Last year it was Isaiah Thomas and Kyrie Irving. This year its......
Belinelli tries to emulate Kobe Bryant
How great is our gawd?
You only hear of NBA players dreaming of wanting to be like Kobe. Just like they dreamed of wanting to be like Mike.
Kobe is easily the most influential NBA player since Jordan. This entire generation of NBA players worship him just like us fans.
Belinelli tries to emulate Kobe Bryant
The story of how Marco Belinelli learned to make 3-pointers that are not found anywhere on the degree-of-difficulty scale is actually a story about a kid growing up in Italy who dreamed of one day making it to the NBA, and one day being like Kobe Bryant -- a guy with his own Philly and Italy connections.
"There's a couple of great shooters from Italy, too, but I always dreamed of becoming a player like Kobe Bryant or Michael Jordan when I was young," said Belinelli, whose 4-for-7 shooting from 3-point range was astonishing mostly because he never once made a shot in the traditional manner -- squaring up, following through and jumping toward the basket.
How great is our gawd?

You only hear of NBA players dreaming of wanting to be like Kobe. Just like they dreamed of wanting to be like Mike.
Kobe is easily the most influential NBA player since Jordan. This entire generation of NBA players worship him just like us fans.





just like he inspired Giannis to win MVP, right?