made by a player in his situation. It was not a 'guarantee' - but that doesn't make a good story so it got twisted into all this crap to make it good. Really doesn't matter anyway because those that hate Kobe are going to take it the way they want to..
http://www.latimes.com/sports/basketball/nba/lakers/la-sp-simers15jun15,1,1539864.column?coll=la-headlines-sports-nba-lakers/
CBS' Jim Hill asked Bryant, "What was the thought process that made you promise the Lakers would win
?"
Bryant had no idea what Hill was talking about. It's not uncommon, of course, to have no idea what Hill is talking about.
"I promised?" Bryant asked. "I'll go with that, man. It's fine by me. We don't have a choice. We've got to win."
When the news conference was over, Bryant agreed to another one-on-one chat. I explained that he was being asked about his promise to win, based on what he had told me the night before.
"You should have warned me," he said. "What's the big deal? Do I think we're going to win Tuesday? Duh. What do they expect me to say?
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