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Kobe Bryant is frustrated with Pau Gasol not being involved in the Lakers offense enough. This is from January 4, 2013 following the Lakers loss to the Clippers.
Full interview from lakersmobile: youtu.be/npdalVEwFlc
Excerpt from ‘“Kobe Bryant Reached Out to Me During Free Agency, I Was Honored”: Dirk Nowitzki Humbly Declined The Mamba’s Effort to Recruit Him to Lakers in 2013’ article by Akash Murty:
Recently in his interview with Graham Bensinger, the 2017 Finals MVP talked about how big a fan he was of the Lakers legend and how he used to get home early after his own matches just to watch the fourth quarter of Bryant’s matches.
And also answered Graham’s question about how he felt about getting recruited by Kobe himself.
“He (Kobe) reached out to me during free agency, and of course, I was honored. But I basically told him ‘listen, I respect you so much, and it would be so much fun to play with you, but you know what I have built in Dallas. Everybody has been super loyal to me.’ And he expected that answer”, Dirk told Graham about Kobe’s offer around 2013 free agency.
Kobe must have known even before Dirk’s answer that it was not going to happen because like Bryant, Nowitzki was also as loyal as they come, and would obviously not leave Dallas having achieved championship success.
Full article: thesportsrush.com/nba-news-kobe-bryant-reached-out-to-me-during-free-agency-i-was-honored-dirk-nowitzki-humbly-declined-the-mambas-effort-to-recruit-him-to-lakers-in-2013/?amp
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Kobe Bryant is frustrated with Pau Gasol not being involved in the Lakers offense enough. This is from January 4, 2013 following the Lakers loss to the Clippers.
Full interview from lakersmobile: youtu.be/npdalVEwFlc
Excerpt from ‘“Kobe Bryant Reached Out to Me During Free Agency, I Was Honored”: Dirk Nowitzki Humbly Declined The Mamba’s Effort to Recruit Him to Lakers in 2013’ article by Akash Murty:
Recently in his interview with Graham Bensinger, the 2017 Finals MVP talked about how big a fan he was of the Lakers legend and how he used to get home early after his own matches just to watch the fourth quarter of Bryant’s matches.
And also answered Graham’s question about how he felt about getting recruited by Kobe himself.
“He (Kobe) reached out to me during free agency, and of course, I was honored. But I basically told him ‘listen, I respect you so much, and it would be so much fun to play with you, but you know what I have built in Dallas. Everybody has been super loyal to me.’ And he expected that answer”, Dirk told Graham about Kobe’s offer around 2013 free agency.
Kobe must have known even before Dirk’s answer that it was not going to happen because like Bryant, Nowitzki was also as loyal as they come, and would obviously not leave Dallas having achieved championship success.
Full article: thesportsrush.com/nba-news-kobe-bryant-reached-out-to-me-during-free-agency-i-was-honored-dirk-nowitzki-humbly-declined-the-mambas-effort-to-recruit-him-to-lakers-in-2013/?amp
🏷 #paugasol #lakers #nbaoffense #lakersoffense #kobeandpau #kobeandgasol #kobepau #lakersplays #lakersplaybook #lakersgame #lakersgameplan #lakersinterview #nbainterview #kobeinterview #kobebean
