Late Lakers legend Kobe Bryant recorded a video message for Shohei Ohtani to help the Dodgers recruit the Japanese baseball star back in 2017.
Ohtani didn’t see it back then, but he did view it six years later, when the Dodgers were again recruiting the two-time American League MVP as a free agent.
The team showed the video to Ohtani during his free agent visit to Dodger Stadium on Dec. 1, according to sources who have knowledge of the meeting but are unauthorized to discuss it publicly.