If Kobe Owns A Bird, Today's Paper Was At The Bottom Of The Cage.

Some excerpts from T.J. Simers's column in today's L.A. Times:

...Maybe (Kobe Bryant) thought I was going to ask if his wife has cussed out any more bloggers, or, if he has a son, would he be more inclined to name him after Jim Gray, Ric Bucher or Stephen A. Smith? Tough question.

...When he did attack, making a spinning move inside that maybe no other human could make, he scored and yelled at the referee -- drawing a technical foul. I wonder who gets more upset in the Bryant household when they don't get their way.

...By the way, I don't know if there is a rule prohibiting it, but the Lakers ought to trade Vladimir Radmanovic right now. Who cares what they get in return. Someone should say it before Kobe goes on the radio and says it.

Simers is the only Times scribe who doesn't write about Bryant as if he'd spent the previous night French-kissing him.

And speaking of Radmanovic, did you catch Kobe's "supportive teammate" act just before ABC broke for a commercial during a time-out last night? 

I can't say that I saw a knife, but Vladimir surely must have felt one twisting in his back...