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Posted on: March 26, 2020 at 22:12:21 CT
DrViagra MU
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That was a surprise.

Article about growing up with a legendary name (ie Kobe).

Kobe Brown, Missouri
Freshman forward; averaged 5.8 points and 3.7 rebounds in his first season with the Tigers

"My dad was a high school coach [Greg Brown, head coach at Lee High School in Huntsville, Alabama], and one of his players was getting recruited by Kobe Bryant's dad, former La Salle assistant Joe 'Jellybean' Bryant, years ago.

"He took him down there to visit in the mid-1990s and while he was down there, my dad went to one of Kobe Bryant's high school games. He was impressed. After the game, he saw Kobe's dad and he told him that if he were ever blessed to have a son, he would name him Kobe.

"Because of the name, I definitely had to play with a chip on my shoulder when I was younger. Some of my friends would say 'You ain't Kobe,' or they'd call me 'Fake Kobe.' I just got used to it and I just kept doing what I did. I kept killing.


"Because of the name, I feel like Kobe's death meant more to me," Kobe Brown says.
"The day he died, I was in my apartment complex in Missouri on a group call with two friends from back home. One of them told me that Kobe died. I said, 'What?' I couldn't believe it. He couldn't believe it.

"I reached out to my dad the same day. He was with his high school team. I knew I shouldn't call him in the middle of practice, but I did. He just couldn't believe it. And then he retold the story of how I got my name and why he named me after him.

"Because of the name, I feel like Kobe's death meant more to me. I had the Kobe gear and Lakers things. He's always been a part of me.

"I wanted to model my life after Kobe because he was this famous basketball player. He was just an inspiration."
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Mizzou Basketball on ESPN front page. - DrViagra MU - 3/26 22:12:21
     They're really having to dig deep to find content - playhard NWMSU - 3/27 08:32:42
          They better hope DJT whom they hate calls an end to - tigertix MU - 3/27 19:21:24
          Sounds like our Kobe - Diamond Dave MU - 3/27 09:30:35
          Haha, yes. - DrViagra MU - 3/27 09:20:01




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