Tyson vs Spinks. Obama vs Osama. The Giant Meteorite vs The Dinosaurs. Sobriety vs Whitney. Life vs Joe Budden.
History is filled with numerous examples of complete landslides; hilariously unbalanced contests where one party was entirely overmatched against the other. Sunday afternoon bared witness to another such debacle as the Dallas Mavericks mollywhopped, mushed, and humiliated the Los Angeles Lakers, beating the defending champs by 30 points in a game that was equal parts conclusion of the Lakers’ reign and culmination of everything current Laker haters hate about these current Lakers.
Yet, while the Lakers were definitely outclassed on the court, their issues seemed to run deeper than basketball. Something had been “off” about them for the past month or so, something that clearly seemed to affect their will to compete. And while the common idea was that this malaise was the result of them becoming too self-satisfied and too Hollywood with too many off-court distractions (ie: The Lamar and Khloe show, Ron Artest doing Ron Artest things, etc), another possible reason for their competitive melancholy surfaced this week.
From “Divided Lakers simply get lost on way to three-peat”
Perhaps more than anything, the notion that Pau Gasol can be this team’s next great leader was swept away. His sudden and odd postseason disappearance was the most obvious reason for the Lakers’ troubles, his fall completed Sunday when he scored 10 points while being pushed around by everyone but his coach, who thankfully refrained from hitting him for a second consecutive game.
“I have to learn from this,” Gasol said. ”I have to learn that when something happens off the court, you have to keep it off the court.”
He was referring to the report that he stopped talking to Bryant during the postseason because Bryant’s wife, Vanessa, had contributed to the breakup of Gasol and his longtime girlfriend. Lakers fans will remember that Karl Malone once publicly accused Vanessa of interfering with his personal life in a similar fashion.
Whatever was happening, Bryant and Gasol haven’t connected on the court in a month, and the Lakers have been lost without the strength of their fusion.
Although this article doesn’t explicitly state it, apparently the full story is that Vanessa Bryant (Kobe’s wife) “befriended” Silvia Lopez Castro (Pau’s fiancee) and allowed a couple stories/rumors about Pau’s infidelity to slip out. Enraged and embarrassed, she broke up with Pau. And, after learning exactly where Silvia got her info from, Pau — one of the top 15 players in the NBA — mentally and emotionally withdrew from the team in general and Kobe in particular.
When first hearing about this entire mess, two questions immediately came to mind.
1. Has there ever been a more snitching-ass household than the Bryants? My goodness. They make the Macbeths look like the f*cking Cosbys. Sh*t, now I know why they call Kobe’s ass The Black Mamba, cause befriending him or his wife is like buying one for a pet
And, most importantly…
2. Should Kobe be responsible for the actions of his wife?
Remember, Kobe’s wife ratted Pau out, not Kobe. But, this act made Pau also feel a certain way about Kobe, and I get exactly where he’s coming from.¹
You can argue that what a person’s significant other does is completely independent of that person. I mean, unless you’re the Christies, even the most close-knit couples spend time apart and (should) have completely independent thoughts and actions. Shit, if Lady Champ decides to start robbing banks, my ass aint the one that’s going to be at Muncy State Correctional Institution for Women. (Unless, of course, I’m there for conjugal visits and the cupcakes from the lesbian ward)
But, Cinemax-inspired women’s prisons fantasies aside, it’s hard for me to imagine that Kobe was completely unaware of the rumors his wife was spreading, especially since there’s a 99.999999% chance that Kobe himself was the source of the rumor. Even taking gossip out of the equation, (right or wrong) who you choose to be your significant other is a reflection of your values, mores, and priorities, and if I find out that your boo is murdering and raping everybody out there, you better believe that I’m probably going to cancel your invite to weekly wing night too. It aint that hard to find another spades partner.
