{"id":256648,"date":"2022-02-08T03:03:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T01:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoops.co.il\/?p=256648"},"modified":"2022-02-08T05:27:20","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T03:27:20","slug":"%d7%a7%d7%95%d7%91%d7%99-%d7%91%d7%a8%d7%99%d7%90%d7%a0%d7%98-%d7%a0%d7%99%d7%91%d7%97%d7%a8-%d7%9c%d7%9e%d7%a1-10-%d7%9e%d7%a0%d7%97%d7%9d-%d7%9c%d7%a1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoops.co.il\/?p=256648","title":{"rendered":"\u05e7\u05d5\u05d1\u05d9 \u05d1\u05e8\u05d9\u05d0\u05e0\u05d8 \u05e0\u05d9\u05d1\u05d7\u05e8 \u05dc\u05de\u05e1' 10 \/ \u05de\u05e0\u05d7\u05dd \u05dc\u05e1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/5e2f2b0024306a7fe3206622?width=700\" alt=\"\" width=\"849\" height=\"425\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color has-background has-large-font-size\"><strong>1.\u05de\u05e1\u05e4\u05e8 10 \u05d4\u05d5\u05d0 \u05e7\u05d5\u05d1\u05d9 \u05d1\u05e8\u05d9\u05d0\u05e0\u05d8, \u05e9\u05d4\u05d4\u05e7\u05e8\u05d1\u05d4 \u05d5\u05d4\u05d0\u05d3\u05d9\u05e7\u05d5\u05ea \u05e9\u05dc\u05d5 \u05dc\u05de\u05e9\u05d7\u05e7 \u05de\u05d2\u05d3\u05d9\u05e8\u05d9\u05dd \u05d0\u05ea \u05d4\u05e7\u05e8\u05d9\u05d9\u05e8\u05d4 \u05d4\u05d0\u05d9\u05d9\u05e7\u05d5\u05e0\u05d9\u05ea \u05e9\u05dc\u05d5 \u05d1\u05dc\u05d9\u05d9\u05e7\u05e8\u05e1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-large-font-size\"><strong>\u05d6\u05d4\u05d5 \u05de\u05d0\u05de\u05e8 \u05e7\u05e6\u05ea \u05de\u05d1\u05d5\u05dc\u05d1\u05dc. \u05d4\u05e2\u05ea\u05e7\u05ea\u05d9 \u05d7\u05dc\u05e7\u05d9\u05dd \u05de\u05de\u05d0\u05de\u05e8\u05d5 \u05e9\u05dc \u05e1\u05dd \u05d0\u05de\u05d9\u05e7 \u05de\u05d4- THEATHLETIC \u05e2\u05dc \u05e7\u05d5\u05d1\u05d9, \u05d5\u05d7\u05dc\u05e7\u05d9\u05dd \u05db\u05ea\u05d1\u05ea\u05d9 \u05d1\u05e2\u05e6\u05de\u05d9. \u05d0\u05dc \u05ea\u05e7\u05e8\u05d0\u05d5 \u05d6\u05d0\u05ea \u05db\u05e1\u05d9\u05e4\u05d5\u05e8 \u05d0\u05d7\u05d3 \u05de\u05d0\u05d5\u05e8\u05d2\u05df \u05d4\u05d4\u05d5\u05dc\u05da \u05de\u05ea\u05d7\u05d9\u05dc\u05d4 \u05e2\u05d3 \u05d4\u05e1\u05d5\u05e3. \u05e4\u05e9\u05d5\u05d8 \u05ea\u05e7\u05e8\u05d0\u05d5 \u05d7\u05dc\u05e7\u05d9\u05dd-\u05d7\u05dc\u05e7\u05d9\u05dd. \u05d1\u05db\u05dc \u05d7\u05dc\u05e7 \u05ea\u05d2\u05dc\u05d5 \u05d0\u05ea \u05d4\u05de\u05d9\u05d5\u05d7\u05d3 \u05e9\u05d4\u05d9\u05d4 \u05d1\u05e7\u05d5\u05d1\u05d9: \u05d0\u05d5\u05d1\u05e1\u05e1\u05d9\u05d4 \u05de\u05d7\u05dc\u05d8\u05ea \u05dc\u05de\u05e9\u05d7\u05e7, \u05dc\u05de\u05e6\u05d5\u05d9\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5\u05ea, \u05d5\u05dc\u05e0\u05e6\u05d7\u05d5\u05df!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u05de\u05de\u05e9\u05d9\u05db\u05d9\u05dd \u05d1\u05e1\u05e4\u05d9\u05e8\u05d4 \u05d4\u05d2\u05d3\u05d5\u05dc\u05d4 \u05e9\u05dc 75 \u05d4\u05e9\u05d7\u05e7\u05e0\u05d9\u05dd \u05d4\u05d8\u05d5\u05d1\u05d9\u05dd \u05d1\u05d9\u05d5\u05ea\u05e8 \u05d1-NBA \u05d1-75 \u05e9\u05e0\u05d5\u05ea \u05e7\u05d9\u05d5\u05dd \u05d4\u05dc\u05d9\u05d2\u05d4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u05dc\u05d0 \u05d7\u05d9\u05d9\u05d1\u05d9\u05dd \u05dc\u05dc\u05db\u05ea \u05e8\u05d7\u05d5\u05e7 \u05d9\u05d5\u05ea\u05e8 \u05de\u05d4\u05e6\u05d4\u05e8\u05ea\u05d5 \u05e9\u05dc \u05e7\u05d5\u05d1\u05d9 \u05e2\u05dc \u05d4\u05db\u05d3\u05d5\u05e8\u05e1\u05dc \u05d5\u05d4\u05d5\u05d0, \u05db\u05e9\u05d7\u05e7\u05df. \u05e0\u05d9\u05ea\u05df \u05dc\u05db\u05e0\u05d5\u05ea \u05d6\u05d0\u05ea \u05db'\u05de\u05e0\u05d8\u05dc\u05d9\u05d5\u05ea \u05e9\u05dc \u05de\u05de\u05d1\u05d4':<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size\"><em>\u201c<strong>When it came to basketball, I had no fear. \u2026 I wasn\u2019t scared of missing, looking bad, or being embarrassed. 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His defiant spirit, that irrational confidence in one\u2019s self that served him so well during those two decades of dominance, is carried on now by premiere players who started studying him when they were young. What\u2019s more, it\u2019s the distinctive trait that landed him at No. 10 on&nbsp;<em>The Athletic\u2019s&nbsp;<\/em>list of 75 greatest players of all time<\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u05e1\u05da \u05d4\u05db\u05dc \u05e9\u05dc \u05d7\u05d9\u05d9\u05d5 \u05e9\u05dc \u05e7\u05d5\u05d1\u05d9 \u05ea\u05de\u05d9\u05d3 \u05d9\u05d4\u05d9\u05d4 DIVISIVE: \u05d4\u05d1\u05df \u05e9\u05dc 'JELLYBEAN JOE' \u05d5\u05e4\u05dd \u05d1\u05e8\u05d9\u05d0\u05e0\u05d8 \u05de\u05e4\u05d9\u05dc\u05d3\u05dc\u05e4\u05d9\u05d4 \u05e9\u05dc\u05e7\u05d7\u05d5 \u05d0\u05ea \u05d1\u05e0\u05dd \u05d0\u05d9\u05ea\u05dd \u05dc\u05d0\u05d9\u05d8\u05dc\u05d9\u05d4 \u05db\u05e9\u05d4\u05d0\u05d1 \u05e9\u05d9\u05d7\u05e7 \u05db\u05d3\u05d5\u05e8\u05e1\u05dc \u05de\u05e7\u05e6\u05d5\u05e2\u05e0\u05d9, \u05d5\u05d7\u05d6\u05e8\u05d4 \u05dc\u05de\u05e8\u05d9\u05d5\u05df \u05d4\u05d9\u05d9. \u05e7\u05d5\u05d1\u05d9 \u05ea\u05de\u05d9\u05d3 \u05d4\u05d9\u05d4 \u05d8\u05d9\u05e4\u05d5\u05e1 \u05e9\u05d5\u05e0\u05d4, \u05e2\u05d5\u05d3 \u05dc\u05e4\u05e0\u05d9 \u05d4\u05de\u05e7\u05e8\u05d4 \u05e2\u05dd \u05e2\u05d5\u05d1\u05d3\u05ea \u05d4\u05de\u05dc\u05d5\u05df &#8211; \u05ea\u05d1\u05d9\u05e2\u05d4 \u05e9\u05d4\u05e1\u05ea\u05d9\u05d9\u05de\u05d4 \u05de\u05d7\u05d5\u05e5 \u05dc\u05d1\u05d9\u05ea \u05d4\u05de\u05e9\u05e4\u05d8 &#8211; \u05db\u05e9\u05e7\u05d5\u05d1\u05d9 -\u05e9\u05d4\u05ea\u05e0\u05e6\u05dc \u05d5\u05db\u05e0\u05e8\u05d0\u05d4 \u05e9\u05d9\u05dc\u05dd \u05d4\u05e8\u05d1\u05d4 \u05db\u05e1\u05e3 \u05dc\u05de\u05ea\u05dc\u05d5\u05e0\u05e0\u05ea &#8211; \u05d8\u05d5\u05e2\u05df \u05e9\u05d6\u05d4 \u05d4\u05d9\u05d4 &quot;\u05e4\u05e9\u05d5\u05d8 \u05de\u05e7\u05e8\u05d4 \u05e9\u05dc \u05e9\u05e0\u05d9 \u05d0\u05e0\u05e9\u05d9\u05dd \u05d4\u05e8\u05d5\u05d0\u05d9\u05dd \u05e1\u05e7\u05e1 \u05d1\u05e6\u05d5\u05e8\u05d4 \u05e9\u05d5\u05e0\u05d4&quot;.  \u05d1\u05ea\u05d7\u05d9\u05dc\u05ea \u05e0\u05e9\u05d5\u05d0\u05d9\u05d5 \u05dc\u05d5\u05d5\u05e0\u05e1\u05d4, \u05d5\u05de\u05e9\u05da \u05ea\u05d7\u05d9\u05dc\u05ea \u05e0\u05e9\u05d5\u05d0\u05d9\u05d4\u05dd \u05e9\u05d4\u05e0\u05d9\u05d1\u05d5 4 \u05d1\u05e0\u05d5\u05ea \u05de\u05e7\u05e1\u05d9\u05de\u05d5\u05ea, \u05d4\u05d9\u05d5 \u05dc\u05d5 \u05d1\u05e2\u05d9\u05d5\u05ea \u05d1\u05e0\u05e9\u05d5\u05d0\u05d9\u05df \u05e9\u05e0\u05e8\u05d0\u05d4 \u05d4\u05d9\u05d4 \u05e9\u05d4\u05ea\u05e4\u05e9\u05e8\u05d5 \u05de\u05e9\u05da \u05d4\u05d6\u05de\u05df. \u05d4\u05db\u05e9\u05e8\u05d5\u05df \u05e9\u05dc\u05d5 \u05d4\u05e0\u05d9\u05d1 \u05dc\u05d5 OSCAR, \u05d5\u05d4\u05d5\u05d0 \u05d4\u05d9\u05d4 \u05ea\u05d5\u05de\u05da \u05e0\u05d9\u05dc\u05d4\u05d1 \u05d1-WNBA, \u05db\u05e9\u05d4\u05e1\u05e4\u05d5\u05e8\u05d8 \u05d0\u05e7\u05d3\u05de\u05d9 \u05e9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d0 \u05e4\u05ea\u05d7 '\u05de\u05de\u05d1\u05d4 \u05e1\u05e4\u05d5\u05e8\u05d8 \u05d0\u05e7\u05d3\u05de\u05d9' \u05d4\u05e4\u05da \u05dc\u05de\u05d5\u05e1\u05d3 \u05d9\u05e7\u05e8\u05ea\u05d9 \u05d1\u05d9\u05d5\u05ea\u05e8 \u05d3\u05d5\u05d5\u05e7\u05d0 \u05dc\u05d1\u05e0\u05d5\u05ea, \u05d5\u05dc\u05d0 \u05dc\u05d1\u05e0\u05d9\u05dd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u05d4\u05de\u05d9\u05e0\u05d9 \u05e7\u05de\u05e4 \u05e9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d0 \u05e4\u05ea\u05d7 \u05d1-2019 \u05d4\u05e4\u05da \u05dc-STUFF OF LEGENTS (<a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/1246266\/2019\/09\/27\/inside-kobe-bryants-invite-only-mini-camp-and-how-it-all-came-together\/https:\/\/theathletic.com\/1246266\/2019\/09\/27\/inside-kobe-bryants-invite-only-mini-camp-and-how-it-all-came-together\/\">https:\/\/theathletic.com\/1246266\/2019\/09\/27\/inside-kobe-bryants-invite-only-mini-camp-and-how-it-all-came-together\/https:\/\/theathletic.com\/1246266\/2019\/09\/27\/inside-kobe-bryants-invite-only-mini-camp-and-how-it-all-came-together\/<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u05e7\u05d5\u05d1\u05d9 \u05de\u05d5\u05db\u05df \u05d4\u05d9\u05d4 \u05dc\u05d4\u05d5\u05db\u05d9\u05d7 \u05dc\u05db\u05dc \u05d4\u05e2\u05d5\u05dc\u05dd \u05e9\u05d9\u05e9 \u05d1\u05d5 \u05d4\u05e8\u05d1\u05d4 \u05d9\u05d5\u05ea\u05e8 \u05de\u05e9\u05d7\u05e7\u05df \u05db\u05d3\u05d5\u05e8\u05e1\u05dc, \u05d5\u05e4\u05e8\u05e1 \u05d0\u05d5\u05e1\u05e7\u05d0\u05e8 \u05d0\u05d7\u05d3 \u05dc\u05e8\u05e9\u05d5\u05ea\u05d5 \u05dc\u05e4\u05e0\u05d9 \u05d2\u05d9\u05dc 40 \u05d4\u05d9\u05d4 \u05e4\u05ea\u05d9\u05d7\u05d4 \u05e8\u05d0\u05d5\u05d9\u05d9\u05d4 \u05dc\u05e7\u05e8\u05d9\u05d9\u05e8\u05d4 \u05de\u05d1\u05d8\u05d9\u05d7\u05d4 \u05e8\u05d1\u05d5\u05ea \u05d2\u05dd \u05d1\u05db\u05d3\u05d5\u05e8\u05e1\u05dc \u05d5\u05d2\u05dd \u05d1\u05d0\u05d5\u05de\u05e0\u05d5\u05ea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u05d0\u05d1\u05dc \u05d0\u05ea \u05e7\u05d5\u05d1\u05d9 \u05e0\u05d6\u05db\u05d5\u05e8 \u05db\u05de\u05d5\u05d1\u05df \u05db\u05e9\u05d7\u05e7\u05df \u05db\u05d3\u05d5\u05e8\u05e1\u05dc, \u05e9\u05dc\u05e8\u05d1\u05d9\u05dd \u05d4\u05d5\u05d0-\u05d4\u05d5\u05d0 \u05d4\u05de\u05d9\u05d9\u05e7\u05dc \u05d2'\u05d5\u05e8\u05d3\u05df \u05e9\u05dc\u05d4\u05dd:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Fourth all-time in scoring (33,643 