Michael Jordan will be the presenter in the exaltation of the great victim Kobe Bryant in the Basketball Hall of Fame, according to the authorities of the organism.
As you will recall, Jordan was one of the people who spoke at the ceremony held at the Staples Center on the occasion of the deaths of Kobe, his daughter Gianna and seven other people in a plane crash. The two had forged a great friendship, to the point that Jordan described Bryant as a younger brother.
# 20HoopClass Michael Jordan will present his candidate Kobe Bryant. pic.twitter.com/RDmEVK7EsN
– HOF Basketball (@Hoophall) April 15, 2021
“At first, it was a nuisance,” Jordan said of Bryant constantly riddling him with questions early in his career. “Then it became a passion.”
“As I met him, I wanted to be the best big brother I could be.”
Bryant will become one of the new members next May alongside former San Antonio Spurs player Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett who played for the Minnesota Timberwolves, Boston Celtics and Brooklyn Nets as part of the 2020 class. which will be honored on May 15 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Bryant’s arrival will be exalted after winning 5 championships (all with the Los Angeles Lakers), 2 MVP awards in the NBA Finals (2009-2010) and another as the most valuable of a regular season (2008), finishing his career with 33,643 points, 7,047 rebounds and 6,306 assists.
Jordan will also present Baylor head coach Kim Mulkey, making him the only member of the Hall of Fame to feature multiple nominees during this year’s exaltation ceremony.
Duncan and Garnett will be introduced by David Robinson and Isiah Thomas, respectively, while Rudy Tomjanovich, the two-time NBA champion coach of the Houston Rockets, will be introduced by franchise icons Hakeem Olaujuwon and Calvin Murphy.