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Jan 2020
40m 39s

KOBE BRYANT

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All The Smoke welcomes The Black Mamba to the show! Kobe and Stack reminisce about the 1996 McDonald's All-American Boys Game. Stack says he should have won the MVP, does Kobe agree? Kobe talks about the team that stopped the Lakers from winning even more championships, Matt getting feisty with Kobe, lack of playing time in his first three years and his break during the NBA lockout that lead to the beginning of one of the greatest careers in American sports. 

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