Forums

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
And finally, why would you come out and say that Malone was making moves on your wife, especially after you just got busted for cheatin'. Going public with this is not only embarrassing for Malone, his wife and family, your wife and you, but it makes you look like, once again, your own teammates don't respect you at all -- and on the most fundamental level (the guy wanted to fuck your wife, for christsakes). Also, open your eyes. Your relationship with your wife can't be the same after Colorado. You have no idea whether she took whatever he said in the wrong way or just wants to get back at you by (i) making you feel bad or (ii) making it seem like she is desirable to other huge, well-paid men.

Or maybe she gets uncomfortable easy? This doesn't sound to me like Malone was making a pass at her:

• "Karl and his son were at the game sitting in the front row," Pelinka said. "Vanessa was on the cell phone talking to Karl's wife, Kaye, and Vanessa said that her son looked bored. Kaye told her to call Karl to have her son join her in her seats. Kaye gave Vanessa Karl's cell number and she called him. When she called, Karl's response was, 'Why don't you come over here and sit next to me and give me a big hug?' Vanessa said, 'Why? For what?' And Karl replied, 'If you do that it will be on the cover of every magazine in the country.'
  
  "Vanessa didn't know what to say because this was the first time she had ever spoken to Malone without Kobe or Kaye being around. Karl continued. 'Do you like me?' Malone asked her, to which Vanessa said, 'As my friend, Kaye's husband,' " Pelinka said.
  
  "From there Malone asked Vanessa if she could keep a secret, and that he would like to tell her something. At which point Vanessa told him she was a married woman and he was a married man who was old enough to be her father. To which Malone replied, 'Oh, like your daddy?' At that point she told me she ended the conversation," Pelinka said.
  
  In the second half of the game, Malone sent his son to sit with the Bryants.
  
  "Vanessa told me that she just was very uncomfortable at halftime and that Karl was acting and saying weird things." said Pelinka. "When the game ended, Vanessa walked Malone's son back to Karl. She told me that she asked Malone why he was wearing that [cowboy] hat. His response was, 'I'm hunting for young Mexican girls.' At which point Vanessa just walked away."

It does sound like Vanessa married young and doesn't know how to talk to people.

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
Agree. My understanding is that the Malone thing started because Kobe wouldn't support him coming to the team, although they were neighbors and purportedly close friends, causing Malone to get pissed. The funny thing was the press conference that Kobe had where he talked about not wanting new talent (Malone) because it would be disrespectful to His players on the team now, who are playing their hearts out for Him and give Him 110% every game. Bizarre.

In Kobe's defense, when he said it, it was hard to tell if he was capitalizing those H's.