As the New York Post helpfully pointed out yesterday, the Yankees have shot to 9-2 record [Ed: 10-2, after last night's win] ever since the news first broke about slugger Alex Rodriguez stepping out on his wife with a "buxom blond" stripper.
At the time, we joked that Knicks' coach Isaiah Thomas was said to be encouraging similar acts of sexual deviance from his players in the hopes of revamping their office. We were actually sort of kidding (for the most part) except now it turns out it's kinda true! Apparently, Thomas is hoping to recruit suspected date rapist/known adulterer, Kobe Bryant.
Knicks president/coach Isiah Thomas has not approached the Lakers yet with a firm offer for Kobe Bryant, though he admitted at Orlando's pre-draft camp he concocted a series of tentative offers. Sources say the Knicks would be atop Bryant's and Jermaine O'Neal's wish lists. Bryant has a no-trade clause and can nix any deal.
We'd like to be the first to preemptively welcome Kobe to the team. Who knows, he might just be the spark-plug this struggling Knicks ball club is looking for!
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you are an idiot , plain and simple ..you shouldnt even have reporter class …Kobe Bryant was cleared of all rape charges ..as far as adultery goes ..how many men in the nba have cheated on their wives? yea i agree its not a good thing ..but it isnt something that a great percentage of the world doesnt do …he made a mistake ..and ppl like you wont let him live it down ..im so sick of you reporters making Kobe the poster child for all thats bad in the nba …he is the best player in the league ..why dont you write about that? ..saying Thomas wants a bad man on his team is just stupid …i bet you dont even know the mans stats or what hes worth do you?
most idiotic article i've ever read ..i swear
So Kobe cheated. I don't condone it. He said he was sorry. What does cheating on your wife have to do with basketball? Your Knicks team needs help.
"date rapist/known adulterer, Kobe Bryant."
He was not convicted or charged. You guys are the stupidest bunch of people Ive ever seen. Ive seen your employees on Red Eye. You should be banned from TV. You are posting inaccurate information.
This is one of the dumbest articles I've ever read. Get some journalism skills before you bullshit.
Contrary to polypro's comment, Kobe Bryant most certainly *was* charged criminally. On July 18, 2003, the State of Colorado indicted him for sexual assault (Case No. 03CR204). It is true that nearly 14 months later, on September 1, 2004, the criminal complaint against him was dismissed — after the complainant chose not to testify.
It is also true that after the dismissal, Bryant issued a statement, saying: "Although I truly believe this encounter between us was consensual, I recognize now that she did not and does not view this incident the same way that I did."
None of this is to pronounce a definitive judgment, one way or the other, on the man's character. It is simply to say that Jossip's description of Bryant — as a "suspected date rapist/known adulterer" — was justified and not wide of the mark.