After Sunday's 112-96 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies, a defeat during which he scored 19 points with three assists and two rebounds despite playing only in the first and third quarters to rest a sore right knee, Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant was asked what advice he'd offer to the rookie version of himself — the brash but gifted 18-year-old who'd landed in Hollywood by way of Philadelphia, Italy, Lower Merion and Charlotte, teeming with talent and trying to take those first tenuous steps toward stardom. His answer was, perhaps, somewhat surprising.
Kobe wishes he could tell his young self to understand compassion (Ball Don't Lie)
