Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan were a lot closer than most people will really ever be. Of course, their games were similar, so that was the obvious starting point. However, with time they shared the same head coach, a very similar career path, and a lot of the same questions about life in the NBA.
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In the end, they shared a sort of sibling-Esque relationship that fans just couldn’t help but adore. And of course, all the hilarious stories that came out of it certainly did not hurt.
One such story once involved Will Smith, who unfortunately had to find out the hard way about Michael Jordan’s competitive attitude.
And once Kobe Bryant heard it, he couldn’t help but talk about how he and His Airness behave whenever they got together.
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Kobe Bryant revealed Michael Jordan keeps getting competitive over absolutely everything with him
Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant are the kinds of people who believe winning should be as natural as breathing. And if it isn’t, it means that you haven’t done the work to make it happen.
With that reality in mind, of course, they would always get competitive about everything. But as Kobe once revealed, that would even include the silliest of topics.
Take a gander at the YouTube clip below.
Of course, these topics sound absolutely silly for 2 grown men to be talking about.
But then again, these were Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan.
Of course, this was all they would talk about.
Michael Jordan was once the reason Kobe Bryant didn’t talk to his own teammates for days
After Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant retired, while they were still competitive, the ferocity naturally wasn’t the same.
However, during their playing career, it was at the highest point it could possibly be. And frankly, no anecdote shows that better, than this one.
There are a lot of things Kobe Bryant has done that show his Mamba side. But if there were to be a ranking, we doubt many incidents beat out this one.
