Not to add to the dogpile of Negative Nancy Laker posts, but Dwight Howard, if he hadn't been to date, is now officially the most pathetic figure in sports. It's a full-blown public feud at this point, and I don't see how anyone can be on Dwight's side on this shit.

I'm watching this interview on ESPN, where he's asked about Kobe's comment from the below article... and his face is so goddamn pouty and self-pitying, dropping quips like "That's his opinion." and "He's not a doctor." and "I'm the only one looking out for my career."

At this point, he'd be better off refusing interviews and taking fines from the league. Who in the world wants to play with this sad-sack selfish bum at this point?

Hall-of-fame talent, D-league personality. What a waste.

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Kobe Bryant again has urged Dwight Howard to play through some pain while claiming that the Los Angeles Lakers' center "worries too much" about media and fan criticism.

Howard has missed the past three games because of a torn labrum in his shoulder, aggravating an injury he initially suffered earlier this season.

Despite winning the three games Howard has missed, the Lakers (23-26) are 10th in the Western Conference playoff race. They also will be without star forward Pau Gasol, who has a tear in the plantar fascia of his right foot, an MRI revealed Wednesday. The Lakers fear Gasol could be sidelined four to six weeks, a source told ESPNLosAngeles.com.

"We don't have time for (Howard's shoulder) to heal," Bryant said Wednesday in an exclusive interview with ESPNBoston.com's Jackie MacMullan. "We need some urgency."

The interview with MacMullan came one day after Bryant publicly challenged Howard, stating that playing through an injury is "something that you have to balance out and manage."

Bryant also asserted that Howard is preoccupied with how he is perceived by fans and media.

"Dwight worries too much about what people think," Bryant told MacMullan. "I told him, 'You can't worry about that. It's holding you back.' He says, 'OK, OK, OK,' but it's always hovering around him. �

"He just wants people to like him. He doesn't want to let anyone down, and that gets him away from what he should be doing."

Bryant also speculated that Howard, in his first season with Los Angeles, may not be accustomed to the Lakers' standards.

"(Howard) has never been in a position where someone is driving him as hard as I am, as hard as this organization is," Bryant told MacMullan. "It's win a championship or everything is a complete failure. That's just how (the Lakers) do it. And that's foreign to him.

"When you think about it, there aren't many organizations that look at it that way. There are only two that can really honestly say that's what they live by -- Los Angeles and Boston."

Howard preached patience in a recent interview with ESPN's Stephen A. Smith, pointing to the fact that Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal needed three years before winning a championship with the Lakers.

But the 34-year-old Bryant, who is averaging 27.6 points per game in his 17th NBA season, is approaching this season with more desperation.

"We don't have three years," Kobe said. "We've got this year."

Howard is listed as day to day, and his status is uncertain for Thursday's game against the Boston Celtics.

The Lakers are hopeful Gasol's injury will prompt Howard to return "sooner than later," a team source told ESPNLosAngeles.com.

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He has a chance at eclipsing Favre in all time bitchness if he keeps this pace up.

like, dwight is a bitch, but not here. money first, everything else later. he already took a chance with his money by coming back too early from the back.

put another way, if kobe wants dwight to play through an injury in a contract year, kobe should give dwight 100 million dollars.

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Say what you will about Kobe, but he knows how to work the cameras and how to flame up the media. He's smart, confident, one might say conniving.

Dwight is so fucking clueless about how the media works, yet is so desperately for players and fan and the media to love him, that he subjects himself to this embarrassment time and time again. He thinks by pouting on my TV that he'll endear himself to the public, when the public and the media love Kobe far more than Dwight and always will.

If he was worrying foremost about money and having fun, he shoulda gone to Brooklyn in the first place. He knew who Kobe was before he arrived.

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meant the way it was presented to Dwight. But whatever.

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but he never has been & never will be.

Taking that shit to Jackie MacMullen as if that helps his team's situation in the short or long-term was asinine but since he's a well-established sociopath with the people-skills of Ty Cobb, it's hardly surprising.

Note: this does not absolve Dwight of being a wishy-washy pussy, just saying any comments he's made here (I didn't read or listen) are a byproduct of Kobe's fuckup.

Shit is stupid.

