I watched Kobe go after guys and recruit the guys that were not afraid of them, right?

You, Barnes, a couple other guys that he wanted to go.

Jordan did this as well with Rodman and a few other guys that he went after.

Yeah.

Did he ever call you try to recruit you or no?

Now, he actually didn't, you know, because Kobe's, he's probably going to send his soldiers,

which is the Lakers organization. Theakers called me at 12-01 so on on June 30th so that's when the free agency

opened so I did I did not expect that call a 1201 I was in LA at the SLS hotel about to go

out with my friends I get a call we. We pull over. And then my agent David

Bauman says, the Lakers want to speak to you. Pardon my French, but my, my first reaction was

for fucking what? Because I'm like, they just beat us like, for one, I don't ever think

I'm going to play for the Lakers. Two, I'm super competitive. And I'm like, I don't want to speak to the Lakers.

Yeah.

He said, they want you on their team.

So then I'm like, I was still a little bit defensive.

But then I was like, hold on a second.

He just said, so now all the stuff is going on in my head.

I meet with Dr. Buss the next morning, and he was like, you know, I'm sorry,

I'm not going to be able to pay you what you worth, but we really want you on his team.

Straight up, he says that opening line.

Yep, that's his opening line.

And I said, damn, Dr. Buss, Phil Jackson, Kobe Bryant.

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