Los Angeles Lakers

Ex-teammate illustrates the different ways Kobe and MJ intimidated opponents

Published Apr. 11, 2016 4:05 p.m. ET

Nick Schwartz

Kobe Bryant has spent his entire career trying to surpass Michael Jordan as the consensus greatest basketball player of all time, and though many of Bryant's former teammates agree that he's the "closest thing to Jordan" basketball fans will ever see, the two legendary shooting guards have some distinct differences on and off the court.

A few of Bryant's former teammates recalled their favorite memories of the retiring star for The Players' Tribune, and Horace Grant (who won titles with Jordan and Bryant) explained the different ways Jordan and Bryant approached the pre-game meeting at midcourt.

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