Kobe Bryant was a menace on the floor, not only for his opponents. Even during his practice sessions, he wouldn’t switch off his intensity, and thus, his teammates too had to be active. “Kobe was like the first person there always on the training table getting treatment or something. He was just always in the gym first person,” said Nick Young. He also revealed that the Los Angeles Lakers legend gave them a hard time during their development but might have taken it too far on another teammate.

Speaking with Jeff Teague who was also once close to signing for the Lakers but didn’t, Nick Young aka Swaggy P, spoke about his time playing alongside Kobe Bryant. The Los Angeles native got another shot to play for his hometown team after previously playing for the Clippers. Although he stated, “playing with like Kobe was a different,” explaining that the 5x NBA Champion would yell out their weakness during training drills.

“Cuz he always just talking trash. ‘How I’m going get better practicing with y’all.’ I said ‘damn that’s a cold line,’ that to me you said that to me on you disrespectful,” said Young, the former Champion with the Warriors. According to him, Jeremy Lin, a former teammate, got the worst treatment from Kobe Bryant.

“But, I think, Jeremy Lin got like the worst of that, like Jeremy Lin got like the worst,” he further added, via Club 520 Podcast. The 2007 draftee also revealed on another podcast how tough was it for Jeremy Lin and the “silent treatment” he faced from 2x Finals MVP.

Appearing on Vlad TV three months ago, Young said he had forgotten the details about the incident. But, remembered it was during one of the practice sessions when Jeremy Lin tried to get in the middle of the huddle to say a couple of words. Young said, “Kobe said something, something I forgot, and then didn’t talk to Jeremy for the rest of the season.”

Kobe Bryant even dissed Lin in front of an opponent

The 18x All-Star was trying to build a team after missing out on the playoffs since 2012. So, in 2014, Kobe Bryant informed the front office to sign the Hawks player Jeff Teague. Citing huge taxation issues, the Wake Forest graduate rejected the offer from Purple and Gold. Ultimately, it was Jeremy Lin who was signed in place of Teague.

Kobe Bryant did not forget about the rejection and let the Hawks star know when they faced each other. “We played him [Kobe], he had Jeremy Lin. In the middle of the game, he was like, ‘You left me out here with this sh*t…I told them to go and get you. Were you scared?'” Teague recalled his experience during Gil’s Arenas.

In the podcast, the 36-year-old stated he had no idea that Kobe was pushing for the trade. In fact, he was surprised when the Lakers’ legend called him out by his name and acknowledged his existence. It was difficult for Lin to establish his place and, with his low number of points and minutes, in his only season with the Lakers, points towards that.

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