J. A. Adande about Kobe Bryant and Los Angeles:

As much as the sports landscape is his, he also belongs to Los Angeles. ... The reason Kobe formed such a bond with this city is that he represents its most unappreciated trait: hard work. Far below the Hollywood sign, Los Angeles is a place of predawn call times on the set, of hard labor at the port, of manual labor and legal wrangling. And the constant in Kobe's career has been his effort.

The Korean is just feeling a little nostalgic right now because of the crappy weather in New York. Regular blogging will resume soon.