Everybody knows that if the game is on the line and the Lakers are down, the ball will be in Kobe Bryant’s hands. The veteran shooting guard is known for taking over and hitting incredible shots with the definition of clutch. The problem is sometimes Kobe gets double or even triple teamed and he still attempts to take the shot rather than passing to an open teammate. Antawn Jamison says Kobe admits to this and that they have to yell at him in order to get the ball. Read more after the jump.
Jamison said Bryant told the team to yell at him if you’re open, because his only focus is the basket.
“Kobe will tell you,”Jamison said via ESPN.com. “He’s like, ‘Look, you guys as my teammates, yell at me. Let me know that you’re open because I’m so programmed,’ and this guy has told me this, ‘I see nothing but that basket. You could be open, there could be three guys on me, but the only thing I see is that basket so you have to tell me, Look, I was open. Or yell at me mid-play. That doesn’t affect me at all and I respect that.’ ”
Jamison said the team has no problem confronting Bryant.
“I think the thing we’ve seen in the past was most teammates might have been afraid to come to him or express, ‘Kob’ I was open,’ or, ‘That’s not what we drew up,’ ” Jamison said. “The thing I like about this team, Steve Nash — who is a Hall of Famer — and Dwight [Howard] as well, Dwight and Kobe have gotten into shouting matches on the bench because Dwight will be like, ‘Kob’, that’s your rotation. Get there.’ And after the game he’ll be like, ‘Appreciate it, big fella. I needed that.’ ”
