Kobe Bryant, Meet Jeremy Lin

Published: 10th Feb 12 10:04 pm
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Marian Hinton
Texas Sports Blogger
Debbie Wong-US PRESSWIRE

Prior to tonight’s match-up between the Los Angeles Lakers and the New York Knicks, Kobe Bryant didn’t have much praise for the NBA’s newest sensation, Jeremy Lin.

After the Lakers’ win over the Celtics earlier this week, Kobe was asked what he thought about the Knicks’ popular phenom. Here is his expletive-laced, albeit perhaps a bit tongue-in-cheek, response from WEEI Sports Radio:

“I know who he is, but I don’t really know what’s going on too much with him. I don’t even know what he’s done. Like, I have no idea what you guys are talking about. I’ll take a look at it tonight though.”

“I don’t even know what the [f***] is going on. What the [f***] is going on? Who is this kid? I’ve heard about him and stuff like that, but what’s he been doing? Is he getting like triple doubles or some [s***]? He’s averaging 28 and eight? No [s***]. If he’s playing well, I’ll just have to deal with him. Let’s not get ahead of ourselves.”

Though Kobe may not have been ready to give Lin his due, for whatever reason, he may be feeling differently tonight.

With Lin leading the way, the Knicks defeated Kobe and the Lakers on Friday by a score of 92-85.

While Kobe had a strong night, scoring 34 points with 10 rebounds and 1 assist, Lin led all scorers with 38 points, adding 4 rebounds himself, along with 7 assists.

Over the last four games, since his minutes have drastically increased, Lin has averaged 29 points and 8 assists per game.

Though I am sure that Kobe wasn’t exactly speaking the truth prior to tonight’s defeat–after all, how can one not know about Jeremy Lin–I think it’s safe to say that Kobe knows exactly who Lin is now.

Whether he is ready to admit it or not, however, is a different story.

 

 

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