The Last Dance director opens up on Michael Jordan & Kobe Bryant's close relationship

Last Dance episodes 5 and 6 aired on May 3 (May 4 IST) and, as expected, were an emotional affair as basketball legend Kobe Bryant is set to make an appearance in one of episodes. close, yet almost unheard of, relationship between Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant will be explored in latest episodes of documentary. Despite duo sharing quite a rivalry on court, Jordan is kwn to have considered Kobe Bryant his bror, which was me evident from his eulogy at Kobe Bryant's memorial.

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Last Dance director Jason Hehir talks about Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant

During a recent Q&A session with Score, Last Dance director, Jason Hehir shed more light on working with Kobe Bryant and  unfolding relationship between Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant. As quoted by publication,  Last Dance director, Jason Hehir said, "I didn't realise y h relationship that y h until we interviewed Kobe in July a few weeks after birth of his daughter (Capri Bryant). And he told me that from time he was a youngster in league, he did seek out Michael's vice."

Hehir revealed that Michael Jordan went out of his way to help young Lakers star and even offered his personal number to Bryant. According to Jason Hehir, Michael Jordan was always like big bror to Kobe and was influential during early sts of Bryant's career.

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MJ and Kobe relationship:  Last Dance director discusses Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant

Kobe Bryant me his name in NBA for his Mamba mentality which highlighted his sheer determination and desire to be best every time he stepped on court. During his legendary career with Lakers, experts frequently pitted Bryant against Jordan in order to find better of two. duo even enjoyed a healthy rivalry on court, which mostly coincided with latter part of Jordan's Bulls career and Bryant's early Lakers career. 

Hehir ded, "Kobe said that he's offended when people say, "You could beat Jordan one-on-one, or if you guys played one-on-one, you'd smoke him." And he always told people, ", , . Fall back. This is t a guy that I'm going to talk that way about."

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MJ and Kobe relationship: Jordan's emotional eulogy at Kobe Bryant's memorial

Kobe Bryant along with his daughter Gianna and seven ors were killed in a helicopter crash near Calabasas, California on January 26, 2020. His memorial was held at Staples Center on February 24. A tearful Michael Jordan delivered a heartfelt eulogy at memorial. 

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