NEW YORK -- Since Kobe Bryant was an adolescent he has been consumed with visions of majesty.
His definitive dream is to arrive a bit late at a packed auditorium or a theater, say, where the Academy Awards are in progress, and receive an unrehearsed standing ovation.
Far be it from me to disparage Kobe's fantasy or deduce that his being is all about the applause.
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