Based on Kobe’s actions from injury, we inferred that the “third muscle of the right shoulder rotator cuff’ in the article was very likely the teres minor.  This was because after he dunked the basket, the downward gravity extended that side of his shoulder (along with his hand and elbow) to the greatest degree.  Inside the rotating muscles at this time, there was a great pulling force that would harm the infraspinatus and teres minor.  Because the size of the teres minor is small compared with the subscapularis muscle, the tension is relatively weak; therefore it might be centrifugally torn.