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Jayson Tatum learned a lesson from the regret of not calling more before Kobe Bryant’s death

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Friday marks four years since Lakers legend Kobe Bryant died in a helicopter crash along with eight others, including his daughter Gianna.

Celtics forward Jayson Tatum, who grew up idolizing Bryant, said during a recent interview with Andscape’s Marc Spears that he wished he talked to Bryant more before the superstar’s death.

“It is bittersweet. I can’t believe that he’s not here anymore,” Tatum told Spears. “And the thing that I regret is, I wish I would’ve called him more. I wish I would’ve texted him more. I just always thought he was so busy.