Jeanie Buss & Pau Gasol Celebrate Kobe Bryant On Mamba Day

Pau Gasol, who won two championships alongside Kobe on the Lakers in 2009 and 2010, also posted a graphic in honor of Mamba Day:

Even though he is no longer with us, it is nice to see Bryant continue to be celebrated in the Lakers community. Perhaps no athlete has had a bigger impact and bond with the city of Los Angeles than Kobe, and that is something that will never change.

Buss has been very vocal about how much Bryant helped her in her career, and the same can be said for Gasol, who helped get the Lakers over the hump to give Kobe his fourth and fifth championships.

Those two, in particular, have made it a point to celebrate Bryant at every possible opportunity, which is greatly appreciated in the fanbase.

Dennis Rodman believes Kobe Bryant belongs in GOAT conversation

Despite all of his accomplishments and accolades, Kobe Bryant’s name rarely gets mentioned in the greatest of all-time conversation, which NBA legend Dennis Rodman doesn’t agree with. He named Michael Jordan as his GOAT but believes Bryant’s name is definitely in the conversation as well.

“We know who that is, Jordan all day long. Get mad at me all you want. Guess what? People forgot about that one guy. That one guy, that’s called Kobe Bryant. People forget about him. They talk about everybody else. They don’t talk about Kobe for some reason,” Rodman recently said.