Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Talk about Generosity

So I thought that this was pretty cool. We all already know that Kobe Bryant won the MVP of the season, but Im not sure how many of you caught his press conference or saw any highlights of it.

As we all know Kobe kept saying that this award was not a individual award, but a "team" award instead and thanks all of his teammates for all their contributions. At the press conference all of Kobe's teammates were present and Luke Walton asked a question referring to how Kobe said that it was a team award and whether or not he was going to get his teammates gifts jokingly, with Bryant responding with a laugh and a yes.

Well, what Im getting at is that last night the Laker players all joined together at a restaurant to (once again) watch a game that would determine their opponent in the Western Conference Finals and at this gathering Kobe was reported to have given each of his teammates a personally engraved Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Compressor Chronograph watch from Switzerland; which retails at $9,000 apiece.

Here are some pictures from that night...






Now talk about being generous, but I guess thats what happens when your Kobe Bryant and youve just won the MVP award.