Kobe Bryant used to say the fundamentals were the only thing that never went out of style—that the crossovers and the highlight dunks got the television time, but it was the footwork nobody clapped for that kept a career alive for twenty years. It feels worth remembering that on a weekend built entirely in his name, in the shadow of the arena he spent two decades turning into his own personal proving ground, because the best player on the floor Sunday night was not the one who got the trophy. The Mamba Invitational closed out its fourth year the way it opened: with thirty-five of the…