Why Kobe isn't going to Italy

Kobe said that he would take 50 million dollars a year to play for a team like Milan. Earl Boykins just became the highest paid Italian League player ever at 3.5 million dollars per year. Do the math.

According to Alexander Chernykh, writer for the Russian sports site sports.ru, the only teams with money are the two Greek Teams (Panathinaikos, Olympiakos) and the Russian teams (BC Khimki, CSKA Moskow, Dynamo Moscow), and I'm pretty sure that even if Kobe would be willing to go to Italy, he'd be more hesitant about living through a Russian winter.

Shaq is da bomb diggity yo

In case you missed it, Shaq recently ripped up his "colleague" in a free style rap show.
As if his style was not bad enough for my (and his) ears, he also lost his most prized possession.
The gold sheriff's badge.



[Ed. note] Shaq was actual stripped of his deputy title by the self-proclaimed "Toughest Sheriff in the country." There was no physical "gold sheriff's badge" involved, other than that is now drowning in Shaq's tears.

Kobe in the clutch

Astute TrueHoop reader, Michael, writes into Henry Abbott with an analysis of what might be going through Kobe's head in the closing moments of the Lakers-Rockets game last night.

Take a look at what he has to say, it's really pretty interesting.