The big shots he made cemented Robert Horry’s value as he endlessly collected NBA championships.
As he marched toward winning seven league titles, Horry played alongside elite big men (Hakeem Olajuwon, Shaquille O’Neal, Tim Duncan). He played for some of the NBA’s top coaches (Phil Jackson, Gregg Popovich, Rudy Tomjanovich). And Horry wound up on many winning franchises (the Lakers, Spurs and Rockets).
But as he experienced all of this in a storied 17-year NBA career as a dependable role player, something else stuck with Horry. It involved Lakers guard Kobe Bryant, whom Horry said in a Players Tribune article “was the hardest player I ever worked with.