Many NBA stars have been compared to Michael Jordan, but no player has been quite as inextricably linked to His Airness as Kobe Bryant. On Sunday, the Los Angeles Lakers guard opened up a bit about his connection with Jordan.
"No words can really do it justice," Bryant said of Jordan's influence, per ESPN.com's Baxter Holmes.
Kobe also recalled his first game against Jordan and the Chicago Bulls on Dec. 17, 1996. Bryant played 10 minutes, going 2-of-5 from the field and scoring five points. Jordan, on the other hand, dropped 30 points in a 129-123 victory for Chicago.
"Getting schooled for a baseline dunk the first time I matched up with him. That was the coolest thing," Bryant said of the game, per the Chicago Tribune's K.C. Johnson.
During TNT's broadcast of the NBA All-Star Game on Feb. 14, Jordan spoke about Bryant's impending retirement and his legacy in the sport:
"What I take from [the comparison] is our competitiveness is second to none," he added, per Sean Highkin of Bleacher Report.
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