For the record, I have absolutely no problem with couples sharing gossip with each other. I know we (Lady Champ and I) do, and when I tell one of my booed-up homeboys something, I just go ahead and make the assumption that I’m telling his entire household, pets included. But, when you share gossip you should also share the consequences if that gossip happens to leak, a lesson Kobe and the Lakers had to learn the hard way.
Anyway, people of VSB.com, do you think that a person should be at least somewhat responsible for the actions of their significant other? If you were in Pau’s shoes, would you have given Kobe the cold shoulder too? If a black Laker makes an eerie overbite face in the woods, would Artest make a sound?
The carpet is yours.
***9:00am edit: Well, now Pau Gasol is deny that anything happened between his fiancee and Vanessa Bryant, and that things are all hunky-dory between these four. Personally, I think he needs more people. But, just in case that the scenario in today’s post didn’t actually happen, for the sake of discussion let’s just pretend that it did***
¹You could also say that, regardless of what happened off the court, Pau should have manned up, blocked that shit out, and done his job. I understand this sentiment. Anyone who’s ever played on a sports team knows that shit aint always Kumbaya. Sometimes you’ll be legitimately pissed at your teammates, and sometimes you might just have a teammate you just don’t f*ck with at all. When it’s game time, though, you usually find a way to get past that and compete as a team.
What makes this situation different, though, is that — if the rumors are true — Pau has legitimate reason to think that someone in the Bryant household sabotaged his life, and I totally get how that could make someone lose the type of on court trust that all successful teams are supposed have.
—The Champ
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“If a black Laker makes an eerie overbite face in the woods, would Artest make a sound?”
As long as Artest has a shirtless Andrew Bynum next to him for “security purposes”.
For the first time since I’ve signed up for this site (a GRAND TOTAL OF…one week):
NOMBRE UNO! YEAH! WHOOOOO!
*reverts back to normal*
They gonna fight you for this. Protect yo neck!
I smoke on the mic, like Smokin’ Joe Frazier…
your cookie and milk are in the mail. congrats.
Mmmm… cookie… Is the milk strawberry?
you lucky this is a reply to a legitimate first comment. i would move it to 4:04 am but….it passes inspection. i’ll get you next time, though.
LMAO My bad, y’all. Still navigating my way through…
*dork mode*
Does the fact that it’s at 4:04am have anything to do with the 404 error? Because that’s kinda dope. lol
lol yes, eventually that’s why it became 404 am! originally i would have made them the last comment of the day but i realized it made those comments be the first comments we see on the backend list of comments, and that would suck. 4 am being the lull of comment activity became the lucky hour, and thus 404 was born.
Fabulous! That made me smile. lol
That’s an underbite and according to ESPN, (sarcasm alert) when Kobe makes that face, he’s ready to play! Sorry, but I got tired of seeing laker highlights this season and hearing ESPN announcers talk about “there goes the underbite,”
Vanessa Bryant just doesn’t CURL all the way over to me. AT ALL!
so her curls are apathetic? melancholy? dispirited?
i know what’ll make her a$$ curl all the way over and back again…trade kobe to denver. (is colorado a community property state!?)
DEAD
Cali is community property & she has no prenup. Plus she has been married long enough that she’s going to get broken off anyway.
*kanye voice* “Whats a black mamba anyway?? A FCUKING SNAKE!!”
ahahha.
Well played. lol
Yes, Life vs. Buddens is a tough series but it looks like Life is up 3-1 and heading back home for Game 5. I had my fb status about Buddens and how a man so talented and lyrical just has so much drama. The catch 22 is that it is that drama that has provided some of Buddens strongest tracks.
yeah, nobody straddles the line between winning and not winning at all like buddens does. he’s a living, breathing, tyler perry screenplay — but if perry grew up in brownsville instead of wherever the hell they breed 6’8 cross-dressing ass n*ggas who swear they’re straight
This, from Necole Bitchie:
“And it baffles me that, although Joe Budden abused his girlfriend and admitted it in a song, he’s getting booked for all of these interviews to defend himself, meanwhile he is given a platform to continue to slander her while downplaying the root of the issue. There are police reports and photos that prove that he beat her and made her lose her baby, however, he continued his media charade on the Breakfast Club in New York this morning laughing and joking about the entire situation as if he’s the victim…I guess the rules of the game change when it’s a struggling vixen versus an international pop star that he’s putting his hands on (referring to Rihanna and Chris Brown, of course, who he apparently compared himself to jokingly on Twitter).”
