During his 20 seasons with the Los Angeles Lakers, Kobe Bryant was extremely competitive in practices, knowing how it would translate into games. As Bryant pushed his teammates in practice, the regular season and playoffs became much easier for them.
With the 2018-19 NBA season already a quarter in, one of the major storylines was Jimmy Butler requesting a trade from the Minnesota Timberwolves. When they did not immediately trade him, Butler showed up to practice where he challenged Karl-Anthony Towns and Andrew Wiggins while dominating them in a scrimmage third-string players as his teammates.
For Bryant, he viewed Butler’s infamous practice and rant as just another day for him during his time with the Lakers, via “The Corp Podcast” by Barstool Sports:
“I think most of my teams would just call it a Monday.