Kobe Bryant, during his NBA career, was a phenomenal basketball player. He won several NBA championship titles in his long 20 year career with the Los Angeles Lakers, broke several records and scored high points in several games, and he even went to the Olympics in London during that time and won a gold medal. Even though his numbers and statistics spoke for him as far as him as a basketball player, what makes this hero a tragic hero was his ego, which often got the best of him on and off court.
On the court, Kobe was historically considered a "ballhog", or someone who didn't pass to his teammates very often, even if he was not necessarily performing great that night. Also, he was very hard to work with, especially with his teammate Shaquille O'Neal. Throughout both of their careers, the two teammates had several disagreements. At the middle of both of their careers, Shaquille O'Neal even went as far as to write a "diss track" song towards his teammate. As far as off the court, the superstar Kobe was accused of sexually assaulting a 19 year old hotel employee. After both of these incidents occurred, his performance on the court deteriorated significantly until his retirement in 2016. Although his performance on the court began to diminish, his superstar hero status never completely went away.
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