points, behind Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Karl Malone and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/player\/nba\/lakers\/lebron-james\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LeBron James<\/a>)<\/li><li>Fourth in playoff scoring (5,640 points, behind James, Jordan and Abdul-Jabbar)<\/li><li>Second all-time in All-Star appearances (18, tied with LBJ and behind only Abdul-Jabbar\u2019s 19)<\/li><li>Four All-Star game MVPs (tied with Bob Pettit for the all-time lead); posthumously, the trophy was named after him<\/li><li>Eighth in regular-season minutes (48,637), fourth in playoff minutes (behind James, Jordan, and Abdul-Jabbar)<\/li><li>Eleven All-NBA first-team selections (tied with Karl Malone for second most, behind only James\u2019 13)<\/li><li>One-time MVP (2007-08, when he averaged 28.3 points, 6.3 rebounds and 5.4 assists per game)<\/li><li>Two-time scoring champ (2005-06, when he averaged 35.4 points per game; 2006-07, when he averaged 31.6)<\/li><li>Nine All-Defensive first-team selections (tied with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/player\/nba\/timberwolves\/kevin-garnett\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kevin Garnett<\/a>, Jordan and Gary Payton for the most in league history)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/stathead.com\/basketball\/psl_finder.cgi?request=1&amp;match=combined&amp;order_by_asc=0&amp;order_by=ws&amp;is_playoffs=N&amp;lg_id=NBA&amp;type=per_game&amp;per_minute_base=36&amp;per_poss_base=100&amp;ccomp%5B1%5D=gt&amp;cval%5B1%5D=24.9&amp;cstat%5B1%5D=pts_per_g&amp;ccomp%5B2%5D=gt&amp;cval%5B2%5D=4.9&amp;cstat%5B2%5D=trb_per_g&amp;ccomp%5B3%5D=gt&amp;cval%5B3%5D=3.9&amp;cstat%5B3%5D=ast_per_g&amp;age_min=0&amp;age_max=99&amp;season_start=1&amp;season_end=-1&amp;height_min=0&amp;height_max=99&amp;locationMatch=is&amp;as_comp=gt&amp;as_val=0\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">One of 10 players<\/a>&nbsp;to average at least 25 points, five rebounds and four assists during a course of a career<\/li><li>His&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/news\/history-top-moments-kobe-bryant-81-points-2006\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">81-point outburst in Toronto on Jan. 22, 2006<\/a>, was the second-highest scoring game of all time, trailing only Wilt Chamberlain\u2019s 100-point game that came three decades before<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.theathletic.com\/app\/uploads\/2022\/02\/06151519\/Kobe-75-2-scaled-e1644178579498-1536x770.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Mamba Mentality<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\u05e1\u05dd \u05d0\u05de\u05d9\u05e7 \u05de\u05e1\u05e4\u05e8 \u05e2\u05dc \u05e9\u05e0\u05d9 \u05e8\u05d9\u05d0\u05d9\u05d5\u05e0\u05d5\u05ea \u05e9\u05d4\u05d9\u05d5 \u05dc\u05d5 \u05e2\u05dd \u05e7\u05d5\u05d1\u05d9, \u05d0\u05d7\u05d3 \u05e2\u05dc \u05d4\u05e1\u05dc\u05d8\u05d9\u05e7\u05e1 \u05d5\u05d4\u05e9\u05e0\u05d9 \u05e2\u05dc \u05d3\u05d5\u05d5\u05d9\u05d9\u05d8 \u05d4\u05d0\u05d5\u05d0\u05e8\u05d3. \u05d4'\u05de\u05de\u05d1\u05d4 \u05de\u05e0\u05d8\u05dc\u05d9\u05d8\u05d9' \u05e0\u05e9\u05de\u05e2\u05ea \u05d1\u05db\u05dc \u05d0\u05d7\u05d3 \u05de\u05d4\u05dd:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-background\"><strong>\u05de\u05de\u05d1\u05d4 \u05e2\u05dc \u05d4\u05dc\u05d9\u05d9\u05e7\u05e8\u05e1 \u05d5\u05d4\u05e1\u05dc\u05d8\u05d9\u05e7\u05e1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Bryant,&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/lakers\/2013\/01\/26\/kobe-bryant-los-angeles-mike-dantoni-dwight-howard-jazz\/1866011\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>discussing the state of the Lakers<\/em><\/a><em>&nbsp;and, more specifically, then-Lakers big man Dwight Howard in a conversation we had on Jan. 26, 2013:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cFor us to have a team that\u2019s confrontational and on edge brings out the competitive spirit of everybody else, you know what I\u2019m saying? If everybody is just relaxed and happy-go-lucky and this, that and the other, then that\u2019s the personality we\u2019ll have as a team. And then you run into a team that\u2019s a confrontational team, and it\u2019s like a bus. That\u2019s what happened to us in 2008. Everything was really easy for us, real smooth. \u2026Everybody liked each other. And then we got to the Finals (against Boston), and we ran into a bus. The&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/team\/celtics\/\" target=\"_blank\">Celtics<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 those motherfuckers just beat the shit out of us (in six games).