You’ve just scored 81 points in an NBA basketball game, the second most in the sixty-year history of the league. In the process of obliterating a longstanding franchise record of one of the most storied organizations in the history of professional sports, you’ve quite literally carried your team to a 122-104 victory, inspiring 19,000 people to rise from their seats and laud you with a rousing ovation. Only Wilt Chamberlain, a man of unthinkable legend, has ever done what you just did. You’re currently existing in a surreal universe far beyond the top of the world. You’ve been congratulated by coaches and teammates, taken a shower, spoken to the media, and finally gone home to reflect on the greatest night of your basketball life. What do you do next? According to Kobe Bryant — the man who actually did this — you don’t watch the game.
That’s a verified account, not a parody. Upon further investigation, I discovered that Bryant had actually mentioned this in an interview publi...
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