Kobe Bryant had a text message EXPLOSION

Hornets owner George Shinn shifts the “Stay in The OKC” campaign from “subtle” to “decidedly not subtle” by bashing the New Orleans school system.

Chris Paul is officially the ROY, which means Rookie of the Year, which means he’s the mostest bestest rookie person.

Skip Bayless apparently doesn’t think much of Kobe Bryant; can also read minds; also bitter and withered.

Kobe Bryant was so pissed about Charles Barkley calling him a quitter in Game 7, he text messaged him twenty times afterward.

We’re a little jealous – he only texted us once:

“o man tht snake thing iz funny LOL u r the bst”

Flea chimes in one last time on the Lakers in his NBA.com blog. Whatever you want to say about his writing skills, the dude’s a real fan.

The LA Times TJ Simers pretty much guarantees Kobe will never speak to him again. Also in there – David Stern gives the Clippers a backhanded compliment.

Do you get the feeling that we have the feeling that the playoffs are missing something without Kobe?

The connections were obvious all along, but only now can the story of Bernie Mack, Craig Ehlo, and Flip Murray be revealed.

Speaking of Cavs of that vintage, Jones on the NBA settles the whole “Steve Nash is just Mark Price” thing in convincing fashion.

Need4Sheed gets a good one in on Z, but does she really want us to start going into the “Sheed looks like a homeless crackhead” routine?

Celticsblog puts in a request for no fake crowd noise next year.

Lowpost.net compiles a list of cool stats that look both valuable and interesting. Unfortunately, as we’ve said many times, we went to public school.