Michael Jordan is sending Kobe Bryant into retirement with a lot of footwear as his Jordan Brand gave the Lakers star all 30 pairs of the Air Jordan line.
The Kobe Bryant Retirement Tour rolls through Chicago on Sunday night, in a city familiar with the type of singular greatness that Bryant has made his legacy.
Chicago, the city in which Michael Jordan arguably achieved more than any other individual to pick up a basketball, shares an odd relationship with the player that came closest to emulating Jordan.
There was the potential Kobe-to-Chicago trade in the 2007 that almost came to pass.