Bryant: Olympic Gold Bigger Than NBA Title

2008/07/29 22:08:24 @NBA.com: News

In the PHILLIPINE INQUIRER, the Agence France-Presse reports "Kobe Bryant on Tuesday said winning Olympic gold was more important than the NBA title, as he bids to polish his legacy by returning Team USA to world basketball supremacy. The triple NBA champion, who heads a star-studded line-up hotly t ipped to end an eight-year international drought, answered immediately when asked which prize mattered more. ‘Gold medal,' said Bryant, wading in to the club versus country debate. ‘You're playing for your country, there's more at stake. I think when you're playing for the NBA championship, you're actually playing for a brand, you're playing for whatever motivation -- proving people wrong or whatever,' he said.”
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