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Kobe Bryant, the ‘Black Mamba’, Hisses Like a Snake on the Court, NBA Player Reveals

Feb. 8, 2013 9:38pm Jason Howerton

Kobe Bryant Hisses Like a Snake on the Court, Says NBA Player Jordan Crawford

Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant (24) walks onto the court with Metta World Peace, left, and Dwight Howard during the second quarter of an NBA basketball game against the Boston Celtics in Boston, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013. The Celtics won 116-95. Credit: AP

Washington Wizards guard Jordan Crawford joined Dan Le Batard’s ESPN podcast on Thursday and revealed a surprising and lesser known aspect of Kobe Bryant’s game.

Apparently, he hisses like a snake on the basketball court.

Nicknamed “the Black Mamba,” Bryant is considered of the greatest players in the NBA history. That won’t change if Crawford’s claims really are true, but it’s still pretty bizarre.

“When I first played with Kobe — they call him the Black Mamba — but then he was doing like a little snake sound when he wanted the ball. It was crazy. It was crazy. It’s like tsssss, tsssss. Like fishing. Tsssss, tssss. He do that,” Crawford said. “Everybody tells you he’s gonna do it before you play him — like, ‘Wait till you hear him do this.’ And then he [does] it, and it’s like, what? He’s really a mamba. It sounds like some kind of snake.”

Listen to the audio via ESPN here (Crawford’s interview begins at around 9:50).

(H/T: Deadspin)

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perry1980
Posted on February 9, 2013 at 9:41pm
Boooo Hissssssss

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denkat56
Posted on February 9, 2013 at 9:37pm
Isn’t the NBA all rigged for the popular teams, Lakers, bulls, actually not the teams the players like Kobe, lebron, shaq, Jordan, garnett, and coach Jackson, and all the other superstars. High priced and over paid. Of course this just my opinion.

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denkat56
Posted on February 9, 2013 at 9:23pm
I thought he was in jail on rape charges, waiting for bubbas room service.

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RIGS
Posted on February 9, 2013 at 9:23am
WHO cares!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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- Gonzo
  Posted on February 9, 2013 at 11:33am
  Come on, he’s one of the greatest rapists in NBA history!
  
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- Weiners Wiener
  Posted on February 9, 2013 at 12:56pm
  You care. That’s why you 1) clicked on the link, 2) read the article, and 3) posted your comment.
  
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Eastinfection
Posted on February 9, 2013 at 9:04am
Kobe Beef and Mamba Snake Stir-Fry (with snow peas):
3 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons rice wine
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon cornstarch
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger root
1 tablespoon minced garlic
1 pound Kobe beef steak, cut into thin strips
1 pound Mambo Snake, skinned & cut into 1-inch medallions
8 ounces snow peas

Directions:
In a small bowl, combine the soy sauce, rice wine, brown sugar and cornstarch. Set aside.
Heat oil in a wok or skillet over medium high heat. Stir-fry ginger and garlic for 30 seconds. Add the Kobe beef and stir-fry for 2 minutes or until evenly browned. Add Mambo snake and stir together for 1 more minute. Then add the snow peas and stir-fry for an additional 3 minutes. Add the soy sauce mixture, bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Lower heat and simmer until the sauce is thick and smooth. Serve immediately.

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- Fubared
  Posted on February 9, 2013 at 9:32am
  http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2013/02/08/jamie-foxx-black-people-are-most-talented-people-world#ixzz2KMA1FrFv
  
  Would Django like your recipe?
  
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DonaldH
Posted on February 9, 2013 at 5:30am
Who is this Kobe?

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KevINtampa
Posted on February 9, 2013 at 3:14am
LMAO

Blaze you missed the best part! He’s asked about his first check and he said it was smaller that he thought it should be. He said he always talked like he knew what taxes were, and then he said he didn’t really know until he realized how much they took and only after that did he ask how much taxes actually were and was shocked.

