In an interview from the New York Post, Phil Jackson spoke about trying to fit Carmelo Anthony within the triangle offense. During the interview, he left a little blurb about Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan.
"Q: Is Kobe Bryant the model for Carmelo Anthony?A: No. No one can approach that. I don’t expect anybody to be able to model their behavior after that, although Kobe modeled his behavior a lot about Michael Jordan, but he went beyond Michael in his attitude towards training, and I know Mike would probably question me saying that, but he did. – Link to New York Post article found here.By Steve Serby, New York PostSeptember 24, 2014 | 4:40am"
Coming from Phil Jackson, that is a surprising quote. It seems that Phil Jackson has had time to reflect on his time as a Laker head coach. While he may not be in an ownership position with the Laker franchise, he does think fondly of Kobe Bryant.
Kobe Bryant is coming off of a serious injury, but there are good signs from this summer. Most of the Laker team is practicing at the facility in El Segundo. Kobe Bryant had some playing time there too.
Not today, but he apparently owned everybody yesterday. RT @BigBabyJonathan: is Kobe at the facility today practicing with the team?
— Mike Trudell (@LakersReporter) September 23, 2014
FanSided came together to come out with a Top 50 NBA players list. Kobe Bryant was ranked as the #2 shooting guard, but fell from overall rankings.
None of us have seen Kobe Bryant play competitive basketball this summer. We look forward to seeing the fruits of his off-season training this upcoming year.