December 12, 2004
kobe bryant: "nobody treats my wife that way--except me!"
kobe has publicly denounced karl malone for apparently "coming on" to the young NBA superstar's wife a few weeks ago. he was upset that someone would treat his wife so disrespectfully.
this is curious, considering kobe currently charged with raping a young hotel worker in colorado. even if the facts point to his innocence with regard to rape, he is undeniably and admittedly guilty of cheating on his wife and (i'm just guessing here) hurting her feelings.
why the double standard, then? why couldn't kobe quietly deal with this in private?
because kobe is a huge narcissist, who can't stand to have any other talented players on the same team with him. he chased out shaquille o'neill, one of the NBA's all-time greatest centers last year, adding some tasty parting shots about shaquille's own problems with marital infidelity. he also managed to chase away one of the NBA's all-time winningest coaches, phil jackson, after the pampered star's drama-queen antics contributed to the coach's first-ever NBA finals loss in 10 trips.
kobe, we know you live in LA, but life doesn't need to imitate the soap operas! get over yourself! and jerry (buss, lakers' owner): are you starting to see that you made the wrong choice for your 'franchise' player? this might have been prevented by simply perusing your players' grade school report cards, looking for the phrase "does not work/play well with others".
Posted by travis at December 12, 2004 11:56 PM | TrackBackFavorite quote: More Kobe vs. Karl: Isn't this the funniest story you've heard all month? Kobe's gripe is staggering; THE DUDE CHEATED ON HIS WIFE! - Daily Quickie/ESPN
Posted by: dJake at December 13, 2004 07:58 PMWell even if Kobe cheated on his wife that was the past and his formal teammate had no business trying to hit on his wife that is very disrespectful especially because malone and bryant were collegues on the same basketball team!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Shaney Clark at December 18, 2004 01:45 PMthanks for the insights and i promise that i don't agree with people hitting on other people's wives but i just think it's funny that kobe took this very personal grievance to the american media where he has already been shown to be a total sleazebag and perhaps rapist and does he think the public is going to side with him NOW and does he think that we're going to change our opinions of him because he's the victim because he isn't--his wife is--and i still think kobe sucks.
there, i got all my ideas out in one sentence, too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: travis at December 19, 2004 07:34 PMI know that kobe did'nt rap her, because she knew that kobe have money. That why she did that for.
I'm 15 and kobe is my best of all players
but if it was shaquille o'neill, he would've, right, jenne? i know this is true because shaq gots his own rap album out.
word.
Posted by: travis at December 20, 2004 02:59 PMI believe Kobe made a terribly mistake and hes gotta pay the price!!! All the deals he lost with McDonands, Spite and I believe he's doin the right thing cause that dude hit on his wife and he still loves her and cares for her so he's gonna do somethin about it.. I believe Kobe was falling out in love with Vanessa and then he cheated on her thinking well I'm gonna divorce her so why not and then when it was a huge media attention and he didn't know what to do his wife was there and made it to his attention she's not going anywhere and thats when he fell back in love with her... When another dude is hittin' on his women hes gonna do somethin' For god sake Karl is 40 and vannessa is 21 thats nasty.. By the way Karl shes way out of your league.... I think Kobe is a great baketball player and he has a chance to be the best ever and hes human and makes mistakes and he is dealing with them but at the end theres always a sun after the rain!!!
Posted by: Aaron at February 19, 2005 04:19 PM