as a player he was always compared to like michael jordan and he always you know said that i'm not michael jordan and i'm koby and to me that allowed me to kind of actually embrace my own sort of game as a basketball player and not try to actually be like and you replay it i started playing possible so late i think i was around my twenty's and to begin with i had of almost the biggest raise on my team and trying to play like them and then eventually you know by watching colby and watching like his plays and everything i kind of just and the way he talked about himself as a player made me feel like actually to being the best player that i can be i actually just be myself and what about the younger generation growing up now how they're beginning to play basketball themselves how where are they kobe and his his phenomenal reputation i think everyone knows about him like i don't know anyone who does and you know i'm such an easy and you can when i got done you know like if i'm just playing around and i take the shot you know someone will shout like oh. he's still a legend i mean but we still a

was going go global you know you could say that it went global with michael jordan with the arrival of the dream teams in the olympic games in the ninety's but in terms of a carry over kobe bryant was in effect the linking pin between michael jordan's years and now we're in what you might call the le bron james era and basketball sport that has really sold itself worldwide based on the personalities and the talents of its stars and kobe bryant was that kind of marketable saleable exciting very very talented. player who could be marketed around the world you know you remember what he did in china in 2008 during the olympics and how popular he was there it was just a great indication of the kind of aura and charisma that this guy generated and michael what about kobe the men on the court just how good a player was. and that's so it's a really fascinating question i think it's one that people are going to chew over for a long time i look at him as kind of an enigma in some ways partly because he comes from a basketball background his dad jelly bean joe bryant played in the n.b.a. played i

when michael jordan retired it was arguable that the n.b.a. wants were bit of a low they were looking for a new superstar and it turned out that kobe bryant was the superstar we just had a statement actually in from from michael jordan saying. i loved kobe he was like a brother to me we used to talk often and i will miss those conversations very much she was a fierce competitor one of the greats of the game and a creative force and i think it's the fact that it's not just michael jordan talking about him it's former presidents it's actors we had the pierce chief streicher in in europe neymar scoring a goal just a couple of hours ago in a major league paying tribute to kobe bryant that is the sort of influence he had not just in sport but across culture across the whole world taught me through some of the accolades some of the things that he achieved in his time. he was seemingly destined for greatness from a very young age he apparently started playing basketball at the age of just 3 his father was also a professional player moved over to ital

i want to read you a statement we just got in from michael jordan. michael jordan said, i am in shock over the tragic news of kobe's and gianna's passing. he was like a little brother to me. he was a fierce competitor and creative force. he goes on, kobe was an amazing dad who loved his family deeply and took great pride in his daughter's love for the game of basketball. he says sending my deepest condolences to vanessa and the basketball organizations across the world. kobe bryant dead today, john, at the age of 41. jon: sportscaster, fox news contributor john gray spoke about the legacy later today. >> how do you want to be remembered? >> i said a long time ago when i was 15 years old. at the end. my career i want people to think that it worked as a leader to be remembered as that. jon: jim gray joins me in the studio. that was the final interview at the ends of his nba career. >> that was his last interview? uniform. let me do this first interview in a laker uniform. that spoke to his loyalty. i covered him his whole career. knew him his whole lif

michael and his middle name is magic. people did not know until they saw that card that in high school his nickname was magic jordan. chael went to his home in chicago and picked out several items to put in the museum, whether it was nba all-star game trophies, m.v.p., national player awards that he won at north carolina. one item that gets a lot of mention is the recruiting letter. it is probably one of the most talked about light -- items because of the respect michael has for the coach. it is certainly one of those pieces where people go, why is there a letter from duke university? they see it is a letter about his and -- recruitment. michael is a great ambassador of the university of north carolina and one of the greatest players of all time in all of nba history. basketball is important not just at unc, but in this state, this region, certainly in our community, and definitely on campus at unc. the acc has grown. it was called tobacco road because so many of the problems were based in north carolina. basketball is part of the culture. part of when you come to school in north carolina, people come here to be part

