Last Wednesday, Kobe Bryant dealt with the broken nose he suffered in the All-Star game by wearing a transparent protective mask. Lots of players have donned similar pieces in the past, but none have been quite so funny as this one, mostly because Kobe takes himself incredibly seriously on the court. Luckily for him, he's played pretty well while wearing the mask, scoring at least 30 points in all three games. However, Bryant found the mask uncomfortable, claiming it fogged up and got way too hot. To fix these issues, he's changed his mask, opting for a black one. Except that made him look even more ridiculous, as if he decided to dress up as a caped crusader for a comic-book convention. Sadly, the experiment was short-lived. At end of the first half, Kobe had switched back to the clear mask, likely in the hope of correcting his 2-of-10 shooting from the field before halftime.
I'm pretty disappointed that Kobe decided to ditch this black mask because I think it's actually pretty badass. Anything is better than those dumb clear plastic ones that players wear when they break their nose. Geek alert. Yeah, I'm talking to you Richard Hamilton. That mask you've worn for no reason at all since 2003 looks dumb as hell and so do you. I'd rather break my nose again than ever wear that thing.
I think the question remains: who does Kobe look like with the black mask?
The Hamburglar?
Batman?
Swiper?
R. Kelly?
The Lone Ranger?
Zorro?
Gladiator?
Nah. Hands down, it's MF DOOM.
Considering the Lakers just lost to the Pistons and blew it against the Wizards last night, I don't think the mask is achieving success at success at success...
You can do better, I know you can. Good luck to you, Kobe Bryant. Make me proud.
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