Word: kobe
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...Kobe Bryant was furious again. Waving a newspaper that held a teammate's unflattering, anonymous quote, the Los Angeles Lakers star confronted each of the other players: "Right here and right now," he said, seething, "I want to know who said this s___." No wonder Lakers coach Phil Jackson tried to hire a team psychologist to help him douse the fire ravaging his squad...
...there would be no confronting Kobe about his anger and selfishness. And no championship trophy. In The Last Season (Penguin; 288 pages), the man who coached nine NBA champions in Chicago and Los Angeles describes the turbulent year that ended his career as leader of the Lakers. While the book is a hoot for basketball fans, Jackson's experiences also offer lessons for anyone dealing with chaos at home or work...
...Bryant was consumed with being Los Angeles' alpha Laker and saw any Shaq gain as his loss. It was office politics at a whole other level. "These two guys had to be on the same wavelength," Jackson tells TIME. "I don't think there's anything particularly that kept Kobe from throwing the ball into Shaq. But the opportunity for them to play together--give, go screen, roll--was never really fleshed out. So I thought it kept us from reaching our [potential...
...summer’s end, Guthrie was returning from a Cape Cod vacation and gearing up to report on the sexual assault trial of basketball superstar Kobe Bryant...
...been carved into the Buddha, one that's ever so gradually melting away all evening, ice can even guide you toward musings about the evanescence of the material world--presuming you're the type who can think about such things while picking at a $180 plate of Kobe beef...