Brandon “Scoop B” Robinson: Did you ever see Kobe lose his temper in practice or in games? What was that like? Earl Clark: I mean, every day we competed in practice, you know? I was on the White Team with me, [Devin] Ebanks, Jordan Hill… and they are coming off a back-to-back [NBA Championship] but we didn’t care about that shit, we’re trying to get some minutes so, we’re going at them! And you know of course Kobe’s gonna go hard EVERY TIME! But it’s a few guys that are tired and tend to take days off. So one time in practice we beat them a few games and we’re talkin’ smack, you know what I’m sayin’? And he just flipped, bro! He ended practice, flipped the table and told everybody on his team, “We gotta tighten up! We can’t get better like this!” and he just left, you know what I’m sayin’? But it’s a LOT of times when he would just blow up, flip the table and just leave and practice is over, you know what I’m sayin’? That’s the thing that people get misunderstood about Kobe too is like that I’ve never been around Kobe where he’s been like, a super jerk or talk down to his teammates. What he doesn’t like is soft guys. So if you’re not doing your job and he gets on you and you shy away and you curl up, he’s not really going to trust you in basketball games, you know what I’m sayin’? He wants to see who the dogs are so when it’s time to win and go out there and fight, he knows who can be out there with him. -via ScoopB.com / July 9, 2025
