Kobe Bryant: Lakers Star Says He Does “Mamba Hiss” To Call For the Ball

Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports “Black Mamba” is typically the nickname that is given to Los Angeles Lakers star shooting guard Kobe Bryant. But now we have realized why. According to Los Angeles Clippers guard Jamal Crawford, he claims that Bryant does a “hiss” sound like a snake does. He does this to call for the ball in games. Crawford revealed this in an interview on Dan Le Batard is Highly Questionable. “When I first played with Kobe — they call him the Black Mamba — but then he was doing like a little snake sound when he wanted the ball,” Crawford said. “It was crazy. It was crazy. It’s like tsssss, tsssss. Like [he was calling former teammate Derek Fisher] Fish, Fish, Fisher. Tsssss, tssss. He do that. Everybody tells you he’s gonna do it before you play him — like, ‘Wait till you hear him do this.’ And then he [does] it, and it’s like, what? He’s really a mamba. It sounds like some kind of snake.” When Bryant was asked about this on Twitter, he didn’t hide anything. “@dontcallmerhino:@kobebryant yo @jcrossover said you hiss when you ball him up.How true is that?”that’s how I call for the ball #mambahiss — Kobe Bryant (@kobebryant) February 9, 2013 So this is Kobe Bryant, my friends: he hisses like a snake and he plays the piano. [Larry Brown Sports]