It would be all so much simpler if Kobe Bryant had died unexpectedly at the age of 81. Kobe Bryant, the kid from Philadelphia who was drafted as an 18-year-old, and who retired two decades later as one of the greatest scorers to ever play the game. But the Kobe Bryant story is not that simple. If the question was how many shots Bryant had taken on a given night, the answer was always: Not as many as Kobe thinks he should have. That’s the thing about Kobe Bryant.

Source: National Post January 26, 2020 22:41 UTC