Uploaded December 2022 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago
Kobe Bryant reacts to being ranked the 25th best player in the league according to ESPN, going into the 2013-14 season (Bryant’s 18th season in the NBA). This interview by Dave McMenamin took place on December 4, 2013.
Full interview by Dave McMenamin - youtu.be/c5yevlhq9xE
Excerpt from ‘No. 25? Is Kobe Bryant underrated?’ article by Ryan Feldman:
Are we really predicting that 24 players will be better than Kobe this season?
Even as he returns from a torn Achilles tendon, it’s difficult to fathom that Kobe will drop off that much.
Kobe is not the same as any other 35-year-old entering his 18th NBA season.
He’s coming off a season in which he had:
• His highest field goal percentage since 2008-09
• His highest 3-point percentage since 2009-10
• His most 3-pointers made since 2007-08
• His most rebounds per game since 2007-08
• The most assists per game and highest assist percentage of his career
• The highest effective field goal percentage of his career
• His highest true shooting percentage since 2007-08
• His most win shares since 2008-09
Kobe averaged 27.3 points per game last season, the second-highest scoring average by any player in NBA history who started the season at least 34 years old (Michael Jordan averaged 28.7 PPG in 1997-98).
Full article: espn.com/blog/truehoop/post/_/id/63349/no-25-kobe-bryant-is-vastly-underrated
🏷 #fakenews #espn #blackmamba #theblackmamba #mamba #themamba #mambamentality #mambamotivation #kobemotivation #espnranking #espnrankings #kobe25 #nbaranking #nbarankings #bryant
Kobe Bryant reacts to being ranked the 25th best player in the league according to ESPN, going into the 2013-14 season (Bryant’s 18th season in the NBA). This interview by Dave McMenamin took place on December 4, 2013.
Full interview by Dave McMenamin - youtu.be/c5yevlhq9xE
Excerpt from ‘No. 25? Is Kobe Bryant underrated?’ article by Ryan Feldman:
Are we really predicting that 24 players will be better than Kobe this season?
Even as he returns from a torn Achilles tendon, it’s difficult to fathom that Kobe will drop off that much.
Kobe is not the same as any other 35-year-old entering his 18th NBA season.
He’s coming off a season in which he had:
• His highest field goal percentage since 2008-09
• His highest 3-point percentage since 2009-10
• His most 3-pointers made since 2007-08
• His most rebounds per game since 2007-08
• The most assists per game and highest assist percentage of his career
• The highest effective field goal percentage of his career
• His highest true shooting percentage since 2007-08
• His most win shares since 2008-09
Kobe averaged 27.3 points per game last season, the second-highest scoring average by any player in NBA history who started the season at least 34 years old (Michael Jordan averaged 28.7 PPG in 1997-98).
Full article: espn.com/blog/truehoop/post/_/id/63349/no-25-kobe-bryant-is-vastly-underrated
🏷 #fakenews #espn #blackmamba #theblackmamba #mamba #themamba #mambamentality #mambamotivation #kobemotivation #espnranking #espnrankings #kobe25 #nbaranking #nbarankings #bryant
