Kobe Bryant
If My Ego's Too Big
Screw You!
2/17/2015 7:55 AM PST BY TMZ STAFF
Kobe Bryant says ... he knows there are NBA stars who refused to play for the
Lakers because they couldn't handle Mamba's ego ... but Kobe says the team
didn't need those players anyway.
Bryant just opened up to GQ ... saying, "Does my nature make me less
enjoyable to play with? Of course."
When specifically asked if his ego has deterred top talent from joining the
Lake Show -- he replied, "Of course it does. Is it possible that some top
players in the league are intimidated by that? Yes. But do I want to play
with those players? Does the Laker organization want those specific players?
No."
He adds, "Magic. Jordan. Bird. We all would have been phenomenal teammates.
This organization wants players who will carry this franchise to another five
or six championships. The player who does that has to be cut from the same
cloth. And if they’re not cut from that cloth, they don’t belong here."
In the issue, Bryant was also brutally honest about his relationship with
former coach Phil Jackson -- saying, "He understood the dynamic he had to
deal with between me and Shaq. So he would take shots at me in the press, and
I understood he was doing that in order to ingratiate himself to Shaq."
"And since I knew what he was doing, I felt like that was an insult to my
intelligence. I was like, ‘F**k him. I’m out here busting my ass. I’m
killing myself.’ And it became insulting."
"Yet at the same time, it drove me at a maniacal pace. Because either
consciously or unconsciously, he put a tremendous amount of pressure on me to
be efficient, and to be great, and to be great now."
Kobe表示他知道NBA中有很多球星都因為接受不了自己的自負而拒絕為湖人打球，
另外，Kobe稱湖人反正也不需要他們。
接受採訪時，Kobe說：「我的天性是不是讓他們不願意跟我打球？這是肯定的。」
接著記者具體問了Kobe是否他的自負阻止了一些球星的加入時
Kobe回答說：『當然，那些球員是否被我的自負嚇到？是的。
但是我想跟他們一起打球嗎？湖人需要這些球員嗎？不。』
Kobe接著說：「Magic Johnson、Jordan和Larry Bird，我們在一起的話，
會成為很棒的隊友，湖人想要這樣的球員帶領球隊前進，
再拿5到6個總冠軍，這些球員都必須擁有一樣的特質，
如果他們沒有這樣的特質的話，他們就不屬於湖人。」
另外，Kobe談到了自己跟Phil Jackson之間的關係
Kobe說：『Jackson知道他要處理我跟Shaq之間的緊張關係，
所以他總是在媒體面前批評我，
我知道他這麼做是為了討好Shaq。
自從我知道了他那麼做之後，我感覺這就是對我智商的侮辱，
我的反應就像""去他的，我在場上拼盡全力，我都快死了。""
這真的很侮辱我。
同時，這也瘋狂驅使著我，因為無論是有意還是無意的，
他給了我打得更有效率、變得更偉大的動力。』
http://is.gd/IZdYlt
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老大最近很悠哉....
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If My Ego's Too Big
Screw You!
2/17/2015 7:55 AM PST BY TMZ STAFF
Kobe Bryant says ... he knows there are NBA stars who refused to play for the
Lakers because they couldn't handle Mamba's ego ... but Kobe says the team
didn't need those players anyway.
Bryant just opened up to GQ ... saying, "Does my nature make me less
enjoyable to play with? Of course."
When specifically asked if his ego has deterred top talent from joining the
Lake Show -- he replied, "Of course it does. Is it possible that some top
players in the league are intimidated by that? Yes. But do I want to play
with those players? Does the Laker organization want those specific players?
No."
He adds, "Magic. Jordan. Bird. We all would have been phenomenal teammates.
This organization wants players who will carry this franchise to another five
or six championships. The player who does that has to be cut from the same
cloth. And if they’re not cut from that cloth, they don’t belong here."
In the issue, Bryant was also brutally honest about his relationship with
former coach Phil Jackson -- saying, "He understood the dynamic he had to
deal with between me and Shaq. So he would take shots at me in the press, and
I understood he was doing that in order to ingratiate himself to Shaq."
"And since I knew what he was doing, I felt like that was an insult to my
intelligence. I was like, ‘F**k him. I’m out here busting my ass. I’m
killing myself.’ And it became insulting."
"Yet at the same time, it drove me at a maniacal pace. Because either
consciously or unconsciously, he put a tremendous amount of pressure on me to
be efficient, and to be great, and to be great now."
Kobe表示他知道NBA中有很多球星都因為接受不了自己的自負而拒絕為湖人打球，
另外，Kobe稱湖人反正也不需要他們。
接受採訪時，Kobe說：「我的天性是不是讓他們不願意跟我打球？這是肯定的。」
接著記者具體問了Kobe是否他的自負阻止了一些球星的加入時
Kobe回答說：『當然，那些球員是否被我的自負嚇到？是的。
但是我想跟他們一起打球嗎？湖人需要這些球員嗎？不。』
Kobe接著說：「Magic Johnson、Jordan和Larry Bird，我們在一起的話，
會成為很棒的隊友，湖人想要這樣的球員帶領球隊前進，
再拿5到6個總冠軍，這些球員都必須擁有一樣的特質，
如果他們沒有這樣的特質的話，他們就不屬於湖人。」
另外，Kobe談到了自己跟Phil Jackson之間的關係
Kobe說：『Jackson知道他要處理我跟Shaq之間的緊張關係，
所以他總是在媒體面前批評我，
我知道他這麼做是為了討好Shaq。
自從我知道了他那麼做之後，我感覺這就是對我智商的侮辱，
我的反應就像""去他的，我在場上拼盡全力，我都快死了。""
這真的很侮辱我。
同時，這也瘋狂驅使著我，因為無論是有意還是無意的，
他給了我打得更有效率、變得更偉大的動力。』
http://is.gd/IZdYlt
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老大最近很悠哉....
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