When you’ve accomplished as much as Kobe Bryant, you earn the right to pull rank every once in a while.
That’s exactly what Bryant did Tuesday night.
The 37-year-old Los Angeles Lakers guard was inactive for his team’s game against the Dallas Mavericks with a sore right shoulder. But Bryant still was at Staples Center, and when he strolled along the sideline in the first quarter to take a seat on the bench, he realized every spot was taken.
So, he decided to just kick a teammate out of his seat.
That poor teammate was Larry Nance, Jr., the same rookie forward who had to apologize earlier this season for a nasty tweet he sent about…