Kobe Qvells About USA Basketball Uniforms
I was watching NBC's coverage of the Olympics about 11PM EST on Friday
night, when Kobe Bryant filled the screen for an interview. He said,
approximately (I was a little bleary eyed) that the 1st time he saw his
USA Men's Basketball uniform, he "laid it down across my bed" and just
looked at it, "humbled" (A word many had previously believed was not in
Kobe's vocabulary). "I had goosebumps",
Kobe continued. This was frankly, positively startling. Kobe...arguably
the best basketball player of our generation...was emotionally affected
by a simple (albeit nice) basketball uniform. What up with that?
I'm a Philly guy. Lifelong hoops fan. And, for full-disclosure's sake, worked for the LA Lakers from 1991 to 1995 in corporate sales. During what was commonly referred to as the Randy "No Fun" Pfund & Del "Dull" Harris era. Interrupted, ever so briefly, by the 19 game Magic Johnson head coaching fiasco.
Kobe, as the son of former Sixer Joe "JellyBean" Bryant, claims "Philly-roots" when in actuality the guy grew up in Italy for most of his formative years. JB moved back to Philly with a sweet-heart asst. coaching deal @ St. Joe's Univ. when they thought they might have a chance of signing wunderkind that was Kobe.
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Adrian Davis
Interactive Media Designer
Sports Uniform Blog
I'm a Philly guy. Lifelong hoops fan. And, for full-disclosure's sake, worked for the LA Lakers from 1991 to 1995 in corporate sales. During what was commonly referred to as the Randy "No Fun" Pfund & Del "Dull" Harris era. Interrupted, ever so briefly, by the 19 game Magic Johnson head coaching fiasco.
Kobe, as the son of former Sixer Joe "JellyBean" Bryant, claims "Philly-roots" when in actuality the guy grew up in Italy for most of his formative years. JB moved back to Philly with a sweet-heart asst. coaching deal @ St. Joe's Univ. when they thought they might have a chance of signing wunderkind that was Kobe.
Read more!
Adrian Davis
Interactive Media Designer
Sports Uniform Blog
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