Kobe Bryant hugs his father, Joe, after leading Lower Merion to the 1996 Class AAAA state title

Andrej Stojakovi and his father Peja Stojakovi embrace after Illinois advances to the Final Four

LeBron signed this kids shoe after his dad told him to say please

Ja'Kobe Walter gets the chasedown block which leads to a Mamu slam dunk on the other end

MJ and Kobe talk during the 2003 All-Star Game

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

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