This F-ed up my day for a second yesterday. She could be exaggerating about how well the public and media are receiving Joe Budden right now, I don’t know. But the public requires Chris Brown to seriously pay for what he did, blacklists him and everything, and then Joe Budden gets a pass not only to do it but also to be a total d!ck about it and continuously disrespect the girl? If this is true……I’m just gonna trail off because I can’t even express how messed up that is.
I think this touches on an issue that the Black Snob touched on in regards to Alicia Keys. Joe isn’t a “mainstream” (read: known by a majority of white people) artist…yet (if ever). So his behavior is far from the glaring lights, although he’s doing his best to make it very public.
CB was big and the woman he was dating was even bigger.
I totally agree with this. No one cares unless the woman is famous and loved by society. Tons of highly revered male celebrities have histories of domestic violence and most barely got a slap on the wrist from society. The backlash against CB was only big because he hit an international popstar.
I completely agree with you.
It largely has to do with the fact Esther Baxter was previously in the ‘video vixen’ industry. As a woman, she is valued less by society because of that. Similar to how no one cares about the women Charlie Sheen has abused in his past because they were hookers and strippers. ‘Women of ill repute’ are expected, and unfortunately often thought to DESERVE, to be harmed continuously.
Sadly, this may be the case. Like if this happened to an “America’s sweetheart” type public persona, sh*t would go all the way different.
umm Charlie Sheen shot Kelly Preston (she is married to John Travolta) and she is not a hooker or stripper….
You guys are right. This is so tragic to me.
Kobe is responsible in that he married her. If this is her second time chatting outside of the house about something he told her, he should have known better. But I doubt this is the second time. It’s more likely this is just the second time people who aren’t Basketball Wives/Side-Pieces/Baby Mommas are hearing about it.
This girl is clearly not thinking about the consequences of her actions. Sure Kobe is doing well now but if the Lakers don’t stay near the top, his opportunities for increased financial gains decreases–right? Bottom line: Anybody with any sense knows you don’t do anything to mess up the livelihood.
i’m seeing this from a slightly different angle.
i think she thinks she knows exactly what she is doing. vanessa has no probs effing up some of her hubby’s money given the storm of shame she had to wade through a while back given the relative untouchability of her bank account’s deposits from the lakers. i feel like she would be just dumb enough to think that since her laundry was outed by kobe’s indiscretions, she has a right to meddle in other folks business because its part of the deal she (and perhaps other wives) signed up for- to be a meaningless wifey tucked away behind a gate with a staff an ethnically ambiguous kids running amok. she’s gonna get a huge chunk of what’s left because she was “smart” enough to have his kids in the state of california. other than that, i doubt that heifer has any sense.
“vanessa has no probs effing up some of her hubby’s money given the storm of shame she had to wade through a while back given the relative untouchability of her bank account’s deposits from the lakers”
but isn’t that money her money too, though?
Maybe I’m not being cynical enough, but maybe she’s doing this because she knows the pain of getting cheated on and having it aired publicly. Maybe she’s on a anti-creeping crusade and is trying to send a message that if you’re a cheating Laker, your ish is gon get aired out? Maybe she’s trying to be a champion for cheated-on ballers’ wives everywhere. That would make her Facebook name Vanessa AintGonBeNoCheatingOnDisHereTeam Bryant. O_O
*VSB glitter*
Eh. Perhaps that’s plausible. But Kobe should put a stop to it if it’s messing up his team dynamics.