\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-background\"><strong>\u05de\u05de\u05d1\u05d4 \u05e2\u05dc \u05d4\u05e1\u05e0\u05d8\u05e8 \u05d4\u05d0\u05d5\u05d0\u05e8\u05d3 \u05e9\u05d9\u05e9 \u05dc\u05d5 \u05d0\u05d5 \u05d0\u05d9\u05df \u05dc\u05d5 \u05d0\u05ea \u05d6\u05d4<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cYeah (Howard can fit in that). I don\u2019t wonder (that) anymore. It\u2019s just a matter of learning. It\u2019s a process for him. He wants to be one of the greats of all time, and to do that you have to learn from the greats of all time \u2013 be it Bill Russell, be it Shaq. I mean Shaq was a moody, temperamental dude. So if you watch all the big men who have come before, you start to see a common denominator. Wilt (Chamberlain) \u2014 God Bless him \u2014 was phenomenal, but he didn\u2019t have it. Russell and (those) guys win (repeatedly) \u2014 Jordan,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/team\/magic\/\" target=\"_blank\">Magic<\/a>, myself. You\u2019ve got a little asshole engine. \u2026 I\u2019m a problem solver. I try to figure things out, come hell or high water.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u05e7\u05d5\u05d1\u05d9 \u05d4\u05d9\u05d4 \u05db\u05dc \u05db\u05da INTENSE \u05e9\u05dc\u05e4\u05e2\u05de\u05d9\u05dd<\/strong> <strong>\u05d6\u05d4 \u05d2\u05e8\u05dd \u05dc\u05e7\u05d5\u05e0\u05e4\u05dc\u05d9\u05e7\u05d8\u05d9\u05dd \u05d1\u05e7\u05d1\u05d5\u05e6\u05d4:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From O\u2019Neal to Howard to his years-long attempt to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sbnation.com\/nba\/2011\/2\/2\/1969929\/kobe-bryant-pau-gasol-lakers\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">turn Gasol into a \u2018Black Swan,\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;Bryant\u2019s tension with teammates was typically rooted in the belief that they weren\u2019t approaching the game with the necessary level of aggression or commitment. And when it came to his work ethic, the stories about his maniacal methods were never in short supply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">On that four-airball night in Utah that ended his rookie season, for example, Bryant would later share that he went straight from the Los Angeles airport to Pacific Palisades High to shoot until sunrise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u05d0\u05d5\u05d1\u05e1\u05e1\u05d9\u05d4 \u05dc\u05d0\u05d9\u05de\u05d5\u05e0\u05d9\u05dd:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<strong>You hear those stories of him waking up at 4 and 5 and people getting to the gym and he\u2019s already finished his workout.<\/strong> <strong>And you hear those stories at a young age about your senior in your high school class, and some of those are stories and you know they\u2019re fabricated. But with him, like every single one of those stories is 100 percent true all the way through. I think that\u2019s the difference between it. A lot of people have a work ethic, a lot of people put the work in and (focus) on their body and do that, but there\u2019s little slippage here and there. The thing with him is there\u2019s no slippage.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Like Booker, DeRozan\u2019s mastery of the midrange game had everything to do with the lessons learned from Bryant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-pale-pink-background-color has-background has-medium-font-size\"><strong>\u05d4\u05dd \u05de\u05e1\u05e4\u05e8\u05d9\u05dd \u05e2\u05dc \u05e7\u05d5\u05d1\u05d9:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<strong>Man, it\u2019s the relentless and countless, nonstop repetitions of doing the same thing over and over and over and over,\u201d DeRozan said of Bryant\u2019s impact on his routine. \u201cSo when you are in those situations, it doesn\u2019t feel like nothing new. You don\u2019t feel rushed. You don\u2019t feel panicked. And it comes with time, continuously doing the same thing over and over, working on something over and over and over and over. And so it becomes damn near redundant<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<strong>But it becomes second nature, in muscle memory. Your mentality, your mind, the confidence, just continuously working on your skill. Late nights, early mornings throughout the days, days when you don\u2019t feel like doing anything. I got a lot of that mentality from Kobe<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mentor role<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-background has-large-font-size\"><strong>\u05e7\u05d5\u05d1\u05d9 \u05de\u05d3\u05e1\u05e7\u05e1 \u05d0\u05ea \u05d9\u05d7\u05e1\u05d9\u05d5 \u05e2\u05dd \u05de\u05d9\u05d9\u05e7\u05dc \u05d2'\u05d5\u05e8\u05d3\u05df:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Bryant, during his final season on Feb. 21, 2016,&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/rx0cTkSItpQ?t=114\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>discussed his relationship with Jordan:<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cWhen I came into the league, and matching up against him, what I found \u2026 is that he was extremely open to having a relationship \u2014 a mentor relationship. And giving me a great amount of advice, an amazing amount of detail, strategies, workout regimens and things like that. Seriously, I don\u2019t think people understand the impact he has had on me as a player and as a leader.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>\u05e2\u05d1\u05d5\u05e8 \u05e7\u05d5\u05d1\u05d9, \u05de\u05d9\u05d9\u05e7\u05dc \u05d2'\u05d5\u05e8\u05d3\u05df \u05ea\u05de\u05d9\u05d3 \u05d4\u05d9\u05d4 \u05d4-GOLD STANDARD. \u05e2\u05d1\u05d5\u05e8 \u05e1\u05d8\u05e3 \u05e7\u05e8\u05d9, \u05d3\u05e8\u05d5\u05d6\u05df, \u05d5\u05d3\u05d5\u05d5\u05d9\u05df \u05d1\u05d5\u05e7\u05e8, \u05e7\u05d5\u05d1\u05d9 \u05d4\u05d9\u05d4 \u05de\u05e0\u05d8\u05d5\u05e8<\/strong>, <strong>\u05d5\u05d9\u05d3\u05d9\u05d3 \u05de\u05d1\u05d5\u05d2\u05e8<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Bryant, Jordan was always the gold standard. The lifelong goal. He had those six titles. The GOAT status. Every shot and move you could imagine. The flight patterns. Bryant wanted to replicate all of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But he wasn\u2019t just chasing a basketball ghost. No, as Bryant would reflect on more as he grew older, his relationship with Jordan had started early and evolved from there. That deep connection was there for all to see when Jordan gave a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YqtK-tPCXbI\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">tearful speech about his friend at Bryant\u2019s memorial service<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet for much of Bryant\u2019s career, he kept his peers at bay. His focus was on the fear factor, the intimidation that he always tried to inspire in his opponents. There was no better example of this than his famously distant relationship with LeBron James, one that would only become more&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nba.nbcsports.com\/2020\/01\/29\/lebron-james-and-kobe-bryant-had-grown-closer-in-last-couple-months\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">meaningful very late in his career<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over time, though, Bryant had begun to give back in much the same way Jordan had with him. And if you were a young player who was deemed worthy of respect by Bryant, that was enough to make you stick your chest out. Or, as was the case with Curry, your butt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Curry, it was the Bryant ass pat in a 2014 preseason game that most believed was his hat-tip moment. Bryant had been hounding him down the floor, bullying him so much that Curry even stumbled as they crossed the half-court line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He caught himself with his right hand, somehow keeping the dribble alive. Then came the right elbow into Bryant\u2019s gut, the not-so-subtle shove creating just enough space for Curry to fire away. Splash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhooaaa, from the other county,\u201d Lakers announcer Bill Macdonald said on the call. \u201cAnd Kobe slaps him on the behind, gives him a smile and says, \u2018That\u2019s good shootin\u2019 kid.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some 18.6 million YouTube views later, it\u2019s clear the gesture sent an unmistakable message that Bryant thought highly of Curry\u2019s talent. In Curry\u2019s eyes, however, Bryant had made him feel like an elite player three years prior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt was my second year, and we were playing at Oracle and he was on the bench,\u201d Curry said. \u201cI did a dribble left and right in front of their bench and a little pump fake and then hit the shot off the glass. And they had the camera zoomed in on him, and he looked at me as I was going down the court and you could see him say \u2018That MF-er is nice.