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"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left."
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fuck D. Ho and the unicorn he rode in on

he needs dwight if he's going to get 6, and he needs to motivate him in a way dwight is going to respond.

this? not the way.

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coax him to play instead of this phil jackson through the media crap.

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D. Ho makes Pau look like Mad Max

_______ is a bitch, you don't motivate a bitch by calling them out in public.

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"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left."
-Kobe speaking to investigators

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>"We don't have time for (Howard's shoulder) to heal," Bryant said Wednesday in an exclusive interview with ESPNBoston.com's Jackie MacMullan. "We need some urgency."


Kobe want to win now, 12 need to worry bout his health.

-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.

One guy is a raging sociopath who wants to win at ALL costs...check

One guy isn't....check

D12 really didn't think was going to be gangam style dancing with ellen and goofing around did he? Bean supposedly broke it down for him last year off the record.

They're both right and wrong here. I can't believe this soap opera didn't make it to ASB.
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Kobe is tied to being a Laker for the long term and I'm guessing Dwight isn't, this is the main difference:

>"We don't have three years," Kobe said. "We've got this
>year."

Kobester is old and knows he time is limited; Dwight is looking at the long term and isn't as pressed as Kobe is in the immediate to solidify his Laker legacy.

I'm no doctor and I don't know enough about the situation with Dwight's injuries, but I side with Dwight in this instance based on that fact he's injured his shoulder about two or three times already. I suppose there are those that will think he's faking things and will view him in a negative light regardless.

"Sean sparks like John Starks, nah, Sean ball like John Wall" - Rest In Power Forever Sean Price.

It's a last-ditch effort to get the team together for a playoff run, but what other option is there? Babying Dwight and then watching him walk away? Things can't get much worse, so either he responds to this and they're great again or he doesn't and things continue to suck. maybe this even sets the wheels in motion for a trade. that would be a moderate W for them at this point, might even set up next year's team pretty nicely.

hypothetically this could push Dwight to play like his legacy is on the line. that's the last card kobe has, can't blame him for pulling it.

because he's got a ham-fisted & myopically mutated concept of 'leadership' that he stays pushing which serves no agenda but his own.

If Dwight plays well it ain't gonna be based off Kobe dogging him out & questioning his heart/toughness to Jackie MacMullen while continuing to gloss himself as a tough-talking/hyper-competitive 'winner' in the eyes of the press & the public.

He's a tough guy who played through the pain, even if it shortens his career? During a season where his team is still a long shot to even make the play-offs?

Look, I think Dwight's a herb too, but challenging any player's "manhood" over playing through injury is always dumb.

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>Look, I think Dwight's a herb too, but challenging any
>player's "manhood" over playing through injury is always
>dumb.

Even worse, to do so through the media and make it public.

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"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left."
-Kobe speaking to investigators

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is that Kobe doesn't care that he will look like the scapegoat publically if this latest media stunt pushes Dwight away from the Lakers when it comes time for him to re-sign.

"Sean sparks like John Starks, nah, Sean ball like John Wall" - Rest In Power Forever Sean Price.

... then Kobe knows he was going to get the blame anyway, regardless of what he said publicly or privately, and thus he doesn't give a shit.

If anything, this is a public relations win for Kobe: "I play hurt all the time, because I want to bring this organization titles." It makes him the martyr and it throws a public cloud of suspicion over how hurt Dwight really is.

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>If anything, this is a public relations win for Kobe: "I play
>hurt all the time, because I want to bring this organization
>titles." It makes him the martyr and it throws a public cloud
>of suspicion over how hurt Dwight really is.

And Dwight's the asshole here?

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>If anything, this is a public relations win for Kobe: "I play
>hurt all the time, because I want to bring this organization
>titles." It makes him the martyr and it throws a public cloud
>of suspicion over how hurt Dwight really is.

This doesn't make much sense to me since Dwight is still coming back from his back surgery and has already injured his shoulder two times before this current stretch of him not playing.

"Sean sparks like John Starks, nah, Sean ball like John Wall" - Rest In Power Forever Sean Price.

Including coming back 3 months ahead of schedule from back surgery, coming back early from his initial labrum year, and then coming back again.

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It may be assholish, it may be unfair, but it's the truth. Fans expect players to be gladiators-- we canonize the players who make miraculous plays while sick/injured.

