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Kobe Bryant jokes about Lakers players being surprised at 'Lincoln' when he got shot

Good times

By Michael Rand

December 7, 2012 at 6:32PM

This tweet from Dave McMenamin of ESPNLA.com seemed too good to be true:

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And alas, it was:

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But at least there is this:

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The big problem? About 15 minutes passed between the first tweet about Kobe and the tweet that he was joking. More than 1,700 people have retweeted the first one so far. About 50 have retweeted the second one. Ah, the best and worst of Twitter.

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about the writer

Michael Rand

Columnist / Reporter

Michael Rand is the Minnesota Star Tribune's Digital Sports Senior Writer and host/creator of the Daily Delivery podcast. In 25 years covering Minnesota sports at the Minnesota Star Tribune, he has seen just about everything (except, of course, a Vikings Super Bowl).

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