The NBA great exists at the summit of the American sports pyramid, in the rare mononymic air of Tiger, Serena and LeBron
Growing up in Philadelphia, I can remember exactly where I was the first time I heard Kobe Bryant’s name. It was the last day of a summer basketball camp and the director invited a handful of the local high school stars to play a scrimmage in the afternoon as we watched, hoping to pick up some pointers. Most of them were headed to college in the next few years on their way to the NBA and were basically living our dreams.
But it was the skinny 15-year-old from Lower Merion High School that had all the older kids buzzing in the cafeteria. He’s not even going to college, they said. He’s going straight to the league. Even back then, I knew enough to know it all sounded a bit far-fetched.
Written by Bryan Armen Graham
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/jan/28/kobe-bryant-greatest-american-athletes-tiger-serena-lebron under the title “Kobe Bryant ranked at the very top in the pantheon of US sports megastars”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
