Will we see an expose from ESPN now on Bron?

[i nasmatic i]

Originally Posted by CP1708

Originally Posted by I NaSmatic I

exposé

How the hell did you do that? Mine don't look like that. Expose`. Expose'.

What the heck man?

I googled "expose"

 

[vctry20]

on a mac it's option E + i (or whatever letter you need to accent0
í
é
ó

 

[november33rd]

This is stupid. Kobe and Bron do it all the time. They're cocky.....so what? How many great players you know that aren't cocky? To even be great IMOyou have to have a bit of cockiness. MJ did the same #$+#. And he was a legendary trash talker. THe MJ shoulder shrug....how is that any different? All theantics MJ had after making a great shot? Nobody gave him flack for that.


People are just reaching to denigrate the man because they don't like Kobe. Okay so he's not perfect...who is? You don't have to over-analyze andnitpick at his every little fallacy. Damn. Get off his nuts....let that man breathe. :smh

 

[CP1708]

Originally Posted by Wings90

Originally Posted by CP1708

Originally Posted by I NaSmatic I

exposé

How the hell did you do that? Mine don't look like that. Expose`. Expose'.

What the heck man?

If you're on a PC hold Alt and press 130 using the number pad.

é

You can probably find the key online somewhere to do it with different letters.

I'm on a laptop so I don't have a number pad, but I just went over to my PC and tried it in an email and it does work!

Damn, I need to learn computers or somethin.

 

[sylvestermcgrizzly]

 

[westcoastsfinest]

nope not unless he pulls a colorado

 

[got shoes]

exposê. lol Mac FTW!!!!!!

 

[bangtcg]

what bron did last night were just battle cries. what kobe did was taunting.

im not a fan of bron so please spare me.

plus bron has a good guy image and kobe, well kobe cheated on his beautiful wife for an 18 year old girl working working at a day span where in which he askedher if he could ejaculate on her face.

 

[ethanlee29]

how dare you speak against the king

 

[RyGuy45]

Well, it's ESPN so we cannot think rationally with them. Or wish for anything that would benefit the reader/viewer/listener as opposed to ESPN corporate.

 

[rfx45]

I thought Lebron has been doing this throughout the playoffs?
Like when he makes those half court shots or long 2-pointers at the end of quarters, he just reacts like "this is easy..."


I doubt he'll get any heat over it though, they won't even air highlights of someone dunking on him or show the horrible block-foul on Howard.
He just a much cleaner image than Kobe so he will become NBA's poster child and reap all the benefits of course.
Right now, he is the best though. He always one-ups everybody.
Like Madison Square Garden, Kobe score 50+ and he goes for almost 50 and almost triple double.

Or in the AS game when he just had to throw himself out there because Howard was getting too much attention.

 

[DsLee]

I'm a neutral fan as well, and there is a difference between battle cry and taunting. I have yet to see LeBron running back to play defense on the court,after he makes a shot/dunk, making hand gestures to show people how big he thinks his testicles are.

ESPN DOES show a lot more love to LeBron, though it gets annoying at times, but dude is just a genuinely funny/likable dude.
Kobe may be less liked as a person, but geniuses aren't normally adored by the norm; admired for their work, yet hated for their personality resulting frombeing a genius.

 

[tmoney85]

Originally Posted by bangtcg

what bron did last night were just battle cries. what kobe did was taunting.

im not a fan of bron so please spare me.

plus bron has a good guy image and kobe, well kobe cheated on his beautiful wife for an 18 year old girl working working at a day span where in which he asked her if he could ejaculate on her face.

yea like 98% of these players dont cheat. one of the nba players is probably out with your girl right now giving her a facial, probably adammorrison.

