Kobe's Mission by RandyPandy

Posted by: Dave on Aug 26, 2007 - 04:21 PM
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Bryant is the best offensive talent in the league today. He will not back down from any challenge and will certainly raise up the ante if need be. He is as lethal as his nickname, Black Mamba, and will strike you from all angles.

However, some people still think of him as a selfish player. Some people say that he is a brat and should be put in his place. Some people think that Kobe needs to tone down his public tirade asking to be traded. Those are the same people that have watched his 81 point game and said he shot the ball too much.

Well, it's either you love the guy or you hate him. that simple.

This is a letter to all the haters out there. You better listen and listen good.

Kobe has his own life to live. If he wants it to be filled with a lot of media and controversy, then let him be. It is his one life to live. You just don't realize that he has something brewing. Something you guys don't know. He has this mission. He has this certain urge inside him that wants to prove all the nay-sayers wrong.

He wants to win that next championship without Shaq and he will. It is just a matter of when and where because for sure, Kobe will not accept that he has just three rings. He wants to add to that, and if that means discarding his beloved purple and gold, then he will. The man wants to win, and if he feels that his current team is not helping him to achieve that goal, then he walks. If the Lakers don't make any drastic changes within this season, I am sure that Kobe will opt out of his contract and move out East.

He wants to win the gold not for himself, but for the USA. It has always been black and white with Kobe, and he knows that. He has shouldered the responsibility of bringing that lost glory back. Expect the haters to say that it was all Kobe's fault when they lose and say it was Kobe who was great when they win it all. He is their x-factor now. He is the greatest and biggest advantage Team USA has against all the competition because no one has that same killer instinct as he does. His body is built for basketball in general, be it international type of play or plain streetball, he will compete to win.

He wants to regain that image he had when he just started out. We all know that Kobe is a private person. His habits are different from others and he likes it that way. But what really derailed his image was that Colorado scandal. He wants to prove the public that everybody can make mistakes and it is how you rise up from that mistake that matters.

Kobe is just human. And every human has a mission in life. It just so happened that we share in Kobe's missions and we support him in his. Just don't let me tell you "I told you so" when Kobe proves everybody wrong.

Just you wait...