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Seventeen-time all-star; scorer of 81 points in a game; MVP and a shooting guard second only to Jordan in league history: Kobe Bryant is one of basketball's absolute greatest players, a fascinating and complicated character who knew when he was a mere boy that he would be better than Jordan on the court. Provocative stories mixed with good old fashioned basketball reporting make for a riveting and essential listen for any hoops fan.
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Bryant is one of basketball's greatest-ever players, a complicated character who says he knew when he was a boy that he would be better than Michael Jordon. Aloof and uncompromising, Bryant was the grand enigma of American professional basketball, easily the most driven player in the history of the sport, the absolute master of study and preparation. But his career was also one of constant conflict: with his teammate Shaquille O'Neal,: with Phil Jackson, coach of Kobes championship-winning Lakers team: with the law: with his wife Vanessa (whom he met when working aas an extre on a Snoop Dog video shoot): and with so many of his contemporaries, opponents and teammates.
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"Seventeen-time all-star; scorer of 81 points in a game; MVP and a shooting guard second only to Jordan in league history: Kobe Bryant is one of basketball's absolute greatest players, a fascinating and complicated character who knew when he was a mere boy that he would be better than Jordan on the court. The debate about whether he achieved that is a furious one--but Kobe has surpassed Jordan on the all-time scoring list and has only one less championship than Jordan (5 to Jordan's 6). He is set to retire after the 2015/16 season, just in time for Roland Lazenby's definitive biography of the player and the man. The Lakers are the flashiest team in all of sports, and the context in which Bryant played is salacious and exciting. Provocative stories--on his childhood with a domineering dad; his complicated personal life; and his explosive relationships on the court--mixed with good old fashioned basketball reporting make for a riveting and essential read for any hoops fan"--
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