we got to the tail end of michael jordan's career.obe became the guys for most the guys in their 20s. kobe was always the guy. they never got to see michael jordan played when they're old enough to know the difference. for you marcus, somebody who knew magic pretty well imparted that air as well, does this remind you in some ways of that moment when magic announced he had hiv and just the complete total shock in the sports world of a player who was an nba finals guy, all of a sudden had to leave with the uncertainty of what his future would be like? >> you said it, the uncertainty. at that time in the history of hiv, when you hear the announcement you think it's destin. we did know how much longer magic would be with us. and thank god that through medicine and everything else he is still here and is healthy. he was able to overcome it. but i was at the new york athletic club the day that that announcement was made. i believe we were just getting kicked off with the athletic club so we had a joint event at the new york athletic club an

almost as great as michael jordan. >> michael was number 23 and then kobe number 24. course, that one more that one more piece of motivation to go for that jordan legacy and a sixth title something he talked about after winning the fifth title in 2010. you're right, willie. as kobe bryant was born to joe bryant, an nba player in philadelphia and then kobe went overseas and came back, he used the jordan model on and off the floor as a pattern for his game. if you think of michael jordan, there was a relentless pursuit of greatness, excellence and no moment too big. michael jordan wanted the ball in his hands and could deal with the consequences if he didn't succeed in those moments. and every time you watch kobe up to his very last game when broken down kobe bryant scored 60 points, kobe wanted that moment like michael did. >> i encourage everybody to go to youtube and watch just the last three minutes or something like that. last game, put a team on his back and scored 60 points to win. >> willie, i encourage you to watch that clip again you showed beginning of this se

michael jordan's. is one of the guys that. cry broke the hearts of the celtics more anybody has ever played. and in his last year our guys were all sneaking around getting his shoes and everything else just like everybody else right now. you know i know a lot of our staff did too you know like it's just. it's so sad we'll talk what set the news midway through around the gulf solomonson california a friend of bryant's and i like his fan since childhood he gave this reaction. he brought each and every night i'm on both ends of floor i mean not too many guys can see and say that throughout n.b.a. history that he'd lock up on the obviously he was dominant on the office of science but. a time used in the game had to take on the best player and the shut down for it all for you that it's and. that was one of the more impressive things i think there are this entire career and crowds of fans on are gathering in los angeles the focal point for many is the staples center which was bryant's high marina facade of many years the n.b.a. has

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and tributes continue to pour in for kobe bryant. >> yes, michael jordan, the man who sits behind bryantague's all-time scoring list, remembered the man who replaced him as the league's top superstar. jordan said of bryant, words can't describe the pain i'm feeling, i loved kobe, he was like a little brother to me. emotional los angeles clippers head coach doc rivers, who ended his nba career the season before bryant's began, fought back tears as he tried to comprehend this tragedy. >> yeah, this is -- this is a tough one. we have to go play. just so many people he touched. and, you know -- looking at my young players and seeing how emotional they are -- you know, it tells you how far his reach was. >> the clippers were in orlando last night. each team started off the game by committing 24-second violations in honor of the number bryant wore at the end of his career. >> so many professional athletes past and present paying tribute. we're hearing from so many people online as well. and also leaders past and present. president trump responded by saying, despite being one of the truly great

david: there was another player named michael jordan, did you ever play against michael jordan? hn: i did get to play against michael around chicago. he would be at different clubs. david: do you think he was overrated? john: he has the greatest player of all time. david: at one time you played against him and beat him, the only person who ever beat him in a one-on-one game. school used to go to his , which is a fantasy camp for people 35 years and older. every summer, he would challenge any camper to a short game of one-on-one, first three wins. no one had beaten him in the first seven years, i think he was overconfident and would let people make a basket or two before clamping down and shutting people down. i had the advantage when i played him, he had played 15 campers before he got to me. he was kind of tired. i snuck up on him, and the coach said even though i was not a good passer, i was a good one on one player. i had a couple of tricky shots. at the lack tricky shot -- at the last tricky shot you can hear michael say "oh no" and that is when it get -- went in. david: when

