Jalen Brunson reveals the Christmas Day a teenage him met Kobe Bryant in a United Center hallway and the line he's never forgotten
Brunson: "I just remember him walking in the hallway. As a teenager, you're trying to keep your cool. So I said hi, shook his hand."
Brunson: "Kobe said something that to this day I will never forget. He said, 'Why work if you don't want to be the best?' That quote will sit with me forever."
Brunson: "He had these red high-top Kobe nines, the Christmas nines, and the shoes just kind of fell into my hand. He's like, 'Here you go. These for you.'"
Brunson: "When I got in the car to go home, I looked at it and I was like, 'Oh, I'm definitely wearing these.'"
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