As part of Hail To The District’s preview for the 2016-2017 NBA season, Rajan is joined by venerated NBA biographer Roland Lazenby to discuss his newly-released book: “Showboat: The Life of Kobe Bryant.”
Discussion topics include:
- The genesis of the concept of Kobe Bryant becoming “the next Michael Jordan” (3:55)
- The similarities in intensity between Bryant and Michael Jordan (10:37)
- The “mutual admiration society” between Bryant and Jordan (13:38)
- Bryant’s fall from grace after the first three-peat in LA (17:30)
- Bryant almost getting traded from Los Angeles (22:36)