Many people on blogs like this esteemed SportsGrid, and various others, will be writing in the days to come their one-millionth thinkpiece about how Kobe Bryant is the greatest Laker ever; or even one of the greatest NBA players ever.
They will ramble on about how he played until his body could no longer perform the tasks his mind commanded of it, and that as hard as it was to watch him in these last few seasons. They will wax poetic about how he was the ultimate competitor and it’s the only way he was ever going to go out; still giving everything of himself.