kobe lost alot of fat and gained alot of muscle. he was listed at 215 the previous season i think, which is good. but because he plays sg, ppl worried that his added weight would lose his explosive. he showed up pretty muscular and although he lost some explosiveness, it wasnt because of the extra weight (well, maybe a little but not that much) it was because he wanted to lose that "mostly dunker, not shooter" type thing.
kobe wanted to prove that he's not too 1-dimensional and started shootin alot. thats why his fg% is so low as opposed to the earlier seasons. if he were smart like lebron, he'd drive alot (which he does, but he settles for offbalance Js too much) he'd be unstoppable.
then again, with lebron being about 6'8 (reported 6'9 sometimes) and pretty damn naturally ripped, he's got the edge of taking it to his man.
nonetheless, KG is a balla. he was still a beast athletically at the SF/PF position so now he'll just focus on destroyin the PFs and the dumb coaches that put Cs on him not named big ben.
on that 6'13 comment, it was basically sayin: "i'm not a 7 footer! i can still play SF coach!" type thing.
and boy does kobe look short in that picture next to marion. if marion is that claimed 6'7", kobe can't be 6'6 despite reports saying he is closer to 6'7. and tmac's a beast at around 6'9". this is why i quit tryin at bball. if you don got enough height and the athleticticsm to make up for that, you screwed (dont tell boykins that).