Lots of people could do a lovely job of presenting the late Kobe Bryant at his enshrinement ceremony for the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. If you played in the NBA as long as Bryant did (20 seasons), won as many NBA titles (five) and played in as many All-Star games (18), you’d have countless admirers with countless good thoughts. Teammates. Coaches. Competitors.
If a different route was favored, his wife could speak eloquently about him.
But it will be Michael Jordan doing the talking on May 15, because it has to be. Because it’s perfect.
If there hadn’t been an MJ, there wouldn’t have been a Kobe Bryant as we knew him.