nobody challenged michael jordan. kobe bryant said i can do that. >> those images of him and jordan playing together, thousand great how agreed it was that he got to play with michael jordan. i know people asked what is your legacy to jordan. he said i don't really care. knowing how he passed away with his daughter who he coached. that just hits me. that is what he loved to do. as a father, not just a basketball player. here is my resume when it comes to basketball. do what you want to it but i am a great dad to my children and my coach. not only my own children but other children.  he will be missed. i don't know if the lakers will play tomorrow. the tributes as we saw in the live picture are pouring in for kobe bryant one day of he and eight other, including his daughter, died in that tragic helicopter crash in california. jonathan hunt reports from calabasas. >> reporter: thousands of people paid tribute to laker's legend kobe bryant outside the staples center in los angeles. bryant died in a helicopter crash sund

i'm not saying -- i think michael jordan was a better player. i would always take michael over kobe. but when he was gone, when he was revved up, when he was on it, you were just not stopping that guy, and i think it was that kind of thing that doc rivers was remembering today. >> dan, it was that tenacity, right, i mean, 60 60-point games in his career. that is just unfathomable, but there's tons of statistics i could go through, dan, and you know them by heart, certainly. when you think of someone like kobe bryant, he represented certainly a generation of an era leaving high school and going straight to the nba. the nba then changing the rules after that. and making it all the way through the social immediate era, if you will, of sports and that authenticity that was brought upon you, whether you wanted it or not as an nba star. >> yeah, he was really groomed for it. you know, his dad was in the nba. jack knows that being a philly guy. joe bryant, part of that sixer team. he grew up around it. of course he's in italy and masters italian and was

he fit that archetype of the michael jordan of our time or the michael jordan as he was moving forward. mid arc taken away. we are waiting for the press conference out of southern california. we expect that any moment where we get the very latest details on the death of kobe bryant, the crash of his helicopter in southern california. what we believe it to be. and how it happened. what were the conditions? what were the details around that potential when we do have that press briefing. stay with us here on msnbc. short break. we'll be right back. it's tough to quit smoking cold turkey. so chantix can help you quit slow turkey. along with support, chantix is proven to help you quit. with chantix you can keep smoking at first and ease into quitting so when the day arrives, you'll be more ready to kiss cigarettes goodbye. when you try to quit smoking, with or without chantix, you may have nicotine withdrawal symptoms. stop chantix and get help right away if you have changes in behavior or thinking, aggression, hostility, depressed mood, suicidal thoughts or actions, seizures, new or worse

michael and his middle name is "magic." people did not know until they saw that card that in high school his nickname was "magic" jordan. he other side of the case we were very fortunate that michael was disco to his real chicago and pick out several items to put here in new cm. all-star game's. mvps, national player awards he one here and north carolina. one of the items was a was theng letter that most charge of our item because of the great respect that michael has for a coach and the duke program. it is certainly one of those pieces that people come in, they thereand they say why is a letter from duke university from the north carolina basketball team? they see it is a letter about his recruitment. michael is a great ambassador of the university of north carolina and one of the greatest players of all time, not just as a tar hill, but in all of basketball and in all of nba history. basketball is important not just at unc, but in this state, this region, certainly in our community, and definitely on campus at unc. the acc has grown. it was called tobacco road because so many of the problems were based in north carolin

michael b. jordan. from "spinning out," january jones. and music from cigarettes after sex. and now, for the most part, jimmy kimmel! ♪ [cheers and applause] >> jimmy: thank you. that's very nice. i'm jimmy. i'm the host of the show. thanks for watching. thank you for coming. relax. i'm glad you're in a good mood. 2020 has not been good so far. i feel like ryan seacrest lied to us. u.s. and canadian intelligence officials believe that after the airstrike the other night, when iran retaliated against us, iran, the iranians accidently shot down a ukrainian passenger jet, killing all the passengers on board, 176 people, and the "new york times" today obtained video that appears to have captured the incident. officials believe that the plane was shot down by two russian made missiles from iran. and of course president trump rejects the notion that this terrible accident may have been a result of his recklessness. >> i think somebody could have made a mistake on the other side. could have made a mistake. it

and we have a picture here of kobe guarding michael jordan.about this, and this is in kobe's book. talking about how he saw this photograph, this is from 1998 of himself leaning in to defending michael jordan and said, wait a second, i'm leaning too much, i'm off balance, i got to change the way i play defense. that is a student of the game. >> like jordan, he was an impeccable student of the game. and '98 is jordan's last year with the bulls. he came back and played a couple of years with the wizards. but at that point while everyone acknowledged there will never be another michael jordan. he kobe was almost anointed as the next big thing. it's difficult in basketball to compare back court players to forwards and especially to centers. you can't discount will and kareem and the other great centers. but these players have generally been acknowledged at one period of time or another as the best. jordan gave way to kobe and then kobe gave way to lebron. as somebody who can remember, at least as a kid, i have actual in realtime memories of bill r

