Question answered. Please close the thread after this post!his memory and career will live in Springfield forever
He was a HS friend and rival of Richard Hamilton. They came from the same area of PA. ??? That was about 20 years ago.I just spoke to a friend who ran into him 20 years ago at the Holyoke Mall. Kobe said whenever he's in the area he liked to go to the mall. He got his autograph, and said he was very down to earth.
His father played professionally in Italy and Kobe was born there and spent the first few years of his life in Italy. So yes, he spoke Italian.Kobe apparently understands Italian, walked over and said "Kobe Bryant."
Oh, I thought he was born there. Thanks for the correction.Kobe moves there when he was six and returned to philly when he was 13