Los Lakers' Kobe Bryant has been on a tear since the Lakers star was ripped by Mavs owner Mark Cuban in his 'amnesty' tweet, and was named the Western Conference Player of the Month for February. LA went 9-4 during the month, as Bryant paced the Lakers in points with 23.9 ppg and assists with 6.6 apg for the now surging Lakers squad. The last four games of the month, Bryant led an offensive outburst for LA with at least 29 points in each game—including a 40-point game to lead the Lakers to three wins in four games.
Bryant had three games of at least 30 points in February, giving him a total of 24 30-point games for the season. Only the Thunder's Kevin Durant has as many 30 point games in the 2012-2013 season. Bryant's LA team is on the upswing after a suprisingly dismal start to the season, as the star-studded Lakers team was consistenly losing to inferior opponents despite featuring a lineup of a former NBA MVP award winner (Steve Nash), former Defensive Player of the Year winner (Dwight Howard) and two more perennial all-stars in Bryant and Forward Pau Gasol.
Bryant recently got into a twitter battle with Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban after the team defeated the Mavericks.
"Amnesty THAT," Kobe's twitter read after the Lakers star poured in 38 points to defeat the Mavericks in a 103-99 victory. Bryant's twitter has become notorious recently for interesting and provocative responses between the 34-year-old and his twitter folowers, including fans. One such fan ripped his wife after a Drake song, "Stay Schemin" referenced the Los Lakers' star's wife for not being there when Kobe was "shooting in the gym."
Kobe and his wife responded, with the Los Laker writing on Twitter, "No, she wasn't. She was busy raising our kids #nonanny #respectmothers." Vanessa also added on her Instagram account page, "I don't need to be in the gym. I'm raising our daughters, signing checks and taking care of everything else that pertains to our home life," she wrote.
"I really wish people would stop THINK and then realize that they are being sucked into someone's clear intention to monetize and gain attention off of our family's heartache. This is real life. I hold down our home life so my husband can focus on his career. It's a partnership," she responded.
While the Los Angeles Laker was able to reconcile differences with his wife Vanessa Bryant to call of their divorce proceedings, the timing couldn't have been much worse for the couple. The near-divorce has cost Bryant and his family their beloved $3 million mansion Vanessa was awarded during the initial divorce proceedings.
According to TMZ, Mrs. Bryant sold the 6,000-square-foot mansion for roughly $3.22 million when it closed in January, but the canceled divorce won't bring back the home they first purchased in 1999 for $1 million. As if that wasn't bad enough, Bryant initially listed the home for $3.75 million and allowed it to go for more than a half a million dollars less than the listed price. Ouch.
In other Lakers news, center Dwight Howard had a funny impression of teammates Kobe Bryant and Steve Nash. Check out Howard's funny take of Bryant here.