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“I’m Ready to Kill Him”: Kobe Bryant Almost Chose Violence on Innocent Celtics Fan Before Honest Plea in 2008

Published 10/14/2022, 12:30 AM EDT

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Kobe Bryant is known for more than just his play style, which earned him the nickname “Black mamba.” His personality is a mystery to everyone. Some athletes exhibit aggression, but Kobe makes his aggression felt. His fury is sometimes directed not only against the game’s legends but also at ordinary individuals. His fearless attitude serves as a source of inspiration for everyone.

Recently, a Netflix documentary was released named Redeem Team. It is based on the journey of Team USA from the 2006 world cup to the 2008 Olympics. The documentary is breaking the charts because stars like LeBron James and Kobe Bryant shared the untold stories of the event. Kobe can be seen telling various stories, which offer the fans mixed feelings of joy and despair.

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Kobe Bryant shared a strange Celtics fan encounter

The series opened with Kobe Bryant sharing a story. Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers had just lost the NBA Finals to the reviled Boston Celtics in 2008. He shared an incident of a strange encounter with a Celtics fan while shopping for groceries. He said, “You see a guy with a Celtics jersey at Disneyland, I’m ready to kill him.”

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The world needs no introduction to Kobe’s competitive spirit. The one thing he cannot tolerate is losing. Any blunders in a game were a nightmare for his teammates. Because even the greats have succumbed to his wrath. Legends like Shaquille O’Neal and LeBron James can be seen sharing several stories of Kobe’s mindset and encounters.

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The documentary portrays some untold stories of the locker room, the off-camera relationship between the players, pregame strategies and talks, and many more. It showed the downfall of the USA team and then their comeback and winning the gold medal in the Beijing Olympics. That is why the name of the documentary is Redeem Team, they redeemed their glory.

Have you watched the documentary? If yes then do tell us your thoughts in the comment section.

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Ritesh Jha

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Ritesh Jha is an NBA writer for EssentiallySports. He is currently pursuing his Bachelor's in Technology in Computer Science from Rungta College. Ritesh worked as an intern content writer for a digital marketing agency called KCAS Branding before joining EssentiallySports.
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Pritam Priyedarshi