The Lakers won a game the other night and it was a joyous occasion for Nick Young, Jordan Hill, Carlos Boozer, and to a lesser extent, Jeremy Lin. Swaggy P and Hill crashed Lin's post-game interview and Carlos Boozer threw his mug in for good measure. It was all very fun and whimsical. Jimmy Kimmel asked Kobe about this exact moment last night (skip ahead to about 1:35 in) and you will be surprised to learn that Kobe doesn't do whimsy. Certainly not when his team is 14-41.
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OK, Kobe, we know you don't want to reward people when they're not doing things properly and sometimes tough love is the best love of all—that is a good point about the food stuck in a friend's teeth—but what if Nick Young had simply smiled about winning?Hmm. Fair. OK, what if you hit a buzzer beater? What? Oh, I'm glad you asked: it's at the half, and it brings you within 10 points.
OK, I was just sort of messing around with that one, anyway. OK. What about happiness? Yeah, just, like, in general.
