The Evolution of the Los Angeles Lakers’ Kobe Bryant: How a Leader Was Born
- Posted by Anthony Bass on February 29th, 2008 filed in Kobe Bryant
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David Neiman, Sports Hub LA
One of the first feature pieces I ever wrote for the Washington Post was about Kobe Bryant. It was November 2002, the Lakers were coming off their third straight NBA title, and No. 8 – as he was then – was starting to emerge from the shadow of Shaquille O’Neal.
As part of the story, I asked Phil Jackson to compare Kobe with Michael Jordan. The fact that I posed the question gives you a sense of how I – and many other people – perceived Bryant at the time.
Phil, as one might have expected, offered what I saw as a politic response:
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June 5th, 2010 at 6:20 am
kobe is the best player of all time except than michael jordan..i love kobe bryant he is the total pkage..
June 5th, 2010 at 6:22 am
kobe is better than lebron james