Even the refs are sending Kobe off with speeches

MJ and Kobe talk during the 2003 All-Star Game

Ty Lue says the Los Angeles Lakers were foul baiting the whole game

Pat Riley's Full Los Angeles Lakers Halftime Ceremony

Jeremy Lin opens up about how disrespectful Kobe Bryant was to him and when Lin confronted him about his bad body language amp leadership style Kobe went months without talking to him

Lakers in-arena announcer somberly announces Bam's 83-point game as a rather melancholy footnote as some in the crowd boo

Embiid makes a wild shot baiting the foul call and the entire bench joins in on taunting the Lakers home crowd