everybody was always looking for the next michael jordan. and it turned out kobe ended up jordan.ed out kobe ended up being that individual. his performances on the court were amazing. you know, having that last game where he just absolutely went crazy. the games at madison square garden in new york city. play—off, clutch play—off winds, game winds against phoenix, beating boston a 7—game series in 2010. he is the closest thing to michaeljordan that we had seen. he idolised him, he had the same moves. and he was able to bring the nba back to where we wa nted bring the nba back to where we wanted it to be. i credit him quite a bit with the popularity of the nba today. i don't think that exists without kobe bryant. 15 time major winner tiger woods, who played his final round at the farmers insurance openin final round at the farmers insurance open in california, was understandably shocked when he found out. he burned so competitively hot, and desired to win stop he brought it each and every night, on both ends of the floor. not too many guys can say about, throughout nba history, he

but kobe was going to leverage it differently than michael jordan. jordan leveraged it to become an african-american owner of an nba team, trailblazing. kobe wanted to do it outside of basketball. everybody had high expectations as to what that next chapter would bring. it's the cutting short of that, along with his daughter and along with the alto belli family, three members of whom perished in that crash. it's like tragedy on top of tramgdy. >> cav igta, reverend al sharpton had the opportunity to speak with kobe bryant during the funeral of michael jackson. and the rev was telling me how kobe came up to the rev during the funeral because the rev was giving the eulogy, and kobe said, this is very strange to see a person of this importance of my time, kobe's time, with michael jackson, and his relevance in pop culture and to see them go. i don't know how to process it is what he said to the rev. here we are today now seeing him passing at an age where he was not supposed to, by all counts. and now who else is looking at his passing and going, what do

michael jordan had that.nt had that.stars who because you're just waiting to see what he's going to come up with next. i remember before kobe came in the league i would watch some of these great showdowns and see michael make moves in the course of a game where you said how does anybody do that? we'll never see that again. when kobe bryant came into the league, you saw that all the time. and he had michael as a role model. a guy to look at and say that's the level i want to be at. and so he gave you those same kind of highlights on a nightly basis. and, again, and you can look at players like look, my buddy charles barkley, allen iverson, michael, kobe, and here's what you know for sure. if you're going to pay money to go to a game in which those guys are playing, you're not going to get cheated. they are going to give you absolutely everything. like with charles you knew you were going to be entertained. you knew he might go for 20 points and 20 rebounds, but he also might tackle the mascot and make your son

. >> another nba legend, michael jordan, released a statement on bryant's death. he said this. i am in shock over the news. words can't describe the pain i'm feeling. i loved kobe. he was like a little brother to me. we used to talk often and i will miss those conversations very much. jordan also praised bryant as an amazing father who deeply loved his family. >>> and for more we are joined now by cnn's world sports patrick snell. it's just extraordinary hearing all these messages from all these threatathletes, fans, rig across the globe. >> internationally, it's been such devastating news. it's a collective heavy heart. we've been reporting on this, monitoring the updates from across a whole variety of sports. you know, u.s. presidents past and present. tributes continuing to pour in this monday. kobe bryant, the nba legend. he really did trans send the world of sports, highly respected, adored and the outpouring of grief and shock just too apparent this day. it says a lot as michael just said a few moments ago. one of those megastars that you can just call him, you can refer

we have heard from michael jordan. we've heard from kareem abdul-jabbar, we've heard from magic johnson, we've heard from former president barack obama and a universe of people whose names you never heard of whose lives were touched, whose aspirations were boosted, who are in mourning tonight because an inspirational athlete, an entrepreneur, philanthropist and a family man is dead at just 41 years old. talking about kobe bryant. and we have new information now about the weather at the time of this crash. i want to get straight to calabasas, california, now, and cnn's nick watt. >>> nick, hello to you. you have been covering this story now. you're at the scene. please tell us what officials are saying about the conditions there. >> reporter: well, you know, so far, don, officials have said very little about the potential cause of the crash. you know, those 18 people from the ntsb are still in the air flying west. they'll land here late tonight. but the weather will clearly, don, be a focus of this investigation. now, w

