA Times]
