There has never been any question that Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant patterned much of his game on that of Michael Jordan.
The turnaround jumper, the swagger, the footwork, even some of Bryant’s mannerisms were all lifted from the player many consider to be the greatest of all time. While some thought that Bryant was determined to be better than Jordan to claim the throne for himself, we have only recently learned about how close the two really were.
Bryant admiring Jordan was nothing new, but it wasn’t Jordan speech at Bryant’s memorial that we found out about the 2 am text messages or all of the times that Bryant sought Jordan’s advice in order to take his game to the next level.