Tex Winter: Kobe on my "All Winter Team" <div class="quote_poster">Quoting Achilles:</div><div class="quote_post">In the new Lindy's Basketball Preview Tex Winter once again names his "All Winter Team." He chooses three players at each position and ranks them. He names Kobe as his first choice at SG. Here's what he has to say: "A lot of coaches wouldn't rank him this high perhaps. He carried too heavy a burden last year. It would have broken most people. Not this guy. He's got a ziconium constitution. Still one of the best finishers and dunkers in the game. The break up of the Lakers, which wasn't his fault, took it's toll on him. Most game nights he felt like he had to do too much. He overextended himself, played long minutes, got worn down. But he's number one on this list because he always played hard every minute. He has to be more effective this year. Worked tremendously hard in the off season, even outworked the legendary Jordan. He has a good idea of what he has to do to be effective. And one thing you always know ? he won't shirk responsibility." </div> Out of anyone out there that personally knows Kobe, Tex always "keeps it real." Original Post @ LG
do u know what he said about the other players he'd choose at each position? can u either attach it or send a url. thanks
hahaha thats funny..I mentioned this before but Magic Johnson said ealier this summer when asked about Kobe, that he had been training and working out like crazy, so much to the point that the Lakers had to ask him to back off a little bit so he wasn't worn down for the season. Hearing Tex say this gives me confidence that Kobe will be better than ever this year.
