A. I’d bet anything that Kobe secretly regrets being on the Redeem Team. He gained nothing exposurewise because they showed every game in America in the wee hours; all he did was put unnecessary mileage on his knees when he could have been resting. If that’s not bad enough, he SINGLE-HANDEDLY altered the course of his main rival’s career. LeBron intimated as much himself: Only after watching Kobe’s daily workout routine and nonstop commitment to defense did LeBron realize that he was selling himself short, to some degree. And when Kobe took over as the alpha dog in the gold-medal game (and everyone let him do it), that made LeBron realize, “I’m not quite there yet.”

Great Mail Bag by Simmons this week, check it out. I really found this bit above interesting