If you needed proof Kobe Bryant is still the most competitive player in the NBA, it was provided on Friday.

The 37-year-old trademarked a phrase fit only for a five-time champion.

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Then you wonder why Phil Jackson wrote what he wrote in his latest memoir, “Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success.”

“Michael [Jordan] was more charismatic and gregarious than Kobe. He loved hanging out with his teammates and security guards, playing cards, smoking cigars, and joking around,” Jackson said in the book, per LA Times. “Kobe is different. He was reserved as a teenager, in part because he was younger than the other players and hadn’t developed strong social skills in college.

“When Kobe first joined the Lakers, he avoided fraternizing with his teammates.”

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No new friends for Bryant.

So while Steph Curry is grabbing a bite to eat with Drake …

Kobe is thinking about his banners.

There was no time for him to be seen taking pictures with Kanye West.

There was only time for what mattered most: winning.

That’s why he’s a five-time NBA champion, that’s why he’s a two-time NBA Finals MVP and that’s why he’s the most comparable player to Michael Jordan the NBA has ever seen.

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