During the 2014-15 season, the Lakers had a 13-40 record with the trade deadline just a day away. Kobe Bryant, who had been away from the team to rehab a torn rotator cuff, unexpectedly showed up to Lakers practice.
While guesting on a recent episode of āInside The Green Room,ā Jeremy Lin recalls how a straight-faced Kobe told his teammates, āI just came by to say bye to some of you bums who are going to get traded tomorrow.ā
Ironically, the Lakers didnāt make any trades before the deadline. (Starting at 19:42):
āHe walks in, and everyoneās like, Ohhh. Carlos Boozerās like, āKobe, good to see you bro. We havenāt seen you in a bit. How come you came today?ā
āHe was just stone-faced. He was like, āI just came by to say bye to some of you bums who are going to get traded tomorrow.'ā [ā¦]
āI remember one of my teammates was just like, āI lost all motivation to practice.ā It was funny because we couldnāt tell if he was serious. We couldnāt tell if he was joking.
āIf I were to guess, he was probably more on the end of serious. But I donāt think he was all the way serious either because after that, people that talked to him caught up with him. So it wasnāt like hostile. But it was so him.ā
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