Phil Jackson Here's a private story Kobe was young and I asked MJ to come to Lakers practice and talk to Kobe a little bit MJ comes in and sits down Kobe walks over and says I can kick your ass 1 on 1 MJ said you just might There was no conversation

Mark Jackson picks Michael Jordans pocket but misses the layup However he outhustles Toni Kukoc for the offensive rebound and hits the jumper

USA TODAY POTUS says he broke up a fight involving Kobe I like Kobe Kobe was having a hard time with somebody and it worked out fine But yeah I broke it up - probably not a smart thing to do According to Pearlman's book Jayson Williams lunged at and punched Bryant in the cheek

Upfront Summit Chris Paul on the best defender hes ever faced in his career Tony Allen was pretty good Kobe was too when he get mad Me amp Kobe used to be about to fight every time we played We was teammates for like 2 hours

Lamar Odom says Kobe Bryant came to him in a dream He looked back at me and said 'Hello the afterlife is not what people make it up to be'

AD discusses finding out about the trade from Rich Paul man shut up who they gonna trade me for Luka Then Nico called and said I told you I was gonna come get you Then Joel Embiid called me

Reggie Miller 31926 The best of the three is MJ Kobe is a better version he mastered MJ's fundamentals Now if you're talking about careers the best is Lebron But stack for stack player I say MJ Kobe then Lebron