"I said to myself, 'I guess I can be like Kobe one day.' But then I was like, 'Nah, he's too nice.' During that time, I started learning about Kobe, LeBron James, Kevin Durant and other players. So, in Ghana, I started watching Kobe Bryant videos. People would just go 'Kobe! Kobe!' when they saw me. "Growing up, I'd heard about Kobe Bryant, but I didn't know much until I started playing basketball. In Ghana, where I'm from, a male born on a Tuesday is named 'Kobby. Junior forward, averaged 2.7 points and 1.8 rebounds in his first season with NCCU in 2019-20 after transferring from Baltimore City Community College "I feel more responsibility to hold up the name now." "I definitely drank some champagne and watched the news that night. I think having the same name made his death more unique, in a way. I definitely think it was different for me. "It was just weird because people would say my name afterward and I'd realize that they were talking about him, not me. And I looked at my phone and I had three missed calls from my mom. "When I was 9 or 10 years old, I had a moment where I was like, 'Wow, I'm really named after Kobe Bryant.' But I liked it. "But you definitely have to be more than an average person if your name is Kobe (Kobi) Bryant. Everyone was like, 'Why aren't you on the team?' I would say, 'Trust me, you don't want me on the team.' Mary's in Akron, Ohio, where LeBron James went to high school. But everyone expects you to be good because of the name. But I had to quit because I couldn't shoot. "I played basketball until I was in eighth grade.
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