The Complete Job Description of Kobe Bryant

Okay, sure, we all know that Kobe Bryant’s job is to play basketball for the Los Angeles Lakers...on the surface anyways.

In reality, it goes much deeper than that. There are many smaller tasks and responsibilities that go along with that title: the jobs and obligations that go along with simply being Kobe Bryant.

Just saying that he’s a basketball player is nowhere near adequate to describe Kobe Bryant’s job with the Lakers.  His job boils down to a lot of different things such as:


 

Scoring:

Rashard Lewis via Seattlepi.com’s Gary Washburn (2007):

He's an unbelievable player. He's God's gift, something that's going to flash before our eyes and I don't think it's every going to happen again. The only person I can think about he's catching up with is Michael Jordan.

When you first think of Kobe Bryant, chances are that the image that comes to mind isn’t of his suffocating defense or of his five Championship Ring, but Kobe rocking the rim with a dunk or twisting around for a seemingly impossible fadeaway jumper.

Because that’s just what he does.

Kobe’s always been a scorer. He’s averaged over 20 points per game for 13 straight years now (with a career average of 25.5) and is well on his way to making this year No. 14. In the 2005-06 season he became the first player to average 35 or more points per game since Michael Jordan did it in the 1987-88 season. He’s always been tasked with scoring a big chunk of the Lakers’ points.

Kobe’s one of the few guys in league history who can have games like his 81-point explosion against the Toronto Raptors or even his 42-point performance against the Cleveland Cavaliers this season, in which he makes scoring look absolutely effortless; games where any miss, be it a fadeaway 30-footers, halfcourt heaves, anything, doesn't just surprise y...

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