Like many teenagers of the early 1990s, Kobe grew up idolizing Michael Jordan. The same Michael Jordan who dunked from the free throw line and won six NBA championships while becoming a global ...
"What I tell people separates Kobe from MJ, MJ was about 230 pounds, and Kobe was about 210. And you know, the physicality that MJ played with on the offensive and defensive end will wear him down ...
However, there was one huge reason why Kobe decided to skip college and declare for the 1996 NBA Draft. John Salley, a former teammate of MJ and Kobe, recently appeared on Byron Scott's podcast ...
"They walk the same. They throw the ball the same ways. It's Kobe and MJ for real. It's crazy." Those comparisons are only going to get a little deeper too, once the summer session gets started.