Jayson Tatum won the first-ever Larry Bird Trophy on Sunday night, following the Boston Celtics' Game 7 win over the Miami Heat. Tatum was given the trophy as Eastern Conference Finals MVP, and while it was fitting that he won a trophy named for a Celtics legend, Tatum also paid tribute to another player during Game 7: his personal "idol" and "inspiration," Kobe Bryant.
Kobe isn't the most popular player with Celtics fans — the 2010 Los Angeles Lakers were the last team the Celtics faced in the NBA Finals, a series they lost — but that didn't stop Tatum from wearing a purple armband with Bryant's No.