Hilarious snippet from OC Register from an article about Shannon Brown:

Bryant loves Fisher and likes Farmar, and Bryant calls Brown “a much, much better player than anybody ever expected” and “an added bonus.” It wasn’t just coincidence that after answering a stream of questions about Brown on Monday, Bryant brought up someone with whom he used to share the Lakers’ backcourt.

Asked to compare how tough it is now for Utah guard Deron Williams and how tough it was for Bryant two years ago in trying to carry the Lakers with an inadequate supporting cast, Bryant scoffed.

“It’s not even close,” Bryant said. “They don’t even have Smush Parker on their team.”

Parker took a shot at Bryant last summer, saying in an interview: “The problems with that team start with him and end with him.” That didn’t, however, prevent Parker from plummeting from alongside Bryant into total obscurity.

Brown is going the other way – fast.

His swim is the upstream one, yet he’s not headed anywhere he hasn’t been before.

Maybe nobodies (is that really a word?) should keep their mouths shut when talking about arguably the best player in the league right now. Smush, we have guys on the bench that are better than you ever could hope to be. Enjoy your early retirement.

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