Since Kobe Bryant announced last Sunday that the 2015-16 season would be his last in the NBA, his off the floor time has been filled with a whirlwind of media appearances, his every quote has been individually parsed while writers, bloggers, and everyone else analyze his place in NBA histroy. In Bryant's latest interview, he sat down with Robin Roberts on ABC's "Good Morning America" and (given Bryant's reputation for having a high opinion of himself) made a surprising admission.
"I would never put myself in the [all-time] starting five ever," Bryant said. "I would put the people that I've actually learned the most from being [Michael] Jordan, Magic [Johnson], [Larry] Bird, Hakeem Olajuwon, and Jerry West.