So to the general public, no, I don't think Dwight earned any good will this season simply because he came back early and has been playing in pain. I think if Dwight had avoided all the drama in his departure from Orlando, then the public would be more forgiving and would be grateful that he's giving his all out there every chance he can.

But instead, it looks like the Side B of the exact same record. Sitting out of games, pouting in interviews, claiming he wants to be there when cameras capture the lie so clearly on his face. This is all familiar.

He might be more hurt this time. He might be a fucking hero for playing as hurt as he is. Kobe Bryant may be the biggest asshole of all time.

But thanks to the way Dwight left Orlando, and thanks to the way we worship the warrior who goes to war even when hurt, he's not going to win this PR battle between him and Kobe. Not unless he either stops pouting or simply stops talking to the media about it altogether.

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>But thanks to the way Dwight left Orlando, and thanks to the
>way we worship the warrior who goes to war even when hurt,
>he's not going to win this PR battle between him and Kobe. Not
>unless he either stops pouting or simply stops talking to the
>media about it altogether.


This^^^^ is not true at this point...Right now, Kobe is catching hell from level headed Laker fans who understand that dude is fucking up the Lakers' future...

And the media has been on his ass for his latest comments because they see it as dude placing Howard under the bus...

Again, if you want to judge Howard for his past actions, that's on you...

But what's going on now has nothing to do with any of that shit...Especially when Howard came back four months early to help his team out...

GOAT of his era......long live Prince.....God is alive....

>He's a tough guy who played through the pain, even if it
>shortens his career? During a season where his team is still a
>long shot to even make the play-offs?
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>Look, I think Dwight's a herb too, but challenging any
>player's "manhood" over playing through injury is always
>dumb.


But here's the rub...Howard came back 4 or 6 weeks early from his back injury for the good of the team...He has already been playing hurt...

GOAT of his era......long live Prince.....God is alive....

Dude can barely lift his arm, his back is still fucked up AND in the interview he said his legs are starting to tingle.
All that and he STILL leads the league in rebounds and is 5th in blocks

I side with D12 on this...let him come back when he's ready.

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"have fun reveling in your pettiness tho" (C) Dula summing up 98% of OKS

"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left."
-Kobe speaking to investigators

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i've hated using words like bitch and punk to describe dwight because of the misogynistic and homophobic overtones, but I couldn't come up with a suitable synonym. herb works perfect. that's exactly what dwight is. a herb.

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Dwight about to get paid, so he needs to heal.

Fuck fighting and risking injury to try and make a 8th seed when he knows he is gone in the offseason.

You want to win and be a hero nigga, be a hero now...


Kobe got the nerve to say another person wants to be loved in the media more than he does with his Kobe system and legacy slanted quotes about himself and etc.


Dwight gone, and Kobe helped run him off, now he trying to throw Dwight under the bus...


...look how well playing through injury worked out for the previous Lakers center...


Dwight is smart to sit and protect his value, fuck LA and that mess of a team.

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Dr. Klapper on Max and marcellus yesterday 'I understand why Dwight hasn't been able to come back and it's more to do with his back injury. This isn't like 1 injury + 1 injury = 2. It's like 1+1= 50'

When you already have a serious structural injury you are recovering from, another major injury exacerbates everything exponentially.

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"have fun reveling in your pettiness tho" (C) Dula summing up 98% of OKS

"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left."
-Kobe speaking to investigators

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"Look, multiple doctors have told me going into games in my state would be extremely detrimental for my health and my long term career. I'd like to be a Laker for the future, and while I understand Kobe's passion for winning, and I share that passion down to my core, I can't help the Lakers if I have to sit out another season or two seasons due to making my current injury worse. It's killing me to sit out, but I can't help this franchise win championships now and into the future if I'm hobbled. I apologize to the fans for this awful set of bad luck, and I'm doing everything I can to come back as soon as medically possible to help the Lakers win the championship that their fans deserve, blah blah blah."

Instead, it's short curt one-liners with a pout. "It is what is is." "Kobe's not a doctor." "I have to think about me."

Even if his thought process is right (look out for one's longterm health), he is beyond horrible at playing the media and is even worse at selling to the franchise's fans that he wants to be there.

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Therefore, he needs man up and play, even its a serious injury?

