Kobe Bryant forged a friendship with Carmelo Anthony during the time period they won a Gold Meda for Team USA together at Beijing. “Black Mamba” has continued to call “Melo” his little brother and even silenced him about talking about his desire to be traded to the New York Knicks during the 2010-2011 season.
Competitors and basketball purists would like to see some natural tension between the two elite basketball players on the court because it is likely to raise the performance level of both, when they go against one another. Right now the competition between “Black Mamba” and “Melo” is too lopsided in the favor of Bryant. We know Kobe hates to lose, but there are a lot of questions surrounding if ”Melo” can or ever will match the competitive streak of “Black Mamba.”
It was much the same way Michael Jordan befriended Patrick Ewing and for the longest time the world wanted to see Ewing raise his competitive ...
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