Lessons Learned Propel Kobe Bryant, Lakers To New Heights

I admit, it's incredibly cliche to go around quoting the late, great John Wooden, as everyone seems to be doing in the wake of his passing.  The man's legacy is as much the product of wisdom as winning.  Perhaps, then, it's more difficult than anything to avoid invoking the words of the Wizard of Westwood, especially when talking about the game of basketball.

My chosen nugget of wisdom for the day: "It's what you learn after you know it all that counts".

After spending the last two weeks observing and musing about an NBA Finals series rife with twists, turns, performances incredible and incredulous alike, and a never-ending string of statistical and historical story-lines, concluded by a most improbable Game 7 in which the Lakers came away with a victory despite...

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