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I said he needs to shut the fuck up and stop making himself look even worse than he looked in Orlando.

The perception of him not wanting to be there is entirely Dwight's fault. It doesn't have anything to do with Dwight's injury and has everything to do with Dwight refusing to shut the fuck up and stop acting like a self-pitying crybaby every time someone shoves a mic in his face.

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>I said he needs to shut the fuck up and stop making himself
>look even worse than he looked in Orlando.

First, what he did in Orlando>>>>>>>>>worse than what he's doing here. People are taking the history of what he did in Orlando and applying it here, which isn't right. Dude is probably significantly injured here.

>The perception of him not wanting to be there is entirely
>Dwight's fault. It doesn't have anything to do with Dwight's
>injury and has everything to do with Dwight refusing to shut
>the fuck up and stop acting like a self-pitying crybaby every
>time someone shoves a mic in his face.

Again, no one said Dwight is especially media saavy. But he's not necessarily wrong for how he's handling this and Kobe is very definitely in the wrong for how he's handling it now.

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The response he gave is similar to what I expected based on everything I know about him and everything he has endured this season.

Kobe, as the alleged leader of this team, should know that, instead of doing this childish media shit. You can't treat every one on the team w the same asshole behavior. Different people need to be pushed different ways and it's been clear for years that Dwight doesn't respond to negativity well...yet Kobe continues to pour it on like you can suddenly just change the other person. You can't, you gotta work with them. Dude will never get it and it's the reason why Phil + D Fish were so important...they covered his absolute personal level deficiencies.

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"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left."
-Kobe speaking to investigators

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I respect YOU even more for that statement. lol

And once the athlete that says that finishes, if he's smart, he'd explain the compound detriment of the injury to his shoulder with his back and THEN explain he came back early from MAJOR back surgery to help.

That'd make this media "W" for Kobe an "L" because people would say, Kobe is going to hard cuz he old and desperate.

Would it REALLY be a bad thing for LA to miss the playoffs, get a high draft pick (from what I'm reading, if they land in the top 14, they keep their pick this yr) get some youth for the future to pair with Dwight when Kobe is gone, let Dwight and Pau heal?

-Re-up Dwight in the offseason (he'd be gracious for the patience if Kobe would shut the fuck up)
-Try to sign Pau for a yr or two or work on a S&T to net an asset
-Lock up Earl Clark

Come back next yr with a full training camp with the whole team and coach.

Get younger (Earl, top 13 draft pick, possible youth infusion for Pau trade), get healthy and make Kobe and Nash's last season Epic while securing their future.

Lakers management should tell Kobe to shut the hell up and that he has ONE last year to get it done if this one doesn't work. Injuries are injuries but his brashness to the situation might cost LA their next building block.

And I think Dwight's a bitch but he's obviously not Dwight the basketball player we're use to seeing.

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>Would it REALLY be a bad thing for LA to miss the playoffs,
>get a high draft pick (from what I'm reading, if they land in
>the top 14, they keep their pick this yr) get some youth for
>the future to pair with Dwight when Kobe is gone, let Dwight
>and Pau heal?

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Tell Kobe to stfu, re-sign Dwight, get the entire team back to 100% (Nash, J Hill, Dwight, Pau), resign Earl, utilize Pau's expiring contract to trade for youth, have a full camp and then have a fresh start for Kobe and Nash's last run.

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"have fun reveling in your pettiness tho" (C) Dula summing up 98% of OKS

"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left."
-Kobe speaking to investigators

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Not to mention all the Cap room from Kobe, nash, MWP and possibly Pau's(unless they lock up a chunk of young assets via trade for him) deals being off the books.

Make a run at Kyrie or Bron or any of the young soon to be expiring stars out there.

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MWP, Pau, and Kobe come off the books after next season. Nash has a very reasonable 10 million option for 2014-15. Other than Dwight (if he re-signs obviously) and Nash (and possibly Earl + any long-term youth you trade Pau for), no one else has a contract.

The whole damn thing hinges on Dwight re-signing. Kupchak and Buss hopefully have a sit down with Kobe to tell him to stfu and play.

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<--The drought is over

"have fun reveling in your pettiness tho" (C) Dula summing up 98% of OKS

"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left."
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