Despite diminished skills and advancing age, Kobe Bryant remains the most important figure in the Los Angeles Lakers organization.
And Brandon Bass knows it.
The Lakers' new power forward buttered up his de facto boss with some kind (and altogether ridiculous) praise in comments to Terrance Harris of the New Orleans Times-Picayune:
We have arguably the best player in the game still. When (Bryant) is healthy he is a monster still. If he is healthy he's right up there with the best players in the league, that's LeBron or whoever the best players in the league are. When Kobe is healthy, 19 years in the game he is still elite.
If this is an attempt to get on Bryant's good side, it's excusable. Bryant got into his teammates plenty last year, taking digs at Jeremy Lin in practice and berating his entire team (and general manager) in a well-publicized tirade (NSFW time, kids):
Anybody would want to avoid that, so maybe Bass deserves a little slack.
If he genuinely believes Bryant is arguably the best player in the league, well...he's not in for a very long argument ...
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