The Comedian wrote:Tatum crying his eyes out during the national anthem after the moment of silence was AWFUL.
I'm jumping into this thread on Page 66 or so, but anyhow:
-- Athletes may be more conscious of mortality than a typical young person is.
-- Beyond that, I bet a lot of them grew up literally fantasizing about being Kobe or Jordan or whoever.
-- Great player. Detailed rankings of that greatness don't matter at the moment.
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-- The start on his post-playing career was impressive, and I say that as somebody who suspects that what he said about basketball was often incorrect.
-- Come to think of it, the three great Lakers guards who are in the GOAT-rankings discussions as players could be viewed as in the GOAT-ranking discussions for post-playing careers too. West is super-high in the executive GOAT rankings; the only ex-player who comes remotely close is Riley. Magic had a lot of business success, which shouldn't obscure his exec and talk show failures. And Kobe, while he wouldn't really rank all that high because he didn't live long enough, was off to a very impressive start.
I don't think you meant any harm with this post, but let's leave discussions of Kobe's past indiscretions out of this thread. Everyone makes mistakes.
-Sammy
My RealGM account is old enough to drink. 