Exactly. No one is puttin up with underbite “I don’t even invite long time teammates to Domoi Bryant (Fisher)” Kobe just b/c LA has good weather and beautiful women. They want rangs.
i’m thinking that this is definitely part of her logic. but rather than do it in a way that is helpful and keeps money in her pocket (i.e. bring this up during the off season), her valiance knows no bounds.
it IS her money but i don’t think she cares at this point. or is smart enough to care that it will impact her children and grandchildren. i can’t see her being to forward thinking so i think in her mind she’s already rich but she’s still bitter enough to eff with other people to spread the misery.
i’m gon’ say this and then take the night off (maybe) like the lakers did on sunday:
kobe on the court is somethin’ to behold (fyi: i’ve hated the lakers for decades)…but you can’t check yo’ wife about sh!t when you’re wearin’ this off the court.
http://www.designerclothesonline.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/kb-white-hot.jpg
Oh I just love those pics. I even use one of them as my Gravi sometimes. Think I’ll go slip into it right now…
i’m gon’ flip-it and say his wife should be held responsible for the entirety of this photo shoot debauchery…it’s proof she doesn’t LOVE him and should be grounds for divorce–and community service.
LOL!!
and community service …?! damn!
Wow. He looks like a ghey mummy.
HAHAHAHA.
erm, i know a lot of homos who wouldn’t be caught dead at a miami white party dressed like this. the heck?
He’s obviously team “blouses”.
Slowly but surely, Nessa’s been trying to ruin Kobe Bean life since the “incident”. The worst thing she did for him was to stay.
She doesn’t just want to take his money and the kids and go. She wants to break him and leave him with nothing. No friends, no job, no legacy.
Downright diabolical I tell you.
Dang, you think she’s doing all that? Lol I think she’s just a silly b!tch who doesn’t know when to keep her mouth shut…kind of like Kobe. Maybe they are both smarter and more sinister than they seem though.
” Dang, you think she’s doing all that? Lol I think she’s just a silly b!tch who doesn’t know when to keep her mouth shut…kind of like Kobe.”
hahaha! Great comment. My sentiments exactly
“I think she’s just a silly b!tch who doesn’t know when to keep her mouth shut…kind of like Kobe.”
Agreed…let’s not forget how bish arse Kobe ratted out Shaq after that whole Vail incident. Little bish arse ninja talking about Shaq does it all the time, giving women up to a million for “situations like this”.
So, yes, Kobe is responsible for the actions of his SO.
There’s no prenup she could’ve been left.
Hell Has No Fury Like a Ex Video Hoe Scorned….
He still looks like the Great Gazoo from the Flinstones.
YES, the return of Kobe’s hijab. And I really want someone to put it over that pic up there in today’s post. But, maybe the world ain’t ready for that. It’s scary enough as it is…
The world would fall off it’s damn axis if you put those two pics together, hell it might even cause the apocalypse.
Bottom line: Anybody with any sense knows you don’t do anything to mess up the livelihood.
ALREADY. Just shows ya’ how stupid she is. *smh*
“Kobe is responsible in that he married her. If this is her second time chatting outside of the house about something he told her, he should have known better. But I doubt this is the second time. It’s more likely this is just the second time people who aren’t Basketball Wives/Side-Pieces/Baby Mommas are hearing about it.”
Some people never leave high school, so it’s always gonna be about the he say, she say bullsh*t… gossip is power.
Kobe and Vanessa are running some Cruel Intentions/Dangerous Liaisons scenarios where a couple conspire through information manipulation to ruin others.
Queen Bee and the Basketball star mindf*cking the heir apparent… sounds like a Glee storyline.
Because after 12 years you gotta know what the other will tell… and if you keep telling then you are a willing accomplice. ~JS
Welcome back.
Maybe Nessa doesn’t want to see other people ‘happy’ since her ‘happy’ was publicly shown to be less that picture perfect. We’ve all seen the type of women who go, “Look at her! She thinks she’s cute. She thinks he loves her but he’s in these streets with someone else.”
