Steph Curry is currently enjoying being recognized and respected as one of the best players in the world, if not THE best player in the world. Steph’s rise to stardom has been more recent though. Back when he was a rookie, not many people cared about him or how he felt and you can count Kobe Bryant as one of those people.
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When Steph was a rookie, he took the opportunity to try and get in Kobe’s head at the end of a game between the Lakers & Warriors. Steph learned that night don’t mess with the Mamba.
This being Kobe’s last All-Star game, do you have a favorite Kobe memory?
Our rookie year we were playing at Oracle and they had a 3-point lead down the stretch. He got fouled, going to the free throw line to ice the game with two free throws. As he’s walking from one end of the court to the other, I’m this rookie that’s just kind of living in the moment and I walk up to him as he’s walking to the free throw line: “Hey, man, you nervous about these free throws?” The look he gave me was so just mean and cold. Just like, “What are you talking about? Get out of my face, you dumb rookie.” He obviously made the two free throws and they won. I’ll remember that look he gave me forever.
Is anyone surprised to hear that was Kobe’s reaction? Would be expect anything less, including the game sealing free throws? I think not.
