John Salley joins Byron Scott's Fast Break podcast and reveals what Kobe Bryant told him about Michael Jordan that shifted his career path.
Bryant's idolization of 'Air Jordan ' bordered on the obsessive and he modeled his entire game on the six-time
"And he says, 'I heard MJ was going to retire.' And that was his reason for not going to college," Salley added."He goes, 'Yeah, he was going to retire, and I wanted to make sure I played against him. I didn't want to go to college and miss the opportunity of playing against MJ.'" In the Showtime/CBS Sports documentary 'Kobe Bryant's Muse' from 2015, Kobe recalled what it was like coming face to face with his hero.
Bryant averaged 22.8 points, 4.4 rebounds, and 3.9 assists in matchups against Jordan, while the Chicago superstar put up 24.5 points, 4.3 rebounds, and 3.6 assists playing against a young Kobe.Kobe was famously aloof during his career, often working out in solitude and refusing to speak to his own teammates.
"What was that process like? I went to them and started understanding the ins and outs of the game, how they approached things in their level of detail and obsessiveness, and that’s what I did."
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