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t see it in real time. I saw it afterward. He had said it under his breath and they caught him on the camera saying it and somebody sent it to me. It was dope. When I saw it, that was a \u2018Wow!\u2019 moment. It\u2019s corny, but it was one of those when-your-idols-become-your-rivals type vibes. But it was awesome. He recognized my skill level, and I didn\u2019t even really know who I was as a player, so that was another type of confidence builder. Like, I\u2019m doing something right.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bryant left Booker feeling that same way, signing those \u201cBe Legendary\u201d shoes after their game on March 23, 2016, and spending 15 minutes talking with him. Curry had already become an MVP and a champion. But as Booker shared at the time, Bryant was already imploring him to knock the mighty&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/team\/warriors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Warriors<\/a>&nbsp;from their perch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201c<strong>He was just telling me, \u2018Just keep working, you know? Never settle in this league. It\u2019s up for grabs,\u2019 \u201d Booker&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CraigAZSports\/status\/712872172046434304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E712872172046434304%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Farizonasports.com%2Fstory%2F604326%2Fkobe-bryant-suns-i-hated-them-devin-booker%2F\" target=\"_blank\">had told reporters<\/a>. \u201cHe said, \u2018You know, Steph and Klay (Thompson) \u2014 obviously they\u2019re doing their thing right now, but the league\u2019s up for grabs and just keep working.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-background has-large-font-size\">O<strong>n that same night, Bryant would explain the way he viewed these relationships<\/strong> <strong>(\u05d4\u05d9\u05d7\u05e1\u05d9\u05dd \u05d1\u05d9\u05df \u05e7\u05d5\u05d1\u05d9 \u05d5\u05d3\u05d5\u05d5\u05d9\u05df \u05d1\u05d5\u05e7\u05e8)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201c<strong>I think the most important thing about my career is being able to pass it on and have the next generation of athletes embody the same spirit and learn some of the same techniques and have that same mindset,\u201d Bryant said. \u201cThat\u2019s the coolest thing to me. Playing against Booker tonight, I mean he went straight to my move the first time he caught it. \u2018You don\u2019t have to beat me on my move man!\u2019 But it was great to see. It was great to see because I remember I did the same thing with MJ.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Three All-Star selections and a 2021 NBA Finals appearance later, and with the Suns currently having the league\u2019s best record (42-10), Booker now takes great pride in the fact that he\u2019s living up to those great expectations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m left with \u2018Be Legendary,\u2019\u201d he explained in our chat. \u201cThat\u2019s what I tell people. I don\u2019t put a cap on any of the greatness of what\u2019s possible. I don\u2019t. It\u2019s funny, I remember listening to an interview after&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Pan_1zX0RPE\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">I had 70<\/a>&nbsp;(points against Boston on March 24, 2017), and Kobe was talking on air and he says, \u2018My favorite part of him having 70 is I asked (Booker), \u2018Could he do it again?\u2019 And he said, \u2018I don\u2019t see why not.\u2019 And that impressed him. Hearing that little tidbit, it\u2019s (a reminder that) I don\u2019t put a cap on what\u2019s possible and what I\u2019m gonna do. I just continue to work.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As for DeRozan, his most public mentorship moment with Bryant was something different altogether. One day after Bryant\u2019s 39th birthday \u2014 Aug. 24, 2017 \u2014 he&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ftw.usatoday.com\/2017\/08\/kobe-bryant-isaiah-thomas-demar-derozan\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">issued personal challenges<\/a>&nbsp;via social media to famed rapper Kendrick Lamar (\u201crevolutionize the music program at Centennial High School\u201d), then-Boston Celtics player&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/player\/nba\/mavericks\/isaiah-thomas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Isaiah Thomas<\/a>&nbsp;(\u201cmake the All-NBA first team next season\u201d) and DeRozan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI challenge you to rekindle a lost friendship from your youth in Compton,\u201d