And people wonder why I keep some things from them. And by people, I meant ex girlfriends.
I truly believe in the statement “Two can keep a secret if one is dead”. If there is sensitive info about someone, I leave it to the person to out themselves unless there is a situation where not divulging could be harmful to someone I care about.
I suspect this wasn’t exactly an independent rumor operation. Vanessa had to have a source, and if it was Bryant (and he does have a history of throwing other Laker Ninjas under the bus) he’s partly responsible.
Now that said, would I eff around and lose a championship over it (let alone a 3 historic 3 peat and Phil Jackson’s swan song)? Hell naw.
Exactly. Just selfish and ungrateful all the way around.
Jordan may have done his dirt, but he also did his f*cking job.
Jordan may have done his dirt, but he also did his f*cking job.
the very first thing i thought is that this will FINALLY end the comparisons between him and kobe. his airness would have pulled off scotty’s shooting arm and duck-taped it to his torso before letting phil go out like that.
his airness would have pulled off scotty’s shooting arm and duck-taped it to his torso before letting phil go out like that.
When I watched the game, all I was thinking that Jordan would never ever let Phil go out like that. Also Kobe is a b*tch. For all the ish that he’s done and he still rats out his teammates – Shaq, Malone, and now Gasol…Co-sign that the comparisons need to stop. This article sums up why. http://bleacherreport.com/articles/690188-kobe-bryant-why-he-cant-touch-jordan-in-playoff-greatness#/articles/690188-kobe-bryant-why-he-cant-touch-jordan-in-playoff-greatness
your avatar today tho. *dies*
Sweet enough to make your teeth ache, ain’t it?
i am worshipping at your altar right now. lol.
There’s a reason why Paul isn’t talking to KOBE. Kobe used to run his mouth so I don’t he’s changed that much.
No I suspect he (Kobe) hasn’t. That all said, I wonder if Pau throttled back just a little bit on purpose. I mean what better revenge against Kobe than denying him a 3 peat, and the championship that would have tied him with Jordan. Everyone knows that Kobe cares about that the most.
I mean it would make sense, it’s just hard for me to imagine a professional competitor subverting his natural instinct to win, in favor of his sense of revenge.
Then again, competitors have thrown away championship games for money…
“I mean it would make sense, it’s just hard for me to imagine a professional competitor subverting his natural instinct to win, in favor of his sense of revenge.”
it looks like his heart or whatever just wasn’t into it. i mean, this nigga (pau) was dominating KG last year, and now all of a sudden he couldn’t even eat with carl landry guarding him
it looks like his heart or whatever just wasn’t into it.
He was checked out and looked just downright sad. At that level though, I don’t get how he can’t put personal issues aside.
Yeah, he did look sad. This issue got to him. I don’t get it either, since I’m a competitor/winner at my core, but I can understand how someone sensitive who really gives a care might be distraught.
The way Pau played reminded me of how Lebron played against Boston last year after he found out Mr. West was boinking his mom dukes….Players are human at the end of the day. But I’m not necessarily part of this blame Pau bandwagon. I don’t care how good Pau could’ve played, there wasn’t a team in the league that would’ve beat Dallas on Sunday. And we all know that there’s only one cliche to be applied here “No excuses”
Right! And speaking on lebron’s mom- when will she stop it with her shinanigans and get it together!
Maybe that chick
had the great gushy gushywas incredibly special to Pau on some other ish. I dunno but he sure seems pissed about the incident if this is indeed what happened.“I mean it would make sense, it’s just hard for me to imagine a professional competitor subverting his natural instinct to win, in favor of his sense of revenge.”
I can’t see that either. I just think he was so ashamed and deflated from what happened that he couldn’t focus. I doubt he dialed it down on purpose to specifically deny Kobe his ring, but he probably just lost the will to fight for a man who was partially responsible for him losing the woman he really cared about.
