Famously, or infamously, back in the early days of his career, Kobe Bryant was an aspiring rapper, even releasing an album. There will be no picking up a microphone again for him, however. Bryant’s response to former teammate Shaquille O’Neal’s lambasting him in an obscenity-laced rap freestyle at a New York nightclub?
No response. “I didn’t take it any kind of way whatsoever,” Bryant said Saturday, before declining to take any more questions on the topic. Bryant, however, was more than willing to discuss several other subjects as the U.S. men’s basketball team held a one-day mini-camp in preparation for the Beijing Olympics.
He has had a bit more time to reflect on the NBA Finals, labeling Boston as “champions until somebody proves otherwise.”
