Smush Parker: "One day in practice I tried to talk to Kobe outside of basketball about football. He looked at me dead serious and said 'You can't talk to me. You need more accolades under your belt before you come talk to me.'"

Giannis mentioned that Jabari Parker was such an incredibly talented player that his goal was to at least outwork him making it a point to always practice more than Jabari He said Jabari was the biggest motivator of his career

The Press Box Brian Windhorst on LeBron He was chasing the figurative ghost with Jordan and now he has to play against a literal ghost the spirit of Bryant He would have never equaled Kobe in Lakers fans' eyes people are at that statue 247

Carmelo reveals story behind Kobe Bryants 2012 Jeremy Lin comments You gonna get your as bust' He's Kobe like by who who the fk is Jeremy Lin' he said that in the media it stemmed from the conversation we had just had the night before And he was tired of me talking about him to him

Giannis says he showed up EARLY to work out with Kobe and the Black Mamba made him pay for it

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Starkland When discussing why he signed with the Lakers Sandro Mamukelashvili talked about his Kobe fandom and revealed he has a Mamba Mentality tattoo Or as he calls it Mamu Mentality