The Los Angeles Lakers honored franchise legend Kobe Bryant this previous week by unveiling his statue in entrance of Crypto.com Arena.

The statue immortalizing Bryant has been within the works for years and the franchise did proper by him with the ceremony and precise depiction of him.

Bryant’s spouse Vanessa revealed that the Black Mamba himself selected the pose for his statue and followers have been delighted with the reveal as he picked his iconic picture after scoring 81 factors in opposition to the Toronto Raptors.

For gamers who bought the chance to compete in opposition to Bryant, there isn’t any scarcity of tales of what he’s like on the courtroom.

Bryant was well-known for his competitiveness and ruthlessness on the courtroom, and Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green bought to expertise it up shut.

Green stated his favourite Bryant story concerned him guarding the Lakers’ capturing guard on the finish of the sport and though he compelled a miss, the Hall of Famer ribbed him the one method he knew how, through The Volume.

“That ain’t have nothing to do with you young fella I just missed,” Green recalled Bryant saying.

“That ain’t have nothing to do with you young fella I just missed”@money23green tells us his favourite Kobe second pic.twitter.com/plHBhgJIp5

— The Volume (@TheVolumeSports activities) February 9, 2024

Bryant had an opportunity to hit a game-winner, however Green stepped as much as contest the shot that simply missed the rim.

Of course, Bryant needed to ensure that Green knew that he bought the look he wished and easily simply didn’t make it.

It’s hilarious to suppose that Bryant would exit of his strategy to inform Green he didn’t have an effect on his shot, however that was him at his core as a participant.

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