Out Of Bounds
Out Of Bounds: MJ and Kobe As Competitive As Ever
Jeff Hawkins is an award-winning sportswriter with more than four decades in the industry (print and digital media). A freelance writer/stay-at-home dad since 2008, Hawkins started his career with newspaper stints in Michigan, North Carolina, Florida, Upstate New York and Illinois, where he earned the 2004 APSE first-place award for column writing (under 40,000 circulation). As a beat writer, he covered NASCAR Winston Cup events at NHIS (1999-2003), the NHL's Chicago Blackhawks (2003-06) and the NFL's Carolina Panthers (2011-12). Hawkins penned four youth sports books, including a Michael Jordan biography. Hawkins' main hobbies include mountain bike riding, 5k trail runs at the Whitewater Center in Charlotte, N.C., and live music.
All posts by Jeff HawkinsUpdated21 Sep 2023
Hilarious Videos of the Night
The kid in the Kobe Bryant jersey got in a few nice shots at the beginning, but MJ is still freaking MJ at the end of the day, even in his 50s.
http://youtu.be/zIe8ck5iVkQ
Not to be outdone, here’s some footage of a “friendly” game of H-O-R-S-E between Kobe and a lucky fan. If you didn’t think Bean would trash-talk and eventually destroy Sami after a good start, then you simply don’t know the nature of that man’s competitive spirit. Nonetheless, we see you @S_Universal (Twitter)
Summer League Photos of the Night
http://instagram.com/p/qpmKUFRh35/
Life’s good anytime Big Al is in the building.
http://instagram.com/p/qpaOOcRJEi/
A look back at a few Summer League moments courtesy of the Suns. You may recognize a familiar face in the bottom-left corner.
http://instagram.com/p/qpL0L1jdRZ/
Jabari Parker takes it baseline for the jam.
http://instagram.com/p/qnmJcNRhwz/
Zach LaVine dazzled the crowd throughout a big performance in these.
A Trip Around the League
http://instagram.com/p/qpdFp3uGO9/
Swaggy P and (Free) Agent Zero took some time to check out Rucker Park.
http://instagram.com/p/qpWhSWH2Ni/
Pau Gasol and Nikola Mirotic on the Southside checking out a Sox game. Surely, there’s a buddy-comedy script there somewhere.
http://instagram.com/p/qpXFkOg8DK/
Happy birthday, LaMarcus!
http://instagram.com/p/qpj8HOv4rh/
Damian Lillard is so real, even his family is trill.
http://instagram.com/p/qnz4TpOkMB/
Meanwhile, in China…
Cheerleaders A Plenty
http://instagram.com/p/qpS_KbKlbJ/
The Clippers have you covered in terms of entertainment in just about every way these days.
http://instagram.com/p/qpYhGLjA2J/
They captioned this one “Epic Selfie”…and just who would we be to disagree?
http://instagram.com/p/qpS4biDYOJ/
The Pelicans Dance Team created this short video of their finalists for next season. We didn’t think you’d mind seeing it.
http://instagram.com/p/qo6w3bx14u/
Behind the scenes at Mavs Dancers tryouts.
Summer League Highlights of the Night
Top 10 plays from last night.
http://youtu.be/hIDqGY4fDrQ
Jabari Parker has a big night as he’s starting to look more comfortable with the transition.
http://youtu.be/DTvQoyQzy7c
Julius Randle recovered from a rough start and came on nicely down the stretch for the Lakers.
