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...
TIM TEBOW WINS HEISMAN TROPHY, 2007
• What was more awkward? The short film that preceded his speech that equated Tim Tebow to the golden child—a gift from the heavens that overcame ever obstacle the great Lord placed in his path? Or, the actual speech where the home-schooled college star seemingly stopped reading from his prepared text and started gushing about the Gators and Jesus?
