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Adrienne Ross

Adrienne Ross is owner of Adrienne Ross Communications and a former Southeast Missourian editorial board member.

Kobe 'Mamba' Mentality: 24 Lessons from No. 24

Tuesday, February 4, 2020 ~ Updated 10:53 PM

I'm not going to write a whole lot this week. I could, but I can't -- not yet. It's too surreal, too raw to say too much. I loved Kobe Bryant. Many times, I've shared my reaction to the first time I ever saw this kid play -- this teenager, who went from high school straight to the NBA: "This is the closest to Michael Jordan we've ever seen," I said. He had it, even at a mere 17 years of age, when he was drafted. What came to be known as the Mamba Mentality only multiplied as Kobe grew up before our very eyes. And grow up, he did.

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