When NBA-star-turned-analyst Jalen Rose sat down with HuffPost Live’s Alex Miranda on to Wednesday discuss his new book Got to Give the People What They Want, the Fab Five legend added his two cents regarding the uncertainties looming over Bryant’s future.
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Who is the 163rd most valuable player according to ESPN’s ranking?
Smith threw out words like “disrespectful” and “blasphemous” and fan tweets continued to flow, Bryant brushed off the ranking after the Lakers’ preseason loss to the Raptors on Thursday night.
Every other team has at least one player ranked higher than Bryant, meaning he is the lowest-ranked “best player” on any team.
During the past three seasons, Kobe managed to play only 119 games out of a maximum 246. But for what it’s worth, Bryant managed to lead the league in scoring for an early stretch previous year, before suffering a season-ending torn rotator cuff in January, just 35 games into the season. “I don’t need to defend that”.
“Please don’t ask me about silly stuff like that”, Bryant said.
“This ranking puts him much higher than advanced stats suggest”.
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He averaged 22 points and dropped 53 spots? Anybody who understands the game of basketball would agree (with me) that you can’t find 92 better players on the planet. This season’s panel didn’t go so far as to call Bryant names, but the profile was not positive. PredictWise aggregates data from prediction markets, polls and social media to provide forecasts on sports and politics.
