Kobe said that Tony Allen was the …

Kobe said that Tony Allen was the toughest guy for him to figure out. For Allen, a three-time NBA first-team all-defense selection, the feeling was mutual. “I learned my lesson my rookie year (2004, in Boston), when I was talking to him,” Allen said. “He fouled me out in like seven or eight minutes. From that point on, I knew I couldn’t talk to him. He was kind of buttering me up. He’s asking me where am I from, how you doing young fella, where you from, I like your heart, young fella. Before you know it he’s head faked you three times and got the and one off the backboard, came off the pick and roll and dunked on you.”