“Best quarterback” debate naturally brings team accomplishments and accolades into the comparison convos
However
“Best thrower” I’ve ever seen — distance, velocity, touch, ball placement, timing, on the run, under pressure, etc — is Aaron Rodgers
J.R. Smith says he got benched 9 seconds into guarding Kobe Bryant as an NBA rookie
“Crazy because in shootaround, we going through walkthroughs, doing plays and shit. Bryon Scott is trying to explain the triangle and where Kobe going to be at and his moves and shit”
“He was like, ‘He's going to go two dribbles right baseline. He gonna pump fake, stay down. He's going to pump fake again. Stay down.’ I'm like, ‘All right’”
“We go through another play. He tell me, ‘He going to go two dribbles right, pump fake, stay down, pump fake, stay down, and then make him pass it out. Worst case, he'll take a tough shot over top of you. We can live with that.’ I’m like, ‘All right’”
“We go over another play. I was like, ‘Yo, bro, if you tell me he about to go two dribbles right and pump fake and then pump fake... I got it. All right.’ ‘He do it and your ass go for it, I'm taking you out’”
“I get in the game. I swear to God bro. I wasn't in the game nine seconds. When I tell you this man went two dribbles right. But the way he took his two dribbles, I'm thinking he going to the cup for sure”
“This motherfucker pump fake. Jump. Boop. Swish. Beep. Sub. He took me right out”
Matt Barnes on his relationship with Kobe Bryant:
“I remember when the Drake and Rick Ross song came out Stay Schemin' and you wasn’t with me shooting in the gym. I remember when that sh*t came out and how made he was about that was crazy and I’m going kind to leave that where that was. But then I also remember another time where we just having a good time. We were in Phoenix on the bus about to get on the plane and we were joking talking sh*t because I came here off the rip just talking sh*t you know I mean I talk sh*t, I’m talking sh*t to Kobe and he’s talking it back. So it kind of changes the whole mood. But one day I was literally like bro how come you don’t show the rest of the world this side of you? And he like thought for second. He’s like, “MB, I can’t show these motherfu*kers that,” you know, I mean, because he always showed the rest of the world the Mamba. Like, I got to know Kobe, you know what I mean? And the person and the businessman and the Father, how much he loved my kids and just the man behind the mask and that’s what I treasure most about our friendship”
(Via @OutTheMudTL)
After Batista suffered an injury in 2003, Mark Jindrak was set to take his place in Evolution. WWE even filmed vignettes and promotional material with him as the group’s fourth member.
But Triple H wasn’t sold on the idea.
The decision was made to wait for Batista’s return instead…
And the rest is wrestling history. 🫣
The fellas were reflecting on the time Bron dunked on Damon Jones, which turned into them clowning Damon for saying he’s going to be cooperating w/ the feds in the gambling scheme 😂😂real fuckn tears😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
It’s acknowledged in traditional hoop talk that great defenders just need to be good in their role on offense but it’s not talked about how Brunson led the offense and excelled as a defensive role player. Timely digs running back to his man to closeout and take away driving lanes 2 steals a game many clutch steals drawing charges gang rebounding. Fighting through screens to stay out the action tracking down loose balls
Jalen Brunson reveals the Christmas Day a teenage him met Kobe Bryant in a United Center hallway and the line he's never forgotten
Brunson: "I just remember him walking in the hallway. As a teenager, you're trying to keep your cool. So I said hi, shook his hand."
Brunson: "Kobe said something that to this day I will never forget. He said, 'Why work if you don't want to be the best?' That quote will sit with me forever."
Brunson: "He had these red high-top Kobe nines, the Christmas nines, and the shoes just kind of fell into my hand. He's like, 'Here you go. These for you.'"
Brunson: "When I got in the car to go home, I looked at it and I was like, 'Oh, I'm definitely wearing these.'"
Watching the Finals documentary and seeing Brunson in the background looking like comic-accurate Wolverine.
If I’d seen this before the series, I would’ve said Knicks in 1.
“They lost one we won’t talk about that one it wasn’t my fault”
“It was Trumps fault”
“i didn’t say it”
STEPHEN A SMITH AND DANHAUSEN TROLLING DONALD TRUMP 😭
CM Punk, John Cena, Seth Rollins, and other superstars discussing how the ending sequence of Elimination Chamber 2025 would play out
This was so fascinating — the way Cena kept agreeing with CM Punk was beautiful. It really showed how great their chemistry is 🐐