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.'"

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

Candace Parker Says Luka Doncic Is Being Overlooked For MVP For The Same Reason Kobe Bryant Once Was Dont Kobe Luka Dont get bored with greatness Luka Doncic is a beast and I feel like to some extent like we overlooked greatness because you see it for extended period of time

Jimmy Butler Draymond told Paul Pierce you chasing the farewell tour You not Kobe Bryant that's crazy That's a crazy thing to say -Kelly Oubre Jr Draymond Green doesn't really care about half the things that come out of his mouth

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

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'

MJ and Kobe talk during the 2003 All-Star Game