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[-] Sunsofold@lemmings.world 65 points 1 week ago

I don't think I have ever heard of anyone who knew Kobe because he 'embodied values.' He played basketball well enough to be one of the top players. No one has ever mentioned him for any other reason.

[-] SamuraiBeandog@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

He's known for the "Mamba mentality": his extreme belief in himself, insane work ethic, and near psychopathic drive to succeed.

[-] Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 34 points 1 week ago

I know him for being good at basketball

[-] breecher@sh.itjust.works 26 points 1 week ago
[-] SamuraiBeandog@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

Hence trhe rape.

[-] Sunsofold@lemmings.world 17 points 1 week ago

Perhaps among those who saw him playing basketball at a top level, there were some who cared anough about the game to take note of his approach, but if you went out and asked 10,000 random humans, 'do you know who Kobe Bryant is?' and 'What is he known for?' approximately zero who say yes to the first part are going to answer the second part with anything about his personality. Even people who are almost precisely famous because of their outlook, like motivational speakers, are still better known as speakers than for their particular outlook.

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

I thought he was expensive beef

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

I would have guessed someone in music maybe.

[-] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago

I thought that was Michael Jordan who was well known for that, and popularized it first?

[-] SamuraiBeandog@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Kobe's nickname (self assigned) was the Black Mamba. Mamba Mentality was the book he wrote about his mindset. MJ was famously competitive but Kobe kind of took it to another level that bordered on sociopathic.

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