With seemingly the entire sports world celebrating the career of Kobe Bryant on social media, Basketball Hall of Famer Scottie Pippen -- who squared off with Bryant in the epic 2000 Western Conference Finals -- chimed in with a lengthy series of tweets on his thoughts on the retiring legend.
A few thoughts on Kobe Bean Bryant now that #MambaDay has arrived... @kobebryant pic.twitter.com/CrV5dvAh7n
First things that come to mind when I think of Kobe? Fierce competitor. Relentless player. Like MJ, he always had that competitive edge.