Kobe is still the BEST!
"So now Kobe Bryant comes to the Third Act, the nut scene, John McClane vs. Hans Gruber, loser dies hard.
It's not enough that Bryant has left baskets smoldering in these playoffs. It's not enough that he's made shots from elevator shafts, burning buildings and tilting helicopters. It's not enough that his fourth quarter in Game 6 of the Western Conference finals was his career Thriller, the most retina-popping streak of clutch moves I've ever seen, Michael Jordan and Michael Jackson included.
No, now he comes to do-or-die, the stand-back-kids moment, his chance to hang in the Louvre, sing at Carnegie, mine the Hope diamond. It's a Celtics-Lakers finals and he's been here before, one time, two years ago, and wound up flatter than forgotten beer. His Lakers had their pants yanked down in front of the whole school. So there's not just a title on the line but his legacy, too. This is Kobe's big moment, his final answer, his Rubicon.
Yes, he has won four rings, two scoring titles, a regular-season MVP, an NBA Finals MVP, and has more power and money than all the Bushes combined. He has left entire arenas gasping, gone on streaks that even Jordan couldn't imagine, played at such a preposterously high level that at times he looked like a man doing handstands on an airborne 747. But he has never taken a ring from the hated Celtics and until he does, it's all very Catskills. Compared to the Celtics, Orlando is just K.C. and the Sunshine Band. Until he slays the Celtics, Kobe Bryant can never be what he has the chance to be: The Greatest Laker."
Winter Olympics
Team USA has a chance to win the Winter Olympics' medal count for the first time in 78 years. What has been your favorite moment in the 2010 Winter Olympics?