he&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kobebryant\/status\/900761741142798336\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">wrote to DeRozan<\/a>, who was with the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/team\/raptors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Toronto Raptors<\/a>&nbsp;back then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The meaning behind the message was a mystery to DeRozan \u2014 at least at first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf you ever know anything about him, he\u2019d challenge you to the point where you\u2019d question the question,\u201d DeRozan said. \u201cThat was the beauty of him making you search and look deeper, (to find a) place of understanding of what the next test is for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt led to something. But you think back to that, and you\u2019re like, \u2018Damn, I was confused when he brought that up. But you know, when something reveals itself later on, you\u2019re like, \u2018Damn, unconsciously this is happening and I didn\u2019t even know it.\u2019 \u2026 He\u2019d always find different ways to challenge you.\u201dCurry and Bryant converse after a game in March 2016. (Andrew D. Bernstein \/ NBAE via Getty Images)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Bryant, in February 2015, during&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/lakers\/2015\/02\/25\/kobe-bryant-los-angeles-showtime-documentary-cinema-director\/24002331\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">our conversation about his documentary, \u201cMuse\u201d:<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>\u201cAs you get older, you start to understand. You start to have a broader perspective and understand that there\u2019s greater growth to be had if you don\u2019t just hold onto the discovery itself. If you share that discovery, then you wind up having an influence. It\u2019s not saying, \u2018Do this or do that,\u2019 or \u2018My way is the right way.\u2019 The best way to do it is to say, \u2018This is how I got here. This is my journey.\u2019 And then leave it up to the viewer to interpret it however they see fit.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">When Bryant made that late-career decision to pull back the curtain, sharing his secrets with the NBA masses after all those years of being so guarded, it was a gift that so many of them will never forget. And the devastating fact that he\u2019s gone, of course, means that those memories will be cherished even more than before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">For DeRozan, that means game-winning shots \u2014 like the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ENZqRtIxyrE\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ones he hit on back-to-back nights<\/a>&nbsp;earlier this season when he became the first player in league history to achieve that feat \u2014 are followed by thoughts of Bryant\u2019s influence. That was the case, he said, when he buried a one-legged three-pointer at the buzzer to beat Indiana on Dec. 26.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cThe first thing I thought about was when (Bryant) hit the one-legged shot&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2xqMsz-fZJg\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">over D-Wade (on Dec. 4, 2009)<\/a>,\u201d&nbsp;DeRozan said. \u201cIt\u2019s just crazy. That\u2019s kind of where I got my whole imagination from hitting game-winning shots was from Jordan and Kobe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cIt\u2019s one of those moments where you think back to all the people who you watched do it and tried to emulate \u2014 whether it\u2019s at a trash can, in the kitchen, whatever it may be.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">After Booker spent those 15 postgame minutes sitting with Bryant in 2016, he knew right away that he wanted more. So he leaned on a mutual friend: Robert Lara, the Lakers\u2019 longtime security guard who was Bryant\u2019s personal detail and has a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ukcoachcalipari\/status\/1326563324771803140\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">long history with Booker\u2019s alma mater,<\/a>&nbsp;Kentucky, as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201c(Lara) would always tell me, \u2018Come hook up with Kobe! Come hook up with Kobe!