 

[size 15 please]

Originally Posted by I NaSmatic I

 

[eeibaby]

Originally Posted by tmoney85

Originally Posted by bangtcg

what bron did last night were just battle cries. what kobe did was taunting.

im not a fan of bron so please spare me.

plus bron has a good guy image and kobe, well kobe cheated on his beautiful wife for an 18 year old girl working working at a day span where in which he asked her if he could ejaculate on her face.

yea like 98% of these players dont cheat. one of the nba players is probably out with your girl right now giving her a facial, probably adam morrison.

Better watch yourself buddy, wouldn't mind seeing him suspended though

 

[(*Fin)]

ESPN DOES show a lot more love to LeBron, though it gets annoying at times, but dude is just a genuinely funny/likable dude.
Kobe may be less liked as a person, but geniuses aren't normally adored by the norm; admired for their work, yet hated for their personality resulting from being a genius.
Well put.

 

[realtalkaz]

game was on tnt pimp juice not espn

 

[JD617]

Originally Posted by REALTALKAZ

game was on tnt pimp juice not espn

Wow. Go back to the beginning of the thread, read slowly, and try again.

 

[CP1708]

 

[realtalkaz]

Originally Posted by JD617

Originally Posted by REALTALKAZ

game was on tnt pimp juice not espn

Wow. Go back to the beginning of the thread, read slowly, and try again.

 

[osh kosh bosh]

Like I have said before I find LeBrons antics to be as repulsive as Kobe's he is a shameless self promoter, and he is almost as calculated with his actionsas Kobe.

 

[JD617]

Originally Posted by REALTALKAZ

Originally Posted by JD617

Originally Posted by REALTALKAZ

game was on tnt pimp juice not espn

Wow. Go back to the beginning of the thread, read slowly, and try again.

Here you go, pal. It's obvious that you're not the sharpest knife in the drawer, so here's the article for you. As you can see, it has nothingto do with what channel the game was on. It's an article from espn.com. And don't bother failing with any more pics or gifs either, because I'mputting you on ignore.

Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Leave the scowl at home, Kobe

---

By Tim Keown
Page 2


The strangest moment of the NBA playoffs took place during Game 3 of the Lakers-Rockets series, when Kobe Bryant hit an 18-foot turnaround jumper from the left elbow with Shane Battier's right hand in his face. Bryant immediately began shaking his head with a look that indicated he smelled something really bad. This -- as you know -- is Kobe's dismissive face, the one he now makes after nearly every basket.

But that wasn't the strange part -- after all, how can something be strange when it happens anywhere from 10 to 25 times a game? The strange part came afterward, when he started back downcourt and turned to the TNT broadcasters at center court and yelled toward commentator Doug Collins.
[table][tr][td][/td] [td]

[/td] [/tr][tr][td][font=verdana, arial, geneva]We get it Kobe, no one can guard you. Now keep quiet and play the game.[/font][/td] [/tr][/table]
"He can't guard me," Bryant said. Shaking his head, his mouth curled downward in a semicircle of disgust, he stared down Collins and said it again, "He can't guard me."

There was a pause on the broadcast. OK, that was meant for us, you could almost hear them thinking. So ... what do we say now? They couldn't ignore it, because it was clear to everyone watching that they were taken aback and that Kobe was the reason. Kevin Harlan acknowledged that Kobe was targeting Collins, one of the most even and knowledgeable minds in the game. When Harlan asked his partner what it was all about, Collins sounded genuinely perplexed. "I'm not sure," he said, and they quickly and quietly moved on.

And that's the deal about Kobe: None of us is sure. How can a guy with that much talent play with such little joy? Why does he feel he has to put on that phony tough-guy show all the time? Underneath all that pre-fab armor, who is he? Does he even know?

It's sad, maybe, but Kobe will never be appreciated in a manner commensurate with his ability. He's in the process of turning himself into an antihero. (In many respects, he is similar to Alex Rodriguez, another tin-eared superstar.) Everything he does reeks of insecurity, which is a really weird trait for a guy who -- along with LeBron James -- is a once-a-decade basketball talent.

