NEW YORK -- You realize, of course, Kobe Bryant knew exactly what he was doing when he made himself available for an interview on ex-Laker Mychal Thompson's L.A. radio show earlier this week.
If you know Kobe you know without a doubt his non-constructive comments directed at Karl Malone were not remotely impulsive; forbiddingly formulated is what they were.
You don't have to know what I know to know this wasn't harmless chitchat; he was manning his harpoon.