Two years ago, TNT's Charles Barkley branded Kobe Bryant as "selfish" -- he wasn't the first -- and all but accused Bryant of quitting on the Lakers in a Game 7 first-round playoff loss to the Phoenix Suns. ...
Last fall, he said the Lakers should trade Bryant. ...
Wednesday night, after the Lakers torched the Denver Nuggets, TNT's "Inside the NBA" postgame show opened with Barkley chanting, "M-V-P, M-V-P, M-V-P." ...
Speaking of TNT, kudos to whoever conceived the parody of Bryant's jumping-the-car shoe commercial, with Kenny Smith playing the role of Bryant and flying out of his shoes as a car driven by co-host Ernie Johnson plows into him. ...
Yes, it's on YouTube. ...
Lakers forward and aspiring record executive Lamar Odom says he knows better than to follow the lead of clueless former AAU teammate Ron Artest, who famously asked for time off from the Indiana Pacers during the season a few years ago to promote a CD he'd released through his record label. ...
Says Odom, whose Rich Soil Entertainment label this week announced the August release of an album by rapper Ali Vegas, "I understand that the success that I have on the court only helps whatever else I have on my table." ...
That's a relief. ...
The Lakers might not defend well enough to win the NBA championship, but they defend well enough to get past the defenseless Nuggets. ...
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