Despite diminished skills and advancing age, Kobe Bryant remains the most important figure in the Los Angeles Lakers organization.
And Brandon Bass knows it.
The Lakers' new power forward buttered up his de facto boss with some kind (and altogether ridiculous) praise in comments to Terrance Harris of the New Orleans Times-Picayune:
We have arguably the best player in the game still. When (Bryant) is healthy he is a monster still. If he is healthy he's right up there with the best players in the league, that's LeBron or whoever the best players in the league are.