Kobe playing in Celebrity Soccer Game

[kaiteng]

As long as it's not full contact competitive soccer, Kobe should be fine.

It's a charity game so they are not gonna kill each other.

[DuMa]

MJ beat Hamm in her prime.

[Eat Like A Bosh]

Should be interesting

[Jasper]

I am shocked -

I thought for sure he would go out on a limb and try baseball

[Noof]

He's a fan of the Premier League's Barcelona? Just like I'm a fan of the Euroleague's Lakers!

[Mirjalovic]

Wow... what a troll.

didnt you understand about conditioning & match fitness at all ? Its just ****ing 1 charity games. n NBA lockouts now, so nothing wrong about Kobe to play some ball

btw, i wanted him to fill the Muslera's gloves in Lazio

[AMISTILLILL]

Originally Posted by Mirjalovic

Wow... what a troll.

didnt you understand about conditioning & match fitness at all ? Its just ****ing 1 charity games. n NBA lockouts now, so nothing wrong about Kobe to play some ball

btw, i wanted him to fill the Muslera's gloves in Lazio

[Euroleague]

Originally Posted by ForeverHeat

What the **** is this bullcrap, Barcelona is in the La Liga. The Premier League is for English teams.

US sports media never ceases to amaze in their levels of retardation.

[bdreason]

I bet Kobe can play Soccer well. He has great footwork on the court, and that will translate to the pitch.

[miller-time]

nash > kobe

@ soccer

[bdreason]

Originally Posted by ForeverHeat

What the **** is this bullcrap, Barcelona is in the La Liga. The Premier League is for English teams.

Ya that's embarrassing for a sports writer.

[Maniak]

Its just a charity soccer game. Guys like Steve Nash constantly do these.

[insidehoops]

The LA Times reports:

Had he remained in Italy, Kobe Bryant may very well have been honing his footwork on the pitch instead of the hardwood.

He'll have a chance to do that Sunday when he appears in the Celebrity Soccer Challenge at Kastles Stadium in Washington D.C., an event sponsored by former U.S. women's soccer player Mia Hamm and her husband, ex-Dodger Nomar Garciaparra. But incidentally enough, Bryant may not have been making a token appearance on the soccer field had he seriously kept up with the sport.

More:
http://www.insidehoops.com/blog/?p=8081

[Hamburgers]

inb4 81 goals.

[Doctor Rivers]

http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/s...ay-report-says

Despite his background playing pickup soccer games as a youth in Italy, Bryant will not lace up the cleats and play in the Hamm-Garciaparra charity scrimmage on Sunday. Bryant will merely be a spectator for the game and will give his right knee, which recently endured a platelet-rich plasma therapy procedure, a rest, according to multiple sources.