Mike Sielski is a columnist for The Philadelphia Inquirer and the author of The Rise: Kobe Bryant and the Pursuit of Immortality which was released today and available everywhere. We discuss the book and how he came to write it, Kobe's father, if Kobe's attitude negatively impacted his teammates, the pressures he faced, and Mike ranks some of my hot takes about Kobe (such as he's not a top 15 player or that Dwayne Wade was better on his first 2 title teams than Kobe was on his.)

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