I don't know if Kobe Bryant has seen Jaws, but I'm willing to bet that he has.
I guess he didn't understand the movie's message: Sharks can eat you.
Statistically speaking, the average swimmer is extremely unlikely to be attacked by a shark. But if you just saw some sharks hanging around your boat, it would be courageous at best and colossally stupid at worst to hop in the water after them.
And yet that's precisely what Bryant did on one fishing trip off the coast of California.
Did anyone tell the Los Angeles Lakers about this?
Accompanied by Eric Avar from Nike, Bryant decided to go for an impromptu swim in waters patrolled by large pelagic fish, including friendly whales and man-eating sharks. At least it's not all bad.
Nike rep Heidi Burgett tweeted out a photo of the exhibit.
Kelly Dwyer of Yahoo! Sports supplied the larger version of Burgett's photo.
Daniel Buerge from Lakers Nation did us the favor of transcribing the text:
Avar witnessed Kobe Bryant’s alpha male personality firsthand on a deep sea fishing trip about 60 miles from Newport, California. “There are sharks, whales, dolphins all around, and he’s like, ‘If I jump, will you jump?’ I’m like, ‘Dude, we just saw sharks.’ He says, ‘Come on.’ No sooner do I say okay, he takes off his shirt and jumps. I literally grab my camera, and got this shot just in time.
We all know that Bryant drips with toughness on the court, as he has proven over 16 stellar seasons in the NBA, but hopping into the deep blue sea requires an entirely different temperament.
I know if I were a multimillionaire and future NBA Hall of Famer (admittedly, that's a big if), I wouldn't be taking any chances on becoming lunch for some peckish shark.
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Article Source: Bleacher Report - Los Angeles Lakers
