After Winning His Fifth Ring, Lakers Bryant Still Gets No Respect

As I woke up Sunday morning, I had the displeasure of listening to the talking heads on ESPN discuss Kobe Bryant on the Sports Reporters.

Mike Lupica, Bob Ryan, John Saunders and some dude, whom I’ve never heard of from the Miami Herald, barely even acknowledged the LA Lakers winning their 17th Championship. They skipped right over that to take their shots at Kobe Bryant.

Ryan said right off the back “Well, he’ll never be Michael Jordan.” Got news for you Bob, the game did exist before Michael Jordan came along. Before Jordan went on his run, there was Magic and Bird who brought the NBA back off life support back in the day. Oh and Russell and Chamberlain, Dr. J, Jerry West, Kareem and more who deserve to be acknowledged for their contributions to t...

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