Trevor Ariza says Kobe sent him a blueprint after Boston beat the Lakers in the 2008 Finals, then the Lakers won the title the next year
“After the game... going to the hotel, the bus was shaking. The fans was shaking our bus, throwing rocks at our shit”
“We get back to the hotel, everybody goes to Kobe’s room... we just taking shots, talking about how we going to come back next year and be better. Once we got back to LA, he sent me a text”
“‘In like a week I’m going to send you the blueprint to how we going to win this shit. I’m going to send you everything that I need you to do to help me’... The shit that he told me to do, I did that shit every day, twice a day... and we end up winning”
Shaquille O’Neal says he wanted $150 million to sign with the Lakers, but Jerry West offered $120 million plus movie deals that brought the package to $180 million
“Jerry West met me in a hotel. He said, ‘I got some good news and some bad news.’ I said, ‘What’s the bad news?’ He said, ‘I can’t get you to 150 million you asked for, but I can get you 120 million, and I got some movie deals signed up for you that’ll come out to about 180 million.’ And I said, ‘Shit, let me see the contract.’ He showed me the contract, and I’ve never seen so many zeros in my life”
“My first contract was 40 million. When I seen that 120 million for 7 years with the option after three to renew… And as I’m signing, he puts his hand on my shoulder. He said, ‘Let me tell you something. I just got this kid, in two or three years, you and him are going to win a lot of championships.’ I’m like, ‘Yeah, okay,’ because I’m trying to sign. He was talking about Kobe”
(via @fullsendpodcast ft. @shaq)
We’re going to bring this heroic young man, and his family, into the White House with, perhaps, the boy he saved, to give him a High Civilian Honor. Very brave, he deserves it! President DONALD J. TRUMP
Romo doing an extensive warm up to fire his glutes and activate his hips for his Field Sobriety Test proves you always need to be stretching https://t.co/A2VzWEn12g
The World Cup has turned America into a discovery channel for the rest of the world.
And they are not handling it well.
In the best possible way.
Here is what they are discovering:
Free public restrooms. Europeans pay every time.
Free water at every restaurant. Just appears.
Free refills. Coffee. Sodas. Iced tea. Unlimited.
Free chips and salsa before you even order.
Free warm bread with dinner.
Ice in drinks like civilized people.
Air conditioning everywhere. Not a moral debate. A fact.
Parking lots attached to the actual place you are going.
Drive throughs where the food comes to the car while you sit in it.
Ranch dressing by the gallon.
Tex-Mex that cannot be explained only experienced.
Dental care that actually works.
Buccee’s. There are no words for Buccee’s.
Then they found the grocery stores.
Five of them within one mile.
Each one the size of an aircraft hangar.
Burgers. Steaks. Brisket. Ribs. Pulled pork. Lamb. Veal. Every cut of every animal ever domesticated by human civilization available in one refrigerated aisle at ten in the morning on a Tuesday.
The Germans stood in the meat section for forty five minutes.
In silence.
Processing.
They finally understand why we do not have trains.
We have roads wide enough for the cars we actually drive.
Parking lots the size of small European countries.
Airports in every city worth visiting.
Why would we need trains.
The Germans are taking ranch home by the bottle.
The Dutch found queso and briefly lost the ability to speak.
The Japanese are photographing HEB like it is the Louvre.
The Czechs are weeping in West, Texas.
Welcome to America.
Everything is free, enormous, air conditioned, comes with chips, and has five grocery stores within a mile that will sell you any cut of any animal you have ever imagined.
Write that down. 🦋
El Himno de los Estados Unidos acá en Seattle ha sido una auténtica escena de película. Espectacular. Véanlo hasta el final. Brutal. Más de 65 mil personas, lleno absoluto. Estados Unidos demostrando que también es un país futbolero. Fabuloso.