ESPN’s “The Last Dance” made Michael Jordan the center of basketball conversation for the past several weeks.
Jordan’s killer instinct and will to win – as well as a short segment from the fifth episode – reminded Los Angeles Lakers fans of Kobe Bryant. He exhibited very similar traits from his time with Shaquille O’Neal all the way to the end of his career in 2016.
While Jordan never had a name for his mentality the way Bryant did, the two looked like carbon copies on the court. They both wanted to win no matter the cost, and often made enemies out of teammates because of it.