LOS ANGELES — When you get old, you start thinking about how you'd like to be remembered.
However, what you hope sticks in people's minds might not be your actual legacy.
LeBron James, now in his 13th NBA season, still has bit to go in what will endure as truly one of the best of the best careers.
But what is the specific inspirational quality that James will leave in our memories?
And if there winds up not being one particular hook, does it become impossible for James to be more memorable than Kobe Bryant?
Bryant is very much going to be remembered, albeit not in the way he really wants.
Bryant's greatest wish would be for folks to look past his prodigious genetic gifts and admire him as a classic overachiever who maximized his potential.
Objectively speaking, what Bryant probably should be most celebrated for is sort of along those lines: He worked at his craft—truly tried hard to triumph in so many ways—and stands one of the few on earth who can look back and say as he does now, "It just wasn't possible for someone to outwork me."
However ...
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