[Starkland] When discussing why he signed with the Lakers, Sandro Mamukelashvili talked about his Kobe fandom and revealed he has a Mamba Mentality tattoo. Or as he calls it, Mamu Mentality.
Master class notes on how to get a player option from Pelinka
Pelinka: “Why should we offer more money and a player option?”
Any free agent: “I like Kobe”
Pelinka: “Say no more. You’re signed”.
PO stands for Pelinka’s Option now.
They basically made the Pelinka rule about second round draft pick contacts since he kept giving the two year contracts to THT, Max Christie, etc.
Saying you’re a fan of Kobe when joining the Lakers is the Mafia equivalent of kissing the ring.
I mean the guy got a Kobe tattoo in 2018. Seems genuine
Remember when Larry Nance Jr. had to apologize to Kobe for a tweet he made prior to being drafted?
Dominayton replaced with MamuMentality.
Plays way harder than Ayton ever has. Knows how to play without the ball too. Makes good cuts and can spot cutters with passes. Sub par defender but offensively he’ll fit right in with Luka and AR
So nothing lost on D, perhaps an upgrade.
You’ll at least get the effort which can help with team morale and energy
Ayton played really well for us in Houston in the first series, especially factoring in his 8m pay from the Lakers specifically.
I know this sub hates Ayton on a weirdly similar level to the Lakers, but don’t let the double hate train take away from what he did, and can do.
Tatum, but less cringey.
“Awe you’re sweet” vs “Hello, Human Resources??”
It doesn’t get any cringier than tattooing it on your body
Would’ve been funny if the tattoo said “Mamu Mentality”
Give it time. Let’s see if he can last a season before people break.
It’s fascinating to see attitudes towards players change over the generations. Kobe is basically a god to the incoming classes of rookies over the last several years.
That’ll be LeBron at some point. Then who?
Every generation has fw Kobe heavy what are you talking about?
I feel like what he’s saying is pretty clear. The last several years of rookies grew up idolizing Kobe, and now that LeBron is nearing retirement he will probably be talked about similarly by the next generation.
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what do you want, everyone to just talk about the good with Kobe and never bring up the bad? Every player has both good and bad to their careers.
I’m a Bron fan but I don’t care that people call him a ring chaser, he’s 4-6 or any of the other crap that they say, it just comes with the territory.
Paul George
The legend of Wayoff P
It’s a lot of Paul George stans in younger players
The LeBron generation is already come and gone, he’s super old man. We’ve already seen the curry generation.
AJ is the Shai generation
Cut the shit. We offered you the most money.
He can’t help but feel like he won the lottery. We game him a huge role and he overdelivered bigly. Between Luka, Reaves and Mamu, your offense will be fun. Defense, not so much. Why can’t we have reasonably paid rotation players in this league?
This 100%
The only guys that don’t sign for the money are getting nothing but vet min contract offers and can then base their decision on something other than straight cash homie
yea but the Lakers draw is definitely a small part too when he got the Kobe tattoo in 2018
I hope he also lives by “I’d rather go 0-30 than 0-9. 0-9 means you beat yourself, you psyched yourself out of the game.”
Shoot your shots Sandro.
Unfortunately, no Mamu Mentality was found during the playoffs from him.
Wife is Lady Mamulade
The shit load of money wasn’t bad either.
Lakers fans will love this guy.
Once again I have so many questions about the choice of camera angle
He definitely got overpaid but I’d feel pretty okay with that contract if I was a lakers fan honestly because Luka has the ability to elevate his game to a level that honestly no one else he’s played with can
The number of players Kobe Bryant influenced is simply tremendous.
This… explains a lot
Mamu, I’ve come to bargain
Probably helps to get $54M
The Mamu game w/ Flavor Flav at the end will live on forever!
I would be laughing at this a lot more if I had not watched that game he put up 13⁄14 FG in like 25 minutes live. He’s definitely got some Mamba in him.
That haircut bro
Keep this man away from Colorado hotels