'I don't think they make them like him any more,' an emotional Nick Kyrgios said of Kobe Bryant. 'He was different, the way he trained, the way he did things, the way he played. He was special.'
After walking onto Rod Laver Arena wearing an old school Kobe Bryant No. 8 jersey, Nick Kyrgios arrived at his post match press conference wearing the Los Angeles Lakers superstar's famous No. 24.Nick Kyrgios was emotional as he arrived on Rod Laver Arena wearing a Kobe Bryant jersey."I never met Kobe but basketball is practically my life. I watch it every day. I've been following it for as long as I can remember," Kyrgios said.
Kyrgios is a Boston Celtics man and that typically means all Lakers are enemy number one, but Bryant transcended that rivalry.
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