As pointed out by rolling out scribe Amir Shaw, Bryant is languishing in the land of boredom after his torn Achilles tendon ended his season — and some speculate maybe even the Black Mamba’s career — and rendered him to his couch. Kobe had his Twitter posts to defuse the expanding pressure inside his skull during Lakers’ games because the ultra-competitive fire can’t be doused any other way.
These are the Kobe quotes that irked D’Antoni like a bug in his shoe:
This game has a “steal one” written all over it for us
— Kobe Bryant (@kobebryant) April 21, 2013
Gotta milk pau in the post right now and d12. Will get good looks from it — Kobe Bryant (@kobebryant) April 21, 2013
Matador Defense on Parker. His penetration is hurting us — Kobe Bryant (@kobebryant) April 21, 2013
Nothing worse then watching your bothers struggle and u can’t do crap about it #realtalk
— Kobe Bryant (@kobebryant) April 21, 2013
Laker Nation, and more specifically, “Black Mamba” fans, figuratively rushed the court and sliced off a few layers of coach D’Antoni’s backside for having the intestinal fortitude to dismiss Bryant, the face of the Lakers’ franchise and one of the greatest NBA players ever, tweeted a “fan” during the post-game press conference. Even Bryant chuckled sardonically at the subtle swipe:
A fan?? Lol #microphonetalk
— Kobe Bryant (@kobebryant) April 21, 2013
You can almost see Bryant’s death stare boring holes through the TV after the coach imprudently belched out those words to one of the NBA’s — check that, one of sports — marquee names. But even Bryant began to discern the adverse effect his constant tweeting during the games was having on the psyche of his players and mostly his coach.
I see my tweeting during the game is being talked about as much as the game itself. Not my intention , just bored as I guess #notagain — Kobe Bryant (@kobebryant) April 21, 2013
The throngs of Bryant fans, however, were not nearly as understanding as the Black Mamba and they set a blow torch to Twitter in their heated responses:
Don’t think for a second #Kobe took that being called a “FAN” quote by D’Antoni lightly.Mike better win 2games in series or he will be a FAN — Incarcerated Bob IBN (@Incarceratedbob) April 22, 2013
Take a look at what else Lakers’ fans and others had to say:
