Nobody who is remotely into any form of sports needs any sort of introduction to either Michael Jordan or Kobe Bryant. Both basketball icons’ winning mentality and work ethic have massive fame across sports.
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Years after years pass by since they last played an NBA game, yet the 6ft 6’ guards are still most people’s top players.
Not just ordinary people though, they are inspirations for the likes of Phil Heath as well. The 7-time Mr. Olympia recently revealed his favourite basketball players.
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Phil Heath says Michael Jordan and ‘fearless’ Kobe Bryant are his all-time favourites
In an interview with NFL legend Shannon Sharpe on his Club Shay Shay podcast, the 5ft 9’ majestic Bodybuilding legend, revealed his favourite basketball players while complaining about the fact that his native, Seattle, doesn’t have a basketball team anymore.
However, when there was a team (Supersonics), his favourite was still MJ, as he described his “jaw dropped” when he saw the Bulls legend for the first time playing against the Seattle Supersonics.
He also revealed his go-to franchise to be the Los Angeles Lakers and naturally said Kobe Bryant is also equally his favourite.
“That’s (Michael Jordan) my 1A and my 1B is Kobe,” Heath talked about the ultimate competitiveness in Bryant and how both of them would always tell what are they going to do and then do it.
He also said Damian Lillard and Stephen Curry as his favourites among current NBA players.
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Heath is not just a fan of basketball, the man was a baller
The Seattle native was the team captain and shooting guard for his varsity basketball team (Rainier Beach High School) and got an athletic scholarship from the University of Denver while majoring in business administration.
He was also in the Division I Basketball Team but did not take it as a profession later on. And bodybuilding universe must be thankful to him that he didn’t. The 42-year-old is now a legend in the industry, with arguably the perfect physique for a bodybuilder.
