Kobe Bryant was the sort of legendary athlete that other legendary athletes spoke about with pure reverence. Reflecting back on the first time he was face-to-face with the five-time NBA champ, Lakers star LeBron James told the story of tracking him down at Philadelphia's InterContinental hotel ahead of the 2002 NBA All-Star Game. Bryant would go on to win Mvp honors in the game, but first he gifted budding high school basketball prodigy James with a pair of his coveted Nike Kobe XI red, white and blue basketball sneakers. A size too small, the teen went ahead and "rocked them" anyway, he shared with reporters. And so years later, James continued, "it was a...
- 8/23/2021
- E! Online
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