it became about individuals, michael jordan versus clyde drex ler. >> liz: charles barclay. >> yeah, to the point as you're saying virtually every team in the nba had a marquise name. the team may not have been very good but you wanted to go see such and such a playou know, yoe so and so play because their name became big and because of that, the nba players even though it is certainly behind our football. >> liz: but magic johnson vs. larry byrd, those were the championship games, so many years and of course you think about the parquet floor, and those were experiences that david stern really was able to encapsulate, capture and put it out there as this is almost like jerry bus with the lakers, don't give them a game, give them a show. >> well to your point, and you asked me what people could learn from what stern did, in marketing individuals guess what else he marketed? stories. that's what people liked, the human stories the human element, and so in marketing the michael jordan, a larry byrd, a magic johnson, charles barclay, you got to know their personalities and that's what at

go with god. >> now, another nba legend, michael jordan, he released a statement on bryant's death. he says, quote, i am in shock over the news. words can't describe the pain i'm feeling. i loved kobe. he was like a little brother to me. we used to talk often and i will miss those conversations very much. >> and cnn's christina macfarlane joins me now from london. christina, the very fact that the whole world is mourning the death of kobe bryant indicates just how special he was. not only as an athlete, but as an incredible leader who inspired so many people and touched so many lives. what has been the international reaction so far? >> reporter: you're absolutely right, rosemary. he was an unbelievable leader. what we saw last night was many nba games still in action, players actually in floods of tears on the court yesterday upon hearing the news. we saw every team playing tribute to kobe in one way or another. some players having his name on their shoes. others taking 24 seconds clock violations in honor of kobe's number 24 which he wore for the lakers, of course, for so many year

brian: one of the most respected writers in the nba said she called michael jordan, michael jordan saidal the comment, charles barkley said i left my phone, went to a movie, felt sadness and when i got the news -- >> we can't let the segment going how mentor he's been to athletes, daughter, -- >> i'm playing for you con, you don't have a son to leave your legacy, it's going to be my daughters, tell my daughter that. jillian: she was next to him and said, i go this. >> he was coaching one of those games. jillian: 41 year's old. brian: makes no sense. rob: brian, thanks for coming on early. brian: no problem, see you in a little while. rob: we will be right back. rob: welcome back, the fbi assisting the faa in the deadly helicopter crash that killed basketball legend kobe bryant, the chopper was flying through thick marine and at the time lapd had grounded its aircraft because of the weather. jillian: democrats are reviewing push for john bolton to testify as the president trump's team renew impeachment trial today, the trial start at 1:00 p.m. rob: jury selection begins today for michael

and you mentioned who's going tb the next michael jordan.came like who's going to be the next kobe bryant. i mean, that speaks volumes to his talent level. people don't become yardsticks very often for other up and coming talent. >> no, that's exactly right. there's so many guys that were inspired to play the game a certain way because of kobe. he went it one better. even michael can't say he did. i don't know if lebron will do. but kobe then was mentoring the next group of superstars coming up. he had private workouts and private invitation to the very best in the league and said come see how i work. come see how i did it. handing that on to the next generation and that's going to be big for him. >> all right. rick buka in california with the breacher report, appreciate it, thanks so much, good to see you. >> his talent was obvious at an early age. ahead here we look at kobe's stellar basketball career. things you can do with schwab: you can earn more when you invest your cash. you can get a satisfaction guarantee. you can also wonder why o

we have heard from michael jordan. we have heard from jabar. we've heard from magic johnson and former president barack obama. and a universe of people whose names you've never heard of whose lives were touched, whose aspirations were boosted, who are in morning tonight because a philanthropist and a family man is dead at just 41 years old. talking about kobe bryant. and we have new information now about the weather at the time of this crash. i want to get straight to calabasas, california, now. nick, hello to you. you have been covering this story now. you're at the scene. and please tell us what officials are saying about the conditions there. >> reporter: well, you know, so far, don, officials have said very little about the official cause of the crash. those 18 people from the ntsb are still in the air flying west. they will land here late tonight. but the weather will clearly, don, be a focus of this investigation. we have heard from cnn's meteorologists that the humidity in that air this morning was maybe 100%. so that air would've been l