Unlike LeBron, though, Kobe can't let his game speak for him. He has to accentuate everything with the facial expressions and the dismissiveness. It's not enough for him to beat someone; he feels compelled to belittle that person in the process. That's why one of the best things about the Lakers-Rockets series -- and, really, it's turning into a 700-page novel -- has been Shane Battier's reaction to Kobe's antics. And that reaction is this: zero. None. He acts as though he can't hear or see any of it.

Hey, Kobe, we know you're great. You know you're great. Shane Battier knows you're great. How about letting someone else say it first every once in a while? The way it works now, you're telling us so often that we're getting tired of it. Let us be the judge of whether someone can or cannot guard you. It's pretty self-explanatory, to Doug Collins and everybody else.

You see, I want to be able to enjoy Kobe's talent. I want to see it the way I see LeBron's: transcendent, mostly pure and emanating outward. It probably will never happen, though. Kobe won't let it.

For a guy with such a constant flow of creativity running through his game, it's amazing to see how calculated he is about his image. He comes across as though he's reading a script, and he's all wrong for the part (maybe Alan Alda reading a part meant for Harvey Keitel). There are just too many false notes, and the worst part is, he actually seems to believe this is what people want from him. This is the persona he has cultivated, and he's going with it no matter what. It's really kind of sad.

And this is where Kobe veers from the arrogant antihero routine perfected by someone such as Barry Bonds. Bonds didn't care what you thought about him. He thrived off the anger he generated. But this preening, jaw-jutting, head-shaking character is what Kobe believes people want.

Maybe it's his attempt to answer the questions of the Lakers' toughness. I don't know, but in the playoffs, his performances generally follow one of two themes: (1) He takes over the game and taunts everybody in sight, demanding that all acknowledge his greatness or (2) he steps back and intentionally doesn't take over a game, in which case his attitude seems to be, "See what they look like without me?" Either way, it's a tough act to embrace.

In the wake of Sunday's Game 4 disaster, when Battier and Ron Artest did guard Kobe -- and after which Magic Johnson said the Lakers defiled the team's honor -- it's a good bet Kobe will be at his contrived best in Tuesday night's Game 5. He'll probably dominate, and he'll undoubtedly let us know.

But here's a radical idea: Stop with the smugness and the arrogance. Play your game and let your talent speak for itself. You might not know this, but it does a much better job than you do. And if you're not going to enjoy what you bring to the court, at least give us half a chance.

ESPN The Magazine senior writer Tim Keown co-wrote Josh Hamilton's autobiography, "here[/color].

 

[JD617]

double post

 

[buc em]

theres a big difference cuz lebrons celebrating is just natural...dude blocked the defensive player of the year/most dominant young big man in the game if youdont get pumped after that somethings wrong with you. kobe's just seems real forced and he'll do it at awkard times, mostly after hitting easy jumpers.

 

[realtalkaz]

Originally Posted by JD617

Originally Posted by REALTALKAZ

Originally Posted by JD617

Originally Posted by REALTALKAZ

game was on tnt pimp juice not espn

Wow. Go back to the beginning of the thread, read slowly, and try again.

Here you go, pal. It's obvious that you're not the sharpest knife in the drawer, so here's the article for you. As you can see, it has nothing to do with what channel the game was on. It's an article from espn.com. And don't bother failing with any more pics or gifs either, because I'm putting you on ignore.

Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Leave the scowl at home, Kobe

---

By Tim Keown
Page 2


The strangest moment of the NBA playoffs took place during Game 3 of the Lakers-Rockets series, when Kobe Bryant hit an 18-foot turnaround jumper from the left elbow with Shane Battier's right hand in his face. Bryant immediately began shaking his head with a look that indicated he smelled something really bad. This -- as you know -- is Kobe's dismissive face, the one he now makes after nearly every basket.

