Right on, he played against real dudes and he tried to copied them, failed, the new guys played against him, and learned nothing from him because there was nothing to lear.
Summary: You play against Jordan, Payton and Stockton in your youth, you learn to have a killer mentality. You play against Kobe in your youth, you learn nothing at all.
Also, some great stuff from the article:
Except he didn't, he went to the media, and time after time, and that's why he is THE cancer.

Kobe trying hard to equate himself to Jordan again. Jordan led his team to 6 championships, leading his team in advanced stats in EVERY, SINGLE advanced metric. He didn't win 5 championships and led his team in advanced metrics in NONE of them, NONE.
Another beta trait. You are either an alpha or not, you don't learn to be an alpha. Kobe just do not have any of the those alpha traits that he craves. 15 years later, he still didn't learn, and ran off players like MVPau and D12 because he is trying too hard to be an alpha when he is a natural born beta.
Well, Shaq was almost there, Kobe was definitely going to shoot it, but he is going to miss it about 80% of the time in those situations.
Confirmed yet again. Kobe is motivated by measuring himself against others, trying to reach the greats, that's why he can never BE great. The best he can be will always, ALWAYS be chasing the greats.
Ummm .... Magic/Kareem? Two top 10 players of all time instead of just 1? I mean, I know Kobe fans will be cool with this, because they can and will throw anyone under the bus to prop up Kobe, but Shaq? How can Shaq do this?