I definitely agree. In this case, Pau wouldn’t just be denying Kobe the opportunity for a ring, but himself as well. No one is worth that much just for the sake of revenge, even if it is the man that ruined your engagement. I think it’s a combination of the loss of will to fight, regret, and a severe lack of trust in his teammate.
Yeah but think about it. Pau has 2 championships. Adding one more championship isn’t gonig to create some great legacy for him. He can always say he was a champion with 2 or 3. Kobe is the one that had the legacy on the line, the chance to be legitimately compared to Mike in terms of championships. The more I think about it, it’s not that far fetched.
I remember when I was in college and my little brother was in high school, he had players on his team that were jealous of his shine. In a close game that they needed to win, my brother got free for a break away and instead of passing him the ball, the dude acted like he was throwing him an alley oop and basically threw the ball as hard as he could at the top of the backboard where no one except maybe a bionic Dwight Howard or a Marvel Comic Book hero could have caught it.
Sure they needed the points, but rather than let my brother get the break away dunk that everyone in the gym KNEW he was going to do, and everyone in the gym WANTED him to do, he would rather turn the ball over. And that was just plain ol’ jealousy, how much more might someone do if it was legit beef?
Why would Paul jeopardize winning a championship for himself over another man? Athletes are competitve and the drive to win is fierce. I can’t imagine giving away my ring because I don’t like my team mate.
It’s more competitive and the drive is most fierce for people who haven’t won championships. I can totally imagine someone giving away a championship if they thought it would hurt another person (who they disliked) worse. Getting swept by the Mavs doesn’t deny Pau the right to say he is a champion… he is… 2 times. It does however deny Kobe the chance to say he is as good as Mike (something that we all know he cares about more than anything). If you wanted to hurt Kobe, this would be the way to do it.
That’s why I suspect that they’ll be trading Gasol and NOT Bynum
“There’s a reason why Paul isn’t talking to KOBE. Kobe used to run his mouth so I don’t he’s changed that much.”
After the Colorado incident I seem to recall Barkley having to do a public relations song and dance because Kobe was talking reckless about him.
I think alone Kobe is a petulant whiner… but with Vanessa he can make his b*tchazzedness relevant ala McBeth as mentioned by Champ.
Call me cynical but I don’t think this was an accidental or unforeseen out come. ~JS
*strokes chin* True indeedy
I can say i’m surprised at kobe’s wife. I think the Colorado thing messed her up, not to mention she is wife to most popular man in a city filled w/the countries baddest women.
it always rubbed me the wrong way that she would meet him at locker room(w/their daughters) entrance at halftime and after the game, it seemed WAY TOO EXTRA. like she wanted to prove point to world she was kobe’s women. I can recall any other players ever meeting wife and kids at halftime and end of every game smh
I think kobe is somewhat responsible, he knows his wife talks so he shouldn’t be telling all the business smh. so he essentially fcuked up his own legacy(of getting 2nd 3peat) by pillow talkin lol. so much for all the jordan vs kobe talk!
“I can recall any other players ever meeting wife and kids at halftime and end of every game smh”
i’m sure a ton of other wives would if they could. it’s just that she’s been give the permission to do it, while the rest of the wives are told to stay they ass in the stands
It was a marketing ploy by his handlers to show him as a “family man” after his public cheating fiasco.
That’s what I thought, the kids were just marketing props.
“…the kids were just marketing props”
That just sounds so fck*ng wrong. lol!
lol but its true tho
Perhaps that privilege needs to be rescinded.
” I think kobe is somewhat responsible, he knows his wife talks so he shouldn’t be telling all the business smh”
HE is probably telling her stuff about OTHEr players to cast the cheating spotlight off himself. And to show her that he isn’t ‘keeping secrets’
Some people/women can’t see through that…
champ, i can not with that photo. i didn’t even read the post! what in the fresh hell? O_o
yup, the lakers were actually literally divided
Deep. (TWSS)
“People that share sheets also share secrets.”
