The Lakers are losing, and Kobe Bryant isn’t happy about it. He’s spoken in recent weeks about being patient through the Lakers’ rebuilding process, but he let people hear it in a recent practice.
Kobe extremely unhappy on the practice court. “Now I see why we’ve lost so many games. We’re soft like Charmin!”
— Mike Bresnahan (@Mike_Bresnahan) December 11, 2014
Kobe yelled to Kupchak while leaving practice court: “These (expletives) aren’t doing (expletive) for me.” Didn’t think team practiced hard.
— Mike Bresnahan (@Mike_Bresnahan) December 11, 2014
More Kobe: He didn’t think the second unit did a good enough job today. Starters crushed them in scrimmage.
— Mike Bresnahan (@Mike_Bresnahan) December 11, 2014
Follow this link for a Vine of Kobe’s trash talk, which contains some NSFW language.
The Lakers are the worst defensive team in the league, giving up 111.4 points per 100 possessions. Bryant has resigned himself to his situation. He’s made it clear that he will not play for another team other than the Lakers, so this is the reality he’s stuck with for the rest of his contract.
That doesn’t mean it will be easy for him.