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and kobe emulated michael jordan. he was the closest thing we have seen to jordan since. in an era where everybody loathe managers sit out games and risk averse with their health and body. he never missed games. warrior ultimate competitor. he did that on the court and off the court with his family as you could see the way he was raising his daughters up until the end. steve: certainly a sad day. brock, thank you very much for joining us today from austin, texas. ainsley: i can't imagine what his wife and three girls, what they're feeling this morning losing their sister and their dad. everyone the grammys honored him last night. everyone was talking about this yesterday. we are all talking about it this morning. anyone who has commented on it who knew him said he was such a hard-worker. brought it every game. brian: he did. and when you are the best and also the hardest worker, such a rare combination. seven minutes after the hour and some facets of this story and discuss it throughout the morning. president trump's legal team will resume their defense on impeachment tod

he talked about jordan's work ethic and practicing michael jordan's moves. he saw himself as destined to take that role. >> this is how focussed kobe bryant was at the age of 17. he was asked to be in the monica/brandy video "that boy is mine" and he said no because he was entering the nba draft and didn't want to look like he was distracted to nba executives. that was kobe from day one. you have to have that kind of focus. i keep thinking of a story that another player told me about playing with jordan -- i'm sorry, playing with kobe on the lakers and kobe showing up to practice two hours early without a ball and just doing his moves on the court without a ball and practicing his foot work over and over again just playing against his own shadow and he told me he had just never seen anything like that. when it came to focus, kobe was in a league of his own, and it just added to his legend. he was a polarizing figure. there is that expression, the opposite of love is not hate, but indifference. i wasn't indifferent towards kobe bryant. but on my son's basketb

. >> how did his business compare to what michael jordan has done, who also put out a statement thatt. >> that's a good question. i think he was just a giant in the industry one of the things he focused on, especially with the entrepreneurs in his investment company. people loved kobe bryant i live in l.a. there were hundreds of mourners outside the staples center i think he took his humanity from the game and impart that on those in the second act. >> the michael jordan is an important question people would say kobe bryant is fantastic but not quite at the level of michael jordan but i think everyone agreed he parlayed that career into a successful business career more than michael jordan has done he's a role model in terms of athletes - >> you think kobe bryant had a more successful business career than michael jordan? >> yeah. look, michael jordan had sponsors - >> he had the michael business >> it was huge. >> but that -- >> the nike business was huge for kobe ko, too in fact, when kobe left, i would get the figure wrong, but he had made more money both from salary and endorsemen

you have to have that kind of focus if not only your idol but aspiration is michael jordan. i keep thinking about another story that another player told me playing with kobe on the lakers and kobe showing up to practice two hours early without a ball. and just doing his moves on the court without a ball and practicing his footwork over and over again. just playing against his own shadow. and he told me he had never seen anything like that. when it came to psych, to focus, kobe was in a league of his own and it just added to his legend. he was a polarizing figure. there is the expression, the opposite of love is not hate but indifference. nobody was indifferent to kobe bryant. i know on my son's basketball team, which i coach, sixth grade team, shout-out tacoma park dragons. when they shoot turnaround shots, they all yell kobe in the air. they go, kobe. that's what they say when they shoot the ball. these kids were born in 2008/2009, but that's what happens when a polarizing player solidifies into legend. >> howard, briyant had become a kind of, like, father of the nba in ret

it was 33,643 points was when he was third just behind michael jordan and kareem abdul jabbar.ing about a very elite group here, mike. when we think of all the numbers that stand out -- we will give you one more, just how well did he do in the playoffs? that's often a marker of how good of a player you are, 5,640 points scored just in the playoffs itself. how was he as a player if you were to summarize during the season and in the playoffs? >> well, during the season, i don't want to reiterate everything steve just said, your last guest, but it was true. kobe would play his hardest at all times. kobe didn't take many nights off. the term you hear in the nba right now is load management. so the best players are fresh at the end of the season. kobe believed that every game was the most important one. he felt that way. in the playoffs i think the best way to summarize it would be if you wanted someone to take a shot, it was kobe bryant. he had the confidence, the skill, the ability, also the unique ability to see the game so well that he knew where the best shot might come from, w

