Uploaded January 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
A reporter compliments Kobe’s 8 ppg rookie season and says it was “excellent.” Kobe Bryant smiles. She asks him if he was surprised by any aspects of NBA basketball coming out of high school.
Full interview from Somewhat Aussie: youtu.be/r9w4VGoz3QM
Excerpt from ‘Jon Rahm had plans to meet Kobe Bryant days after his death: ‘I’ll never know his answer’’ article by Jack Hirsh:
And as Jon Rahm revealed Tuesday, the tragic death of Bryant also meant a missed opportunity to meet one of his idols.
“What people don’t know is that I had a meeting arranged with Kobe for two days after that Sunday,” Rahm told ESPN’s Matt Barrie on SportsCenter. “So on Tuesday, I was going to go meet him at Orange County.”
On Sunday after winning the American Express for his fourth win in his last six starts, Rahm spoke about how much he admired Bryant for his work ethic and how he handled his success.
“I spent a lot of time listening to a lot of his interviews and videos because I see a lot of similarities between us in the way we approach our craft,” Rahm said then. “Because craft is the keyword for Kobe. And having that obsessiveness that we both have over the game. It’s somebody to learn from, for sure. Work ethic beats talent every day of the week, period. And I like to think that I have a really hard work ethic and I put a lot of time in.”
Full article: golf.com/news/jon-rahm-kobe-bryant-plans/?amp=1
🏷 #kobe #lakers #nbastats #lakeshow #lakersbasketball
A reporter compliments Kobe’s 8 ppg rookie season and says it was “excellent.” Kobe Bryant smiles. She asks him if he was surprised by any aspects of NBA basketball coming out of high school.
Full interview from Somewhat Aussie: youtu.be/r9w4VGoz3QM
Excerpt from ‘Jon Rahm had plans to meet Kobe Bryant days after his death: ‘I’ll never know his answer’’ article by Jack Hirsh:
And as Jon Rahm revealed Tuesday, the tragic death of Bryant also meant a missed opportunity to meet one of his idols.
“What people don’t know is that I had a meeting arranged with Kobe for two days after that Sunday,” Rahm told ESPN’s Matt Barrie on SportsCenter. “So on Tuesday, I was going to go meet him at Orange County.”
On Sunday after winning the American Express for his fourth win in his last six starts, Rahm spoke about how much he admired Bryant for his work ethic and how he handled his success.
“I spent a lot of time listening to a lot of his interviews and videos because I see a lot of similarities between us in the way we approach our craft,” Rahm said then. “Because craft is the keyword for Kobe. And having that obsessiveness that we both have over the game. It’s somebody to learn from, for sure. Work ethic beats talent every day of the week, period. And I like to think that I have a really hard work ethic and I put a lot of time in.”
Full article: golf.com/news/jon-rahm-kobe-bryant-plans/?amp=1
🏷 #kobe #lakers #nbastats #lakeshow #lakersbasketball
