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Jodie Meeks: “I heard a lot of things about playing with Kobe, and a lot of them were bad”

Found January 03, 2013 on The Mars Reel: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Jodie Meeks,  Kobe Bryant,  Dwight Howard,  Steve Nash,  Pau Gasol
TEAMS: Los Angeles Lakers
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Via Philly.com: Jodie Meeks, now a backup guard with the Los Angeles Lakers told Philly.com about his new experience with the Lakers and the most significant being that a championship is expected in LA, but with the Sixers they were just shooting for playoffs – it’s a different approach. One other difference was his interpretation of Kobe Bryant coming in. I wonder who put such things in his ear. The Lakers hosted the Sixers on Tuesday night. Meeks said he recognized the difference between Los Angeles and Philadelphia almost as soon as he got here. “We’ve had a lot of turmoil on this team in the first two months,” said Meeks, who said he has recently grown more comfortable playing for D’Antoni. “But it’s just different here,” Meeks said. “Back in Philly, you want to make the playoffs. Here, the playoffs are expected and so are championships. There are guys on this team that are headed to the Hall of Fame, you know. So you just keep working, being professional and believing that we ...
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