Michael Jordan will be the presenter in the elevation of the late great Kobe Bryant to the Basketball Hall of Fame, according to the body’s own authorities.
As you will recall, Jordan was one of the people who spoke at the Staples Center ceremony to mark the death of Kobe, his daughter Gianna, and seven other people in a plane crash. Both had forged a great friendship, to the point that Jordan described Bryant as a younger brother.
# 20HoopClass inductee Kobe Bryant is hosted by Michael Jordan. pic.twitter.com/RDmEVK7EsN
– Basketball COURT (@Hoophall) April 15, 2021
“It was a hassle at first,” said Jordan of Bryant who bombarded him with questions early in his career. “Then it became a passion.”
“When I met him, he wanted to be the best big brother he could be.”
Bryant, will become a new member in May, along with former San Antonio Spurs players Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett who played for the Minnesota Timberwolves, Boston Celtics and Brooklyn Nets as part of the 2020 class to be held in May. honored. 15 because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Bryant will arrive and will be elevated after winning 5 championships (all with the Los Angeles Lakers), 2 MVP awards in the NBA Finals (2009-2010) and one more as the most valuable of a regular season (2008) , leading his career with 33,643 points, 7,047 rebounds and 6,306 assists.
Jordan will also include Baylor head coach Kim Mulkey, making him the only Hall of Famer with multiple candidates at this year’s induction ceremony.
Duncan and Garnett are introduced by David Robinson and Isiah Thomas, respectively, while Rudy Tomjanovich, the two-time NBA champion coach for the Houston Rockets, is introduced by franchise icons Hakeem Olaujuwon and Calvin Murphy.