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Kobe Bryant is asked how he feels about being the center of the public eye, and also how he reacts to fans booing him in opposing arenas. This interview is from September 17, 2006.
Full interview from losangelessportsvid: youtu.be/EMwx4w0W8Yk
Excerpt from ‘How Josiah-Jordan James is Like the ‘Kobe’ of Tennessee’s Basketball Team’ article by Ric Butler:
According to assistant coach Rod Clark, James has a critical role with this Tennessee team.
“Josiah being back is like, I don’t like to compare him to this, but it’s almost like Kobe [Bryant] back in the Staples Center after a long injury,” Clark said about James on Monday. “His energy, his enthusiasm, his infectious personality, it just lifts everybody.”
While speaking with the media on Monday afternoon, Clark told a story about James’ leadership dating back to last season.
At the time, a then-freshman Jahmai Mashack constructively confronted James after a sluggish performance against LSU on the road.
“[Josiah’s] head was down, he was just in a bad state,” Clark said. “He was shooting, I think, like 19 percent from the field at the time. And Jahmai was like ‘Jo, when your head is down, and when you’re not talking in timeouts, it affects us. Like we don’t feel like we can beat anybody when you’re like that. But when you have great energy and you’re coaching guys up and you’re being a leader, we feel like we’re the best team in the country.’ Ever since then, I think Jo has embraced how infectious his status is for our guys.”
Full article: rockytopinsider.com/2023/01/09/how-josiah-jordan-james-is-like-the-kobe-of-tennessees-basketball-team
🏷 #famous #hatersgonhate #mamba #goat #kobebean #beanbryant #theblackmamba
Kobe Bryant is asked how he feels about being the center of the public eye, and also how he reacts to fans booing him in opposing arenas. This interview is from September 17, 2006.
Full interview from losangelessportsvid: youtu.be/EMwx4w0W8Yk
Excerpt from ‘How Josiah-Jordan James is Like the ‘Kobe’ of Tennessee’s Basketball Team’ article by Ric Butler:
According to assistant coach Rod Clark, James has a critical role with this Tennessee team.
“Josiah being back is like, I don’t like to compare him to this, but it’s almost like Kobe [Bryant] back in the Staples Center after a long injury,” Clark said about James on Monday. “His energy, his enthusiasm, his infectious personality, it just lifts everybody.”
While speaking with the media on Monday afternoon, Clark told a story about James’ leadership dating back to last season.
At the time, a then-freshman Jahmai Mashack constructively confronted James after a sluggish performance against LSU on the road.
“[Josiah’s] head was down, he was just in a bad state,” Clark said. “He was shooting, I think, like 19 percent from the field at the time. And Jahmai was like ‘Jo, when your head is down, and when you’re not talking in timeouts, it affects us. Like we don’t feel like we can beat anybody when you’re like that. But when you have great energy and you’re coaching guys up and you’re being a leader, we feel like we’re the best team in the country.’ Ever since then, I think Jo has embraced how infectious his status is for our guys.”
Full article: rockytopinsider.com/2023/01/09/how-josiah-jordan-james-is-like-the-kobe-of-tennessees-basketball-team
🏷 #famous #hatersgonhate #mamba #goat #kobebean #beanbryant #theblackmamba