even his speech. >> michael jordan had this other-worldly talent. kobe had that too.ut you could feel like you could reach out and touch it. that you might be able to be like him by watching him, by doing what he did. so on the court you take that last-second shot, you're trying to be like kobe. you're yelling out kobe. trying to make it. that's what he meant to that generation and so many basketball fans out there. >> reporter: kobe told barbara walters jordan encouraged him to stay aggressive. >> does staying aggressive mean playing aggressively or does it mean don't get scared? >> it means you don't want to be intimidated by what people are saying. you have to continue to go out there and dot things that got you to that point. >> what do you say to critics who say you're too showbiz, too many tricks? >> thank you. >> i'm glad you noticed? >> thank you. thank you very much. most of the time i really don't try to showboat. >> because you are so young and because you've done so well, because of the all-star game, there are some people who are perhaps hoping you'll fil

. >> and for playing with a certain style that reminded people so closely of michael jordan. but he had another style of his own. >> you are talking to us on msnbc. i would guess some of our viewers are not huge sports fans. some of you are. for folks who don't know a lot about kobe bryant tell us about the athlete? >> sure. he came to the nba straight out of high school in 1996 when that was a very rare thing. groeb up his father was a professional basketball player, joe "jelly bean" bryant. kobe bryant grew up all over the world. he spoke fluent italian. grew up for a time in italy. graduated from lower mar onoutside of philadelphia. philly was really his hometown. but he was a global figure. he played 20 years for the los angeles lakers. won five titles, the mvp award. stored 81 points in one game. the only person who has ever done that was wilt chamberlain. more than that, he was a presence of leadership, and he was somebody who reminded people that you cannot work hard enough. his workout regimen was absolutely legendary. and he's somebody who -- people are just like in

all of the greats are expressing their sorrow including michael jordan magic shack and karim. >>it's very difficult for me to put in words how i feel about the loss. he was in her bowl >>in fact they were going a basketball game at the mamma center for his daughter when the chopper went down in fog that was so heavy the chp when even let its fleet fly that day while investigators piece together what happened let's take a closer look at colby's life, here's martin savidge. >>the basketball at 6 foot 6 koby bryant was in >>but every measure as a player and a person. he was a giant he started playing basketball en he was 3, but it was the spectacular high school career atlower merion high school just outside phillythat earned him national recogniti of he was quickly drafted into the nba at the time, the youngest player in the league's history with the charlotte hornets selected bryant as there are big men v and immediately traded to the los angeles lakers. i think a lot of people then when i came out of high school. i think people are kind. >>the kind of medical story to begin wi

an 18-time all-star, famously facing off against greats like michael jordan. >> wow! >> reporter: and playing on the international stage alongside his peers, winning two olympic gold medals. kobe's career ended with a flourish, scoring 60 points in his very last game. he was the oldest player in history to do so. >> you can't write something better than this. and i'm more proud of the fact that, not about the championships, but about the down years, because we didn't run. we did it the right way. and what can i say. mamba out. >> reporter: among his many achievements, an 81-point game, not matched in the modern era. a prolific scorer. he retired with the third most points in league history, surpassed last night by his rival turned friend, lebron james. bryant's final tweet, highlighting his sportsmanship. tweeting to lebron to say, "continue to move the game forward. king james, much respect, my brother." lebron speaking about kobe just yesterday. >> i'm happy just to be in any conversation with kobe bean bryant. one of the all-time greatest basketball players to ever

he was one of those players that idolized michael jordan, but he mimicked michael jordan in a lot ofs. and it was a guy that, you know, i watched him watch films on one of the greatest players that ever played the game, and he emulated his game to the "t", and to some degree overcame all of his weaknesses and became to me, one of the greatest players to ever play the game. >> scotty, you mentioned michael jordan. you played against kobe. how would you compare the two legends? >> wow. very close. two of the most charismatic players that i have ever seen in the game. iconic. those guys really set the bar. kobe wanted to be known as the greatest player to ever play the game. i mean, he wanted to be better than michael jordan. he wanted people to realize that he was right there, and that he put in the work to let you know that, you know, he is one of the greats. >> all right. scottie, thank you so much. derek, thank you as well. we really appreciate you guys sharing your thoughts on kobe, and thank you so much for your time this morning. >> we'll have a lot more on kobe coming up. >>> we