A wise person offered me that tip in regard to lovers and the gossip they share. While I don’t think you’re responsible for your mate’s actions, I don’t think you’re completely removed from them either. It’s just a factor of association.
Exactly.
it’s osmosis and sh*t
“He was referring to the report that he stopped talking to Bryant during the postseason because Bryant’s wife, Vanessa, had contributed to the breakup of Gasol and his longtime girlfriend. Lakers fans will remember that Karl Malone once publicly accused Vanessa of interfering with his personal life in a similar fashion.”
It sounds like someone’s still bitter about being cheated on by a white girl…
In seriousness, though, I know Malone ain’t exactly the greatest person in the world (he had a daughter that he denied, DESPITE the fact that they looked alike), but for this to be the second time the press has gotten wind of this…something ain’t right in the Bryant household. Somehow, when the B-Ball career is said and done, the Bryant household may look a lot similar to the Riddle’s House.
really, their relationship sounds like what happens when two rich-ass teenagers get money, get married, and don’t go to college (I know college aint the end all be all and sh*t, but i do think the college experience definitely helps a lot of people mature from a personal standpoint. seems like they both could have used that help)
I agree. Neither of them seem to have it all together in the head.
Well he did start dating her after he found her on the set crawling around in cars in the Eastsidaz video…when she was 16…with her mom on set applauding her. So it’s not like this is surprising in an shape, form, or fashion.
I agree with this. These 2 are very immature in the head (the Bryants).
However, women of all ages are vengeful, calculating, and will f. a dude UP one way or another when scorned…especially PUBLICLY!
That Colorado thing was a obviously a dagger in the heart to what is most likely a very vain wife…but she’s entitled to be as pissed about it as she wants cause he took an oath when he married her and it’s ALL HIS FAULT what happens if he doesn’t stick to it.
I am sure she is very calculatedly showing by spreading rumors to other players’ women “see, I am not the only one that gets dissed like that”…and also getting back the men on the team for being part of the men’s code of silence where Kobe’s infidelities are concerned.
She’s also getting Kobe back…leaving him would just leave him free to go screw even more of these white and other groupies just WAITING for her to be out the picture. No, a better revenge is stay and slowly drain the life out of HIS dreams cause he probably ruined hers.
Is she a Scorpio? Sounds like the type of long term revenge the Mafia and Scorpios pull off. lols.
Men who cheat on wives deserve everything they get in my book. Don’t marry if you need to sample other goods, it’s very, very simple.
That said, I use to feel sorry for Vanessa Bryant but yo, what a b*tch!
And yes no matter the millions I’m getting paid if someone I have to work with is consistently an effing SNAKE IN THE GRASS I am not trusting them or trying to be anywhere near them, and I for SURE am not going out of my way to help their career! No I do the minimum possible and let them try to shine on their own sweat, none of mine.
Especially if they ruined a PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP with someone I cared about! That is way more serious than you all are picturing it, for a COWORKER and their household to ruin my PERSONAL relationship outside of work! That’s some evil ish! And I’d be getting them back for it any and everytime possible!
It’s a little different as far as men and sports are concerned. There’s this license to be yourself and speak very bluntly (talk recklessly) that is granted. It’s all forgiven when the game is over. A team of men is a sum of parts. You spend significant time together (practice, film session, social outings, just talkin and shootin the sh*t)
You don’t have to like each other (although it helps) but the modicum of respect must be maintained.
I don’t believe Mrs. Bryant is as willfully vengeful as you make her out to be. Maybe that is my naviete about women and/or people.
You sound like a woman scorned.
So Vanessa is wrong for telling what she knows?
I would want someone to tell me #justsaying
AND
Why nobody getting mad at Pau for cheating, getting caught, then getting mad that he got caught, then messing up the lakers game
#somethingnotrighthere
co. sign.
if pau really was doing his girl dirty….then that’s oops upside his head, and no one else’s.
This is essentially the same thing I wrote downthread!! I co-sign this sentiment all day! These two grown up kids have never had to really grow up.