From Peter Vescey in Tuesday’s NY Post :
Was Malone out of line? Depends on what they’ve been able to say to each other before. Depends on whether he was really hitting on her. We’ve all seen it before: If she took it the wrong way he could apologize; done deal. If she took it another step, hey, let’s not make believe this stuff doesn’t go on every day in real life . . . and the clever offer is compliments of a sensuous superstar.
Vanessa Bryant expressed no indignation. She did that after the game to her husband. By all accounts, Malone was shocked when Kobe called him in the car, repeatedly telling him he was going to “[mess] him up” if he ever went near his wife again.
Again, unless you’re convinced Malone is guilty, why wouldn’t he be shocked? I mean we’re not talking about just another player/Laker walking up to Vanessa Bryant and taking his best, crude shot. We’re talking about people who’ve dined, partied and hung out together.
Surely they’ve said some things to each other privately that outsiders couldn’t get away with. Don’t tell me no risqué lines were ever crossed or breached. I don’t believe anybody ever got upset when double entendres were passed back and forth.
Maybe the problem here is we’re trying to figure this out logically. Instead this nonsense is probably everything that’s wrong with everything in pro sports ” rich young people, Southern California, and anything else you care to throw into the smelly hamper.
It’s insane, it’s stupid and it’s getting messier by the moment.
Succeeding phone calls by Bryant to the Malone home were both menacing and malicious. According to hand-me-down sources (Kaye called Shaquille O’Neal’s wife and Gary Payton’s wife and the word spread from there) Kobe ratted out Karl, saying he fools around on the road all time; shades of snitching on Shaq when the Eagle, Colo., police picked him up.
You know, of course, what’s next: Karl will expose Kobe’s theoretical dalliances all over the planet.
This just in: Kobe insists the Lakers re-sign A.C. Green.
That’s Vescey problem? I think we all know how important fidelity is to Kobe. Didn’t he just give Vanessa a $4 million ring to keep her home during his rape trial? Is that not love? Actually, Vescey misses the point entirely in his column. A) there’s the retarded SoCal slam (when he has Mrs. G. Sheffield’s video to cover, no less) but b) the reality that it doesn’t matter who is telling the truth in Karl v. Kobe. The real problem is that Kobe has once again driven talent from the Lakers over his personality. Xmas day, can’t wait. Not for the smoking jacket, but Kobe v. Shaq downtown.
This Just In: The tide is turning, Kobe fans now think Karl Malone was just looking to get out of LA for somewhere like San Antonio and get himself a ring. The Lakers in tatters! LA rocked! But thanks to Kobe running the Mailman out of town, Mexican girls can breathe easy knowing Karl Malone isn’t “hunting” them.
Did Malone Outfitters go bankrupt?
WHERE DOES KOBE GET THE NERVE GETTIN MAD IF SOMONE HITS ON VANESSA? AT LEAST SHE DIDN’T SLEEP WITH KARL! DID HE FORGET WHAT HE WAS JUST ON TRIAL FOR?..GUILTY OF BEING A NASTY, CHEATING BASTARD!