\u2019 And it never worked out,\u201d Booker said. \u201cBut there was a couple of times where \u2018G\u2019 (Gianna) came to Phoenix for a couple of girls\u2019 basketball tournaments, so I came by and met the team. I remember him putting the girls to bed and us getting some real time. Two, three hours, sitting down, glass of wine and got to break it down. We\u2019re (talking) more off the floor. I met them at their hotel. It was just me, him and one of my good friends. Nobody else in the room. I feel fate (in that moment). I feel fate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cIt was everything. I kind of hold that conversation close, because it was just me, him and my homeboy (Mike, a childhood friend). It\u2019s crazy. It didn\u2019t feel real walking out. We talked about it before he even passed, like I can\u2019t believe we got that time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-background has-medium-font-size\">\u05d4<strong>\u05d1\u05d9\u05e7\u05d5\u05e8 \u05d4\u05d0\u05d7\u05e8\u05d5\u05df \u05e9\u05dc \u05e1\u05d8\u05e3 \u05e7\u05d9\u05d9\u05e8\u05d9<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Curry\u2019s last visit with Bryant had very little to do with the game. Their relationship had changed over the years, with the decade between them no longer relevant and the mutual admiration at an all-time high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">B<strong>ryant was three years into retirement by then, with a booming enterprise that inspired Curry, in large part, because of how it blended so well with who the former Lakers star had become. His love letter to the game that he wrote heading into retirement \u2014 \u201c<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1FUr4tFyKW0\" target=\"_blank\">Dear Basketball<\/a>\u201d\u00a0 \u2014 had become his award-winning animated short film. Bryant was the first African-American to win an Oscar in that category. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He had his own company, Kobe Inc., and young adult novels that were produced through his Granity Studios. There was an ESPN show, \u201cDetail,\u201d in which he broke down tape of a new player on every episode. And the coaching \u2014 always, the coaching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">C<strong>urry, like so many players before him, simply wanted to learn more. And so they talked \u2014 one last time.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cI<strong> was in LA and had dinner with him and one of his business associates,\u201d said Curry, who has two daughters and a son with his wife, Ayesha. \u201cHe was an open book. But I remember just sitting down and him taking me on a journey of what he had been doing before he retired, in that first year after he retired, and then what he was currently doing. All of it sounded amazing because it was true to him and authentic in terms of what story he was trying to tell, and what was important to him at that moment.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-background has-large-font-size\">\u201c<strong>And a lot of it was centered around his kids, and the girls, so that was the most inspirational thing. \u2026 That was the last time I saw him in person.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Career NBA stats: G:<\/strong>&nbsp;1,346,&nbsp;<strong>Pts.:<\/strong>&nbsp;25.0,&nbsp;<strong>Reb.:<\/strong>&nbsp;5.2,&nbsp;<strong>Ast.:<\/strong>&nbsp;4.7,&nbsp;<strong>FG%:<\/strong>&nbsp;44.7,&nbsp;<strong>FT%:<\/strong>&nbsp;83.7,&nbsp;<strong>Win Shares:<\/strong>&nbsp;172.2,&nbsp;<strong>PER:<\/strong>&nbsp;22.9<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>The Athletic<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;NBA 75 Panel points:<\/strong>&nbsp;1,003 |&nbsp;<strong>Hollinger GOAT Points*:<\/strong>&nbsp;475.1<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Achievements:<\/strong>&nbsp;NBA MVP (\u201908), 15-time All-NBA, 18-time All-Star, NBA champ (\u201900, \u201901, \u201902, \u201909, \u201910), Finals MVP (\u201909, \u201910), Scoring champ (\u201906, \u201907), Olympic gold (\u201908, \u201912), Hall of Fame (\u201921), NBA 75th Anniversary team (\u201921)&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1.\u05de\u05e1\u05e4\u05e8 10 \u05d4\u05d5\u05d0 \u05e7\u05d5\u05d1\u05d9 \u05d1\u05e8\u05d9\u05d0\u05e0\u05d8, \u05e9\u05d4\u05d4\u05e7\u05e8\u05d1\u05d4 \u05d5\u05d4\u05d0\u05d3\u05d9\u05e7\u05d5\u05ea \u05e9\u05dc\u05d5 \u05dc\u05de\u05e9\u05d7\u05e7 \u05de\u05d2\u05d3\u05d9\u05e8\u05d9\u05dd \u05d0\u05ea \u05d4\u05e7\u05e8\u05d9\u05d9\u05e8\u05d4 \u05d4\u05d0\u05d9\u05d9\u05e7\u05d5\u05e0\u05d9\u05ea \u05e9\u05dc\u05d5 \u05d1\u05dc\u05d9\u05d9\u05e7\u05e8\u05e1 \u05d6\u05d4\u05d5 \u05de\u05d0\u05de\u05e8 \u05e7\u05e6\u05ea 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