Former Obama advisor David Axelrod shared a story with CNN about Kobe challenging Obama on his birthday
In the wake of the tragic death of Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, many have shared stories about the NBA great’s ferocious “mamba mentality.”
“It was August 2010, and President Obama, an avid hooper, celebrated his 49th birthday by inviting some of the greatest NBA players to join him for a pickup game of basketball in Washington before a group of wounded warriors — troops who were injured in action,” Axelrod remembered in a tribute. “Bryant was mending a balky knee before the coming season and did not play. But that didn’t stop him from engaging in some lively, good-natured trash-talking from the sidelines.
“So, Kobe called two of the NBA stars over for a little, good-natured tongue-lashing,” Axelrod recounts. “‘You and you!’ he said, pointing to Chris Paul and Derek Fisher, two of the league’s most notorious ball hawkers. ‘The two meanest little MFs in the league and you won’t get within seven feet of that guy. Come on, y’all, play some ball!'”
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