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Prior to that, Gaffney describes his first run into Bryant. “The Lakers had just come off winning an NBA title and the first guy Kobe sees in the gym is myself. He said, ‘who the hell is this?'” Former Lakers mate Lamar Odom followed up by telling Gaffney, “Kobe doesn’t like motherf*****s like you.” From that point on, Gaffney had to carry Bryant’s bags, “but we had a unique relationship,” he recalled.

Roughly one week into training camp Bryant called Gaffney down to the Lakers training facilities in El Segundo. “We’re gonna start playing one-on-one. I heard you’re a defensive lockdown player. So, lock me down,” he told the youngster. “Obviously easier said than done,” Gaffney chuckled, “but for about three weeks in a row I was forced to show up hours before practice to play one-on-one against Kobe.” Bryant would invent various sets of rules where he could only dribble and score with his weak hand; some days he could only score inside the paint, others only from outside. Oh, “and I never got to play offense,” said Gaffney.

“There was no difference with Lakers except no matter how early I showed up for practice — it wasn’t early enough. Kobe was on the court with three trainers doused in sweat.” If the Lakers had a 10:30 morning practice, Bryant would be in the gym at 06:00, take his daughters Natalia and Gianna to school at 08:00, then come back around 09:00 to shoot some more. “No one would have any idea that he’s been in the gym working for 3-4 hours,” Gaffney exposed.


The Lakers had checked in at The Mirage Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas where Gaffney had his rookie initiation party. “L.A. made it clear that I made the team. I was the last player cut at morning shootaround on opening night against the Clippers,” he explained. “I walked into the high-stakes room but I didn’t have any money. I then saw Kobe, he was watching some guys throw some money around before he turns to me and says, ‘what are you doing here rook?' Next thing I know,” Gaffney recalled, “Kobe throws his black card on the table and hands me 10 stacks ($10,000). What I really wanted to do at the time was just put it in my pocket and run. Sure enough, an hour later it was all gone.”

"Kobe on whether ESPN ranking bothered him: “Nah. I’ve known for a long time that they’re a bunch of idiots.”

amerosm je napisao/la:Izgleda da sa odbranom nastavljamo gdje smo stali prosle sezone...
Ukoliko Scott nastavi ovako mislim da ce nece dugo zadrzati na klupi. Uredu kada te GSW rastavi na proste faktore, ali kada to uradi Utah onda

PS: Strucnjaci ESPN-a na svom rankingu Bryanta su stavili na 40.poziciju, a sinoc su nakon utakmice dobili i njegov odgovor:

"Kobe on whether ESPN ranking bothered him: “Nah. I’ve known for a long time that they’re a bunch of idiots.”

sundancekid je napisao/la:

amerosm je napisao/la:Izgleda da sa odbranom nastavljamo gdje smo stali prosle sezone...
Ukoliko Scott nastavi ovako mislim da ce nece dugo zadrzati na klupi. Uredu kada te GSW rastavi na proste faktore, ali kada to uradi Utah onda

PS: Strucnjaci ESPN-a na svom rankingu Bryanta su stavili na 40.poziciju, a sinoc su nakon utakmice dobili i njegov odgovor:

"Kobe on whether ESPN ranking bothered him: “Nah. I’ve known for a long time that they’re a bunch of idiots.”

Hahaha, saamo je pitanje vremena kad ces i ovog trenera pocet zvat "pokusaj od trenera 3.0"...

sundancekid je napisao/la:Treneri ce uvijek bit problem, dok god ljudi ne shvate da je problem roster. Uvijek ce se pisat "pokusaj od trenera", dok god ne dodje neki koji ce imat bolju ekipu, i sa njom uspjet da uradi nesto vise.

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