RE: Leigh Montville

[John Lyell <Jlyell@concentric.net>]

Would we see it differently if it would have been Antoine Walker instead of 
Kobe ?  Personally I would think this would be a detriment to Kobe, kind of 
like calling Keith Van Horn the next Bird.  Puts a lot of pressure on them 
to live up to.






On Sunday, February 15, 1998 9:07 AM, Mike Dynon 
[SMTP:mdynon@ix.netcom.com] wrote:
> After the All-Star game, several list members expressed disgust, etc., 
with NBC's "coronation" of
> Kobe Bryant.  Leigh Montville (a former Boston Globe columnist) agrees, 
and says what needs to be
> said in his viewpoint at CNN-SI:
>
> http://cnnsi.com/basketball/nba/news/1998/02/13/montville/
> --
> Mike Dynon
> North Kingstown, RI
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