Kobe Bryant on Denver fans booing ‘Melo: “That’s stupid”
Kurt Helin Jan 20, 2011, 6:00 PM EST 4 Comments

Carmelo Anthony dropped 35 points on the Oklahoma City Thunder, taking over the fourth quarter, in what was one of the — if not the — best wins of the season for the Nuggets Wednesday. And still fans booed him during the post game, on court interview.

Kobe Bryant doesn’t get that, as he told Chris Tomasson of FanHouse.

“That’s stupid,” star guard Kobe Bryant said in speaking with FanHouse and the Denver Post after the Lakers practiced Thursday at the Pepsi Center in preparation for Friday’s game against Denver. “That’s not very smart…”

“Put yourself in his shoes,” Bryant said. “If you’re teeter-tottering about going somewhere, he’d be more inclined to go to another place where they’re going to cheer you rather than boo you.”

It’s impossible to rule out Anthony signing an extension and staying in Denver, because in this fluid situation it’s impossible to rule anything out. The Nuggets could be stuck without a trade partner and Anthony could decide that the money potentially lost in a new Collective Bargaining Agreement outweighs his desire to go to New York.

But the waters in Denver seem poisoned. Whenever Anthony has been asked if re-signing with Denver was a possibility, he said yes — until last night. Last night he dodged the question (from Tomasson). Twice.

Who knows if the boos impacted that or not. Can’t believe it helps, though.

TMS wrote:they'll have plenty of time to boo Melo over the next 5 years when he's wearing a Knicks uniform

The situation reminded Bryant of a difficult time in his own career, when in May 2007, he demanded to be traded because the Lakers were not focused on building a winning team.

"In my situation, we weren't spending the money to get players [to the Lakers]," Bryant said. "They had me playing around with Smush Parker. So until they decided that they wanted to make the necessary sacrifice financially and give me a team that was going to be competitive, then I didn't want to be here. It was as simple as that.

TMS wrote:

gr33d wrote:Best part of that interview was right here:

"How good is he now?'' Bryant said. "He's ridiculous. He can do everything. I don't think people here really understand what he's fully capable of. He's a problem.''

Kobe hasn't gotten the memo that Carmelo can't help teams get better

lol. Look hes not Landry Fields or David Lee or anything.

Killa4luv wrote:My favorite tidbit from Kobe's remarks are:

The situation reminded Bryant of a difficult time in his own career, when in May 2007, he demanded to be traded because the Lakers were not focused on building a winning team.

"In my situation, we weren't spending the money to get players [to the Lakers]," Bryant said. "They had me playing around with Smush Parker. So until they decided that they wanted to make the necessary sacrifice financially and give me a team that was going to be competitive, then I didn't want to be here. It was as simple as that.

Did he really have to throw Smush Parker under the bus like that? ALso, u'd think he would want to be a little more respectful of a place where he narrowly escaped a rape/sodomy charge.

Smush Parker in NBA 2K8 was a beast.

TMS wrote:

Killa4luv wrote:

TMS wrote:

gr33d wrote:Best part of that interview was right here:

"How good is he now?'' Bryant said. "He's ridiculous. He can do everything. I don't think people here really understand what he's fully capable of. He's a problem.''

Kobe hasn't gotten the memo that Carmelo can't help teams get better

lol. Look hes not Landry Fields or David Lee or anything.

maybe more of a poor man's John Wallace.

Wallace! And I had visions of Lavor Postell in my head...

on another not...what do you guys think of O face looking to come back after he gets brought out