Sports The 5 Most Bizarre Sports Acceptance Speeches

Last night, Kobe Bryant and his Los Angeles Lakers grabbed their 15th championship when they defeated the Orlando Magic in game six of the finals. Shocker? Not so much. If we were owners of the team, we would have had our Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy speech ready after Game 1. But that’s just us, we like to stay ever-ready like the batteries. Unfortunately, owner Jerry Buss’s son Joey must have thought they were gonna catch an L that night, because when he was handed the trophy, he seemed to be making up his emotionless speech as he went along.

What proceeded was quite possibly one of the most awkward award acceptance speeches in sports history. Granted, Joey is normally relegated to back rooms of his father’s empire, so hopefully Papa Buss doesn’t feel the urge to put both him back on L.A. Sparks duty. But if he does, maybe he should check out these five other memorable (read: odd) sports award acceptance moments…