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    The disgruntled Golden State swingman picked up five first-quarter fouls trying to guard Bryant in the teams' first preseason matchup on Oct. 7, leading Jackson to storm off the floor, accuse Bryant of dirty tactics and lash out at his teammates for not supporting him. "I'm not a fan of Kobe. I'm not somebody who looks up to him ... I'm a grown man, so when I go out there and play the game, I play the game. I feel like I'm just as good as him. I might not get the publicity or the notoriety he gets, but I feel like I can play with anybody in the NBA." -- Only a few tickets are still available for tonight's preseason game between the Lakers and Golden State Warriors at Ontario's Citizens Business Bank Arena. Full Article at Southern CA Press-Enterprise
    I'm not a fan of Kobe. I'm not somebody who looks up to him ... I'm a grown man, so when I go out there and play the game, I play the game. I feel like I'm just as good as him. I might not get the publicity or the notoriety he gets, but I feel like I can play with anybody in the NBA.
    Stephen Jackson – Stephen Jackson SOURCE: Southern CA Press-Enterprise 1 month ago

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  1. BERLIN - NOVEMBER 23: (EDITORS NOTE: NO USAGE OR ARCHIVE 90 DAYS AFTER CREATION DATE) Singer AJ McLean of the US American boy group Backstreet Boys performs live during a concert at the O2 World on November 23, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. The concert is part of the 2009 tour.
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  3. German Foreign Minister Dr. Guido Westerwelle (C), accompanied by Charlotte Knobloch (L), the President of the Central Council of German Jewry, and Director of Yad Vashem Avner Shalev (R), looks up at photos of slain Jews in the Hall of Names at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem November 23, 2009.
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  7. JERUSALEM - NOVEMBER 23: German Foreign Minister Dr. Guido Westerwelle (L) is guided round the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Musem by Director Avner Shalev (R) on November 23, 2009 in Jerusalem, Israel. Westerwelle laid a wreath in memory of the six million Jews who perished at the hands of the Nazis on his first visit to Yad Vashem since taking office.
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  9. German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, center, gestures as he stands with the president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, Charlotte Knobloch, left, as they listen to to chairman of Yad Vashem Avner Shalev, during a visit to the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009.
  10. German Foreign Minister Dr. Guido Westerwelle looks up at photos of slain Jews in the Hall of Names at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem November 23, 2009.
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  13. German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, center, stands with the president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, Charlotte Knobloch, right, as they listen to to chairman of Yad Vashem Avner Shalev, during a visit to the Hall of Names at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009.
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  15. German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, visits the Hall of Names at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. Westerwelle is on an official visit to the region.
  16. Czech Republic's Lukas Dlouhy, left, and India's Leander Paes, right, during their ATP World Tour Finals tennis match against Poland's Lukasz Kubot and Austria's Oliver Marach at the O2 Arena in London, Monday Nov. 23, 2009.
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  18. Freed Japanese engineer and hostage Takeo Mashimo speaks to his family by telephone after his arrival at the San'a Governor's office in the capital San'a, Yemen Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. The Japanese engineer seized by Yemeni tribesmen seeking to swap him for a prisoner with al-Qaida links was released Monday after a week in captivity, his embassy said.