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Kobe Bryant, left, and Shaquille O'Neal in 2001
Los Angeles Lakers icon, Kobe Bryant didn’t win 5 NBA Championships accidentally.
The 13th decide within the 1996 NBA Draft out of Decrease Merion Excessive Faculty in Ardmore, PA, Bryant is the NBA’s fourth all-time main scorer and did tons with legends like Shaquille O’Neal, Paul Gasol, Andrew Bynum, Metta World Peace, Lamar Odom and tons extra.
Showing on the Scoop B Radio Podcast, ex-Lakers level guard, John Celestand discusses what made Kobe Bryant particular and completely different.
1 Dec 1999: Adonal Foyle #31 of the Golden State Warriors blocks the ball from John Celestand #11 of the Los Angeles Lakers on the Staples Middle in Los Angeles, California. The Lakers defeated the Warriors 93-75. Obligatory Credit score: Tom Hauck /Allsport
Try a snippet from our dialogue beneath:
John Celestand on if there was a disconnection between younger Kobe and the veteran gamers on the staff:
“Positively. You gotta perceive, Kobe didn’t go to varsity. The fellows fraternized with their teammates in school, proper? Most of those guys have grown up in sure kinds of neighborhoods. Not all the identical, however loads of NBA gamers from city neighborhoods. Kobe, he was completely different. He grew up in Europe. Came visiting to Philly err, Decrease Merion in eighth grade. It wasn’t like he grew up the identical as the remainder of us. Kobe didn’t go to varsity. He didn’t play 4 years. He didn’t play two years. He didn’t even play one 12 months in school so, he didn’t have that. He wasn’t into the identical issues off the court docket that loads of “typical athletes” have been into. He wasn’t taking part in playing cards on the flight, hanging out on the golf equipment for probably the most half. I hardly ever noticed him drink alcohol. He didn’t even drink alcohol that a lot. So, it was completely different however it may come off as standoffish. It may come off as sadity or uppity, however I believe he was centered on basketball. And when he got here into the league he was 18, so there was loads of issues he couldn’t do anyway, proper? So he most likely simply discovered to encompass himself with basketball and simply dwell and breathe basketball. What else is an eighteen 12 months previous going to do Los Angeles, proper? Once you’ve by no means been away from dwelling actually. After I received there, he was 21. However he simply wasn’t into these sort of issues. I understood that as a result of you already know, not all people does issues precisely the identical and you already know, Shaq was completely completely different. Shaq was out. Shaq was a partyer. Shaq was an extrovert. Shaq was the lifetime of the get together and Kobe was extra introspective. Slightly extra quieter. Slightly extra severe. You understand, he is perhaps studying a e book like ‘The Artwork of Conflict’ on the airplane, whereas all people else is making jokes. That’s who he was man.”
John Celestand was the Los Angeles’ 30th decide within the 1999 NBA Draft. He gained a championship with Bryant in 2000 in opposition to the Indiana Pacers.
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