But that wasn't the strange part -- after all, how can something be strange when it happens anywhere from 10 to 25 times a game? The strange part came afterward, when he started back downcourt and turned to the TNT broadcasters at center court and yelled toward commentator Doug Collins.
[table][tr][td][/td] [td]

[/td] [/tr][tr][td][font=verdana, arial, geneva]We get it Kobe, no one can guard you. Now keep quiet and play the game.[/font][/td] [/tr][/table]
"He can't guard me," Bryant said. Shaking his head, his mouth curled downward in a semicircle of disgust, he stared down Collins and said it again, "He can't guard me."

There was a pause on the broadcast. OK, that was meant for us, you could almost hear them thinking. So ... what do we say now? They couldn't ignore it, because it was clear to everyone watching that they were taken aback and that Kobe was the reason. Kevin Harlan acknowledged that Kobe was targeting Collins, one of the most even and knowledgeable minds in the game. When Harlan asked his partner what it was all about, Collins sounded genuinely perplexed. "I'm not sure," he said, and they quickly and quietly moved on.

And that's the deal about Kobe: None of us is sure. How can a guy with that much talent play with such little joy? Why does he feel he has to put on that phony tough-guy show all the time? Underneath all that pre-fab armor, who is he? Does he even know?

It's sad, maybe, but Kobe will never be appreciated in a manner commensurate with his ability. He's in the process of turning himself into an antihero. (In many respects, he is similar to Alex Rodriguez, another tin-eared superstar.) Everything he does reeks of insecurity, which is a really weird trait for a guy who -- along with LeBron James -- is a once-a-decade basketball talent.

Unlike LeBron, though, Kobe can't let his game speak for him. He has to accentuate everything with the facial expressions and the dismissiveness. It's not enough for him to beat someone; he feels compelled to belittle that person in the process. That's why one of the best things about the Lakers-Rockets series -- and, really, it's turning into a 700-page novel -- has been Shane Battier's reaction to Kobe's antics. And that reaction is this: zero. None. He acts as though he can't hear or see any of it.

Hey, Kobe, we know you're great. You know you're great. Shane Battier knows you're great. How about letting someone else say it first every once in a while? The way it works now, you're telling us so often that we're getting tired of it. Let us be the judge of whether someone can or cannot guard you. It's pretty self-explanatory, to Doug Collins and everybody else.

You see, I want to be able to enjoy Kobe's talent. I want to see it the way I see LeBron's: transcendent, mostly pure and emanating outward. It probably will never happen, though. Kobe won't let it.

For a guy with such a constant flow of creativity running through his game, it's amazing to see how calculated he is about his image. He comes across as though he's reading a script, and he's all wrong for the part (maybe Alan Alda reading a part meant for Harvey Keitel). There are just too many false notes, and the worst part is, he actually seems to believe this is what people want from him. This is the persona he has cultivated, and he's going with it no matter what. It's really kind of sad.

And this is where Kobe veers from the arrogant antihero routine perfected by someone such as Barry Bonds. Bonds didn't care what you thought about him. He thrived off the anger he generated. But this preening, jaw-jutting, head-shaking character is what Kobe believes people want.

Maybe it's his attempt to answer the questions of the Lakers' toughness. I don't know, but in the playoffs, his performances generally follow one of two themes: (1) He takes over the game and taunts everybody in sight, demanding that all acknowledge his greatness or (2) he steps back and intentionally doesn't take over a game, in which case his attitude seems to be, "See what they look like without me?" Either way, it's a tough act to embrace.

In the wake of Sunday's Game 4 disaster, when Battier and Ron Artest did guard Kobe -- and after which Magic Johnson said the Lakers defiled the team's honor -- it's a good bet Kobe will be at his contrived best in Tuesday night's Game 5. He'll probably dominate, and he'll undoubtedly let us know.

But here's a radical idea: Stop with the smugness and the arrogance. Play your game and let your talent speak for itself. You might not know this, but it does a much better job than you do. And if you're not going to enjoy what you bring to the court, at least give us half a chance.

ESPN The Magazine senior writer Tim Keown co-wrote Josh Hamilton's autobiography, "here[/color].

over doing it bro im jus messin with you