Seriously, Blaze you completely missed the story on this one. Swing and a miss, air ball, fumble fingers, pancake, or whiff. Pick whatever sports euphemism for fail that you want and it’s what you did here. Sloppy execution, now get back to the drawing board.

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Grimreaper_G
Posted on February 9, 2013 at 2:39am
If memory serves me correct, Kobe said they had consensual sex, she said rape. Then the cops did a rape exam and found three different sets of seamen contributions. The timeline according to her was
Boyfriend then Kobe then a Co worker. I don’t think a raped woman would have sex with a coworker after being raped by Kobi. Don’t like the guy but can’t stand to see someone be accused of something they didn’t do!

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Chuck Stein
Posted on February 9, 2013 at 2:03am
Well, it IS the Year of the Snake soon, right?

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thegreatcarnac
Posted on February 9, 2013 at 1:42am
“throw me da mo’fo’ ball”

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LoveBringsTruth
Posted on February 9, 2013 at 12:34am
Everyone talks about the reptilian shape shifters, now I guess we know its true.

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- Ditto Head
  Posted on February 9, 2013 at 1:16am
  No, not everyone talks about them…..only nut-jobs.
  
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haytanimore
Posted on February 9, 2013 at 12:24am
his hissing offends me, we need to fine him in order to stop this discrimination

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- Ditto Head
  Posted on February 9, 2013 at 12:37am
  Kobe…..Kobe…..Kobe…..Oh, yeah, now I remember! The rapist!
  
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Socal4life
Posted on February 8, 2013 at 10:38pm
This comes from living in Europe. Everyone in Europe does it to get someone’s attention. If you have a chance to watch a basketball game in Spain or another European country you will hear it. I lived there for a couple of years and picked the same habit on the court.

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LeadNotFollow
Posted on February 8, 2013 at 10:34pm
I no longer watch professional basketball.
I’m sick off looking at sweaty giant tattooed goons.

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media-bias-steals-elections
Posted on February 8, 2013 at 10:32pm
If communication works, that’s called teamwork? Making a noise guaranteed to startle or annoy your opponent, and also let your team mates instantly hear and filter you out of the white noise so you can win the game?

Bizarre? Beauty is in the eye of the beholder? All of the pro athletes I have met are some of the smartest, and nicest people you will ever meet?

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GBTVFan_Non_American_Overseas
Posted on February 8, 2013 at 10:11pm
Good for him…at least he is not sending kisses around and making the sound….

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The-Monk
Posted on February 8, 2013 at 9:57pm
That’s what I call a real Hissy fit?

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- Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 10:01pm
  If Kobe slaps someone, is it a Sissy Hit?
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 11:00pm
  Hi Darmok,
  
  A hissy, sissy, pissy fit if he stomps his feet….. LOL
  
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- Keatonc333
  Posted on February 9, 2013 at 12:34am
  ha money!
  
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Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on February 8, 2013 at 9:52pm
It’s not the hiss you have to be scared of, it’s when he bends you over and gets you with his other snake. We in Colorado still don’t like him much. Too bad there wasn’t a player named the Mongoose, that would be a good fight.

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- Twisted Mind
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 9:59pm
  Mike was the mongoose. Anytime any place
  
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- JACKTHETOAD
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 10:01pm
  My money’s on the Mongoose. I’d even tip him.
  
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- RaydocX
  Posted on February 9, 2013 at 12:38am
  uhm, no reason not to like him in colorado…
  while i agree what he did was deplorable, the victim was apparently sufficiently ‘made whole’ that she was willing not to pursue the charges…
  it was a grim day for the law, when it was shown that with sufficient money, you can make rape charges disappear in some legal magic act; proof of differential application of the law.
  
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wordweaver
Posted on February 8, 2013 at 9:49pm
That Kobe – he’s a Parseltongue. House of Slytherin, you know.

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JACKTHETOAD
Posted on February 8, 2013 at 9:45pm
And RAPES off-court. Step on his neck now!

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