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How much did it mean to you that Kobe picked up on your "Baby Face Assassin" nickname? You know, it seems like he saw the killer instinct in you before a lot of others.
That is one of my favorite memories and, like, compliments I've ever gotten in my life. It's my rookie year and we were playing the Lakers at home. He's on the bench. I think we're getting beat at the time, but I come down the court and I do like this little pump fake situation, hit a, uh, a leaner off the glass.
And as I run out the court, the camera, um, locks in on him for some reason. And he like points to or leans to the guy sitting next to him, you know, his teammates, and, uh, kind of mouths like, "Yo, he's nice." That's the dopest thing in the world. Kobe's validating your game and he's just seeing you play, like, for real for the first time. And that's just freaking amazing.