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Very good article, and very positive about Kobe. Some surpising quotes by Jerry West on Kobe...calls Kobe #1 off all time in the skills department...take a look

"When you're that great, sometimes people don't want to give you the credit. But when Kobe walks away from this game, he's going to leave huge footprints, just as Michael Jordan did.


"This is a once-every-25-years player. Appreciate him while he's here."

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/playoffs/2009/columns/story?columnist=stein_marc&page=westtake-090613

mr. west. good play sir, good play.

although kobe didnt necessarily need it, very well done indeed.

Pfft.. I know west is a legend around here.. but guy just bandwagon'ed Lebron the other day. Now he hops back.. errrr

Jerry West can say whatever he wants, whenever he wants. Nobody has done more for the Los Angeles Lakers than him.

They say you shouldn't idolize sports figures.. The Logo is someone I always looked up to and admired.
As ST said, he has done more for the Lakers both as a player and GM than anyone I know.
I was a little dissappointed in his comments when he elevated LeBron over Kobe as the best player, not because I necessarily disagree with him, but because I felt such a comment should not come from someone that Kobe himself idolizes.
These recent comments by West will help Kobe (and some of us in the Laker Nation ) feel better about things.
Well said Mr. West.

it was a challenge. a ploy. an attempt to push and drive kobe over the top and become the one.

LAKESHOW wrote:it was a challenge. a ploy. an attempt to push and drive kobe over the top and become the one.

That's pretty deep. But how does one become the one when they're already THE ONE?