Marc Lamont Hill - I Grew Up With Kobe

Toure Show

DCP Entertainment

Society & Culture, Arts, Performing Arts

4.8 • 880 Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2021

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Toure Show Ep 110 Original air Date: January 29, 2020 Dr. Marc Lamont Hill grew up in Philly playing basketball with Kobe Bryant. Marc played one on one with him hundreds of times. They stayed friends as Kobe became one of the greats and Marc became one of the coolest intellectuals in America and a basketball expert who thinks of himself as Mr. 76ers. He sits front row at every home game. This is a throwback—we had this conversation weeks before Kobe tragically died and you can hear Marc’s respect for his old friend coming through. Patreon.com/toureshow Instagram: @toureshow Twitter@toure See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:47.6	Kobe in my life 200 times. Never beat him. Never beat him. That might not seem like a big deal, but when you play a game like that where you got you got the ball first and all you got to do is score you think I'd win one.
0:59.3	Some. But he took this so serious. He had a level of like obsession with winning and discipline about it. I remember one
1:06.7	day I came with a gym and he was shooting free throws left-handed. You will never
1:10.8	need a left-handed free throw and then I remember it was in the middle of his career and he broke his hand in the middle of a play and he shot the free throw left-handed
1:19.6	The idea that he was preparing for some shit that the rest of us couldn't even imagine,
1:25.6	but the idea that he was imagining a moment like that,
1:28.7	and the fact that he was willing to work an extra hour or two just in case that one moment happened was a testament to his discipline and his commitment as a basketball player and what I'm saying is that as intellectual that level of commitment and discipline is also there.
1:44.0	Mark Lamont Hill has been my friend for a long time
1:47.5	and he's one of the coolest smart guys you could ever meet.
1:51.0	You've probably heard him talk a lot about social justice, but I wanted this
1:54.9	conversation to be different. I wanted to give you more of a slice of the mark I know who's
1:59.3	much more of a shit-talker and an unquestionable basketball expert. He sat front row at the 76ers
2:05.9	games for years and he knows his stuff and he is Mr. 76er. We talk a lot about his teenage years in Philly and growing up around the late Kobe Bryant.
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