Kobe blames himself

I thought it was interesting how he blamed himself for his wife's miscarriage. This shows you his thought process and egoism. Unless he did something to overtly caused her to have a miscarriage, he's putting a lot of weight on his conscience of things that he can't control.

This carried onto his basketball abilities. When he wanted to shape a championship team, he could only think to create a team of Kobes. He eventually did successfully lead a team into championships multiple times, but did he lead people or push them? He decided that to win, you had to access the angry part of yourself. That worked for him and he assumed it could work for others as well. He seemed to force people to be like him rather than develop their innate abilities. Or at least, if he did allow others to develop, this documentary didn't show it.

From the movie, I got a sense that his leadership is all ego. How do you become a great leader? You can't make them like you, in the sense of adoration, and you can't make them like you, in your image. It all has to come from within. It seems like he's won so many championships solely due to his drive and talent. He's a better player than a leader, and if he was a championship leader, he'd go even further.

He could change and figure out better ways to lead. We may be seeing the genesis of his leadership skills. Perhaps he'll further develop them as a coach.

What worked was when he let others share in the glory. The movie shows this in the clips of Pau and others on his team, when Kobe relied on them to score, rather than getting all the credit himself.

It's too bad that he's plagued by yet another injury. Perhaps he'll retire soon, although it seems he'd have to be forced out than retire on his own, as his love for the game is that strong.