today bryant is there michael jordan he's the player they aspired to be when they were growing up all over the lead on sunday night players let the 24 2nd shot clock run out in the opening plays as a mark of respect 24 being bryant's shirt number after this game the san antonio spurs played the moderates and was asked how much bryant meant to him. everything. everything i wouldn't everything i learned. came from colby. everything. to the club you're worried i wouldn't be here i would have loved we're not approach and. everything everything interval. well the tributes go way beyond basketball with messages coming in from all sports the world's most expensive football the name of scored a penalty for party signs in my in france the brazilian pointed to the skies and held up 2 fingers on one hand and 4 in the other to mark bryant's number 24 jersey . and like kobe golfer tiger woods is in that reg rupe of sportsman known by just their 1st name tiger was playing a tournament in california and did not know what had happened until his caddie broke the news just after he'd finished his round

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the debate over who is better lebron james or michael jordan continues to rage on with no end in sightjameson manages to one of jordan and the record books. lebron passed mj for fourth place on the all-time field goals made lists and last night's l.a. lakers when. his fast-break layup in the third quarter was the 12193rd made field-goal so far in his career. and that's how fox reports this saturday, january 11, 2020. i'm jon scott, thanks for joining us. see you again tomorrow. ♪ ♪. mark: hello america i marked within this is life, liberty, n.d live in. andrew roberts how are you sir. it's a great pleasure i am well thank you. world-famous author, british historian, broadcaster. with all of this total mark going on in this world, our country, britain, all throughout the world, i thought this would be a good time to talk to you about winston churchill. and i think our audience has the general understanding of

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talked a lot of trash and earned it earned the respect of everybody from michael jordan a magic johnson secure on nearly the bron james when he walked into the room even when the bron james is planned for the lakers there was roti it was amazing to see him sitting courtside at games in recent years and he's just so beloved in los angeles that even with the brand on the floor they're not paying attention to the lakers they're paying attention to him he just had that much of a presence in or in perhaps as the greatest most popular figure in los angeles history when he had to go meet people he would scout the people you is going to meet the same way he was scout his opponent you want to know where they were from what they did what made him special and when you met him he would ask you a question about yourself which would you know take people off guard is the legendary kobe bryant he doesn't why should he care about me and by the time you were done with that conversation you just felt like you just talked to just the average joe on the street and not just the greatest basketball player of

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even surpassed michael jordan becoming one of the fourth on the nba's all-time scoring list.e helped secure team usa olympic gold on the world stage. bryant dealt with controversy too. in 2003 he was charged with sexual assault accused of raping a 19-year-old hotel employee. the charge was later dropped and the case settled in civil court. bryant also overcame sports related injuries. then in the fall of 2015 he announced his plan to retire from the nba and played his final game in 2016. the following year his jersey numbers 8 and 24 were retired. since then he's made his mark on hollywood winning an academy award for his animated film but he was a husband and proud father of four children. >> we all have moments like this in life where it just seems like the day is never going to end. it seems like the moment you're in just feels like the darkest moment to you, you know, and at that point you have to step outside yourself and put it in perspective and understand i have many, many blessings, many things to be thankful for. >> reporter: l.a. mayor garcetti wrote bryant amazed

you know what when michael jordan left the n.b.a. years ago kobe bryant was seen as a success or he was the guy he was going to fill in for college for michael jordan replace him as the greatest player ever he came very close to doing that he won 5 championships one of the leading scorers of all time or really what he did. he represent the force of will when he played he was a ruthless claire a bottom line winner. and the biggest personality in los angeles one of the biggest personalities in the world of sport. he entered the n.b.a. straight out of high school i think that was in 1996 wasn't it i'm not sure if you ever had a chance to meet him but what can you tell us about his his personality his characteristics what was he like as a person. actually i lived in europe for 6 years with the old international herald tribune when i moved back to the united states to work for sports illustrated my 1st assignment was to do a cover story with kobe bryants he learned it was 19 years old he'd been the n.b.a. for a year and a house just about