Kobe’s Relationship with Basketball Needs Space for Lakers to Succeed

In the past 18 years that Kobe Bryant has been in the NBA, one statement he's made has always stood out above all the rest. 

It was absolutely genuine from the first word to the last. 

It belied the truly calculating nature of Kobe.

And it validated what the man's end goal is in the NBA—his legacy. 

"I got one more than Shaq."

At first glance, this statement may seem like Kobe's long-awaited retort to
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