Considering he was an overrated chucker who never won anything without a HOF big man and HOF coach, allegedly raped, threw teammates and coaches under the bus, publicly feuded with his own parents, gave himself his own brand nickname, held his franchise hostage, financially crippling their flexibility and ability to rebuild in his declining years, alienated teammates, coaches, the media, other players in the league, precipitated the worst stretch of seasons in the history of the iconic Lakers franchise, egotistically glorified his own exit with another all time chuckfest and mic... umm... gentle lay down, tweets pretentious advice and encouragement to players after retiring, and self-fellates any time cameras are in distance, how the is such a piece of work even on a “most influential” list? How is such a fraud of a player, lame as a person even 12th on the list? More like 112th, amirite?
Why do current players like LeBron and PG and Russ and Steph and Klay cite him as not only a legend but a guy they look up to? Why did the very guy he snitched on, Shaq, still kiss his ass in a tv segment enough to wonder if Shaq actually knows what it tastes like? Why two years after retirement do fans of other teams still get so incited by the thought of the guy that it continues to fuel their hatred well after his expiration date? For all his faults as player, person, teammate, husband, son, some of you stupid little mother ers can’t stop posting about him, let alone stop thinking about him. The saddest part about Kobe being on a most influential list isn’t that he’s 12th and should be higher or lower or off the list altogether. No. The saddest part is that some of you -asses actually care either way.
Lame ass posters stay on his every chance they can get...