On Thursday night after the Los Angeles Lakers lost against the Utah Jazz Kobe Bryant was asked what he thought of him being ranked the 40th best player in the NBA by ESPN.com. Bryant's response, "I've known for a long time [that] they're a bunch of idiots," he also called that ranking "silly" and "laughable." Kobe Bryant was questioned during the 2012-2013 season about his Achilles injury that ended his season. In the following season Bryant played just 6 games after suffering a left knee fracture, Bryant turned 36 years young this past August, his age plus his knee and Achilles problem are all reasons why ESPN.com ranked him so low.
Kobe Bryant is a 5x NBA champion, 2x NBA Finals MVP, 16x NBA All-Star, the list goes on and on. Bryant is well decorated so him being ranked so low is like a slap in the face for him, but he says he is not going to use this year's ranking as motivation. To clarify on his statement Bryant said, "it really doesn't bother me too much. I'm going to do what I do regardless. God willing, I can stay healthy, and if I wind up proving a lot of people wrong in the process, that will just wind up being collateral damage." Kobe Bryant is easily one of the top 10 best players in NBA history and a future hall-of- famer, I'm sure this year he will look to prove all of his critics wrong and knowing Kobe he will remind them at the end of the year.
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