FunkoPoppaBtoNBA@enterprise.lemmy.ml•for those who were alive to see the ending of michael jordans career and the beginning part of kobe's careerEnglish
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2 months agoNo one called him the second coming of MJ. Kobe studied the game and modeled his play style after the GOAT among others. Anyone who plays basketball wants to be in the same conversation as MJ and Kobe worked hard to get into the GOAT conversation. Just because he mimicked MJ’s style doesn’t mean he was dubbed the second coming of MJ or baby MJ. He became Kobe, the black Mamba because of drive and determination to be the best player he could be.
I just spit my water out from laughing so hard