By: Debadrita Ghosh Image credit: NBA and Twitter.
The five-time NBA champion Kobe Bryant was one of the most ferocious competitors in basketball history.
He always aspired to be the best since his childhood days, and he was always eager to understand what great players did.
Kobe appeared in a podcast interview named 'All the Smoke' with former NBA players Stephen Jackson and Matt Barnes where he revealed his NBA legends kill list.
Bryant has shared his views about basketball since the age of 13. He also shared about how he played the game and how he approached situations involving players who were ranked above him.
When Kobe was asked whether he had a "kill list’ full of NBA legends at the age of 13, Bryant replied: "I did".
Kobe said: “(People) ranked higher, cause going into my sophomore year, I was probably ranked somewhere in like probably top 200...Something like that. And then it kinda went up..."
He continued: "Hundred, fifty, and then by the time I was a senior, it hit number one. JO, Jermaine (O’Neal) was up there. Lester Earl, Shaheen Holloway, Corey Benjamin, Mike Bibby. It was fun getting to know everybody...”
Since he was young, Kobe has always been very ambitious. His skill started to grow at the remarkable age of 13, when he was greatly influenced by other NBA legends.
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