Imagine being on the #Lakers with Kobe Bryant and going into February w/ trading deadline approaching with a 13-34 record. @JLin7 recalled a practice during that 2014-15 season.
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“All of a sudden, we hadn’t seen him for like a few weeks, all of a sudden he walks into the gym, and this is the day before the trade deadline. And we’re all about to start practice, we’re on the baseline, we’re doing our dynamic warm-up or whatever, and then he comes in, sweatsuits, he has a sling for his hurt shoulder, and he has his shades on, his Kobe shades.
“And he walks in, and everyone’s like, ‘Ooohhh.’ Booz, Carlos Boozer’s like, ‘Kooobe, good to see you bro. Dang, we haven’t seen you in a bit. How come you came today?’ And he was just stone-faced. And he was like, ‘I just came by to say bye to some of you bums who are getting traded tomorrow.’ … I remember one of my teammates was just like, ‘I lost all motivation to practice.'”
It’s a perfectly on-brand moment for Kobe.
Maybe Lin felt better knowing he wasn’t among those traded that season.
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