Kobe Bryant on Jeremy Lin: 'What the [fudge] is going on?'

BOSTON -- After his Los Angeles Lakers defeated the archrival Celtics 88-87 in overtime, NBA superstar Kobe Bryant fielded a number of questions about his next opponent: Former Harvard and current New York Knicks guard Jeremy Lin, who has averaged 25.3 points and 8.3 assists in his last three games.

"I know who he is, but I don't really know what's going on too much with him," said Bryant of the Chinese-American sensation. "I don't even know what he's done. Like, I have no idea what you guys are talking about. I'll take a look at it tonight though."

Asked again about the "Linning" or "LInsanity" excitement that's been sweeping the globe, Bryant said, "I don't even know what the [fudge] is going on. What the [fudge] is going on? Who is this kid? I've heard about him and stuff like that, but what's he been doing? Is he getting like triple doubles or some [stuff]? He's averaging 28 and eight? No [stuff].

"If he's playing well, I'll just have to deal with him."

Finally, asked if he would consider guarding the upstart Lin, Kobe added, "Jesus Christ. Let's not get ahead of ourselves."

[srzaidi]

"Let's not get ahead of ourselves.." Then Lin shat on them with 38 LOL..

[GamingWithUniversal]

The funny part is that the game after this Lin completely destroyed Kobe and Kobe did in fact guard him. Lin also said he was about to say "who is Kobe Bryant" in the interview after but thought that God would not want him to do something like that. That is why I respect Jeremy Lin so much.

[firestormgaming]

Didn’t Lin drop 38 on the Lakers the next game? Lol

[ultrakwon]

I remember watching this as a Laker fan and Kobe fan and laughing at his reaction. Then Lin came to Staples and singlehandedly destroyed us, and I wasn't laughing then.

[nycsultan]

I'm so glad Kobe made these remarks...it made Lin's dominance and win over Kobe and Lakers that much sweeter!

[dwaynes]

I bet kobe Bryant knows who Lin is now.

[TheAznSlimJim]

Bryant: "Players don't usually come out of nowhere. If you go back and take a look, his skill level was probably there from the beginning but no one ever noticed. It's a great story. It's a testament to perseverance and hard work. I am sure he has put in a great deal of work to always have that belief in himself. Now he has the opportunity to show it." -- People Magazine

[thatcoolmanto]

Kobe: "Who's Jeremy Lin?" 2 years later, Kobe: "Oh he coming to Lakers now?"

[bballClipss]

as far as I can tell kobe doesn't pay too much attention to what's going on around league

[minarik]

kobe is lying his ass off here. From a guy who 'studies the game relentlessly' he would know who Jeremy is.
He was trying to be Michael Jordan here and not give the kids any power. It didn't work.

[PeterJustGames]

"Would you consider guarding him?"
"Jesus Christ"

LMAO

[hisAndwele]

8 years later, RIP Kobe. Love you man. rfr

[MassGainingGuy]

"I'll take a look at it tonight though"😂😂😂😂...Savage!!!

[dqsonqt]

The reporters should've said that he was a benchwarmer who almost lost his job and is now the superstar who is carrying the knicks to a winning streak.

[qistan]

0:34
reporter : "oh 25"
inside kobe's mind : "idgaf i used to averaged 35"

[briank]

I love Kobe for his greatness but this was absolutely hilarious.

[deborahawe]

its so funny because kobe wasent even hating like, HE LEGIT DIDNT KNOW

[cplgsleight]

Kobe was too busy practicing to know what was going on

[whiterose]

Post game:
“It just means that we probably haven’t been playing attention, ” Bryant said. “Players playing that well don’t usually come out of nowhere. It seems like they come out of nowhere but if you can go back and take a look, his skill level was probably there from the beginning. It probably just went unnoticed.”

[shadow-vaderserpenryu]

Man i think people are just misunderstanding the interview, Kobe is not disrespectful to Lin, he already said he knew his name not his accomplishments. Have you people ever tried not looking for news, as a player you're goal is to improve, I'm only speculating that he might be practicing quite a lot at the time but who knows, no one is talking about other players during linsanity, only Jeremy Lin.