A one-of-a-kind basketball card signed by both Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant is expected to shatter records at a recent ...

The only basketball card signed by both Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant is expected to net $6 million at auction – a ...

Kobe Bryant talks with Michael Jordan during the NBA All-Star Game at the Phillips Arena on Feb. 9, 2003, in Atlanta, Georgia. (Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images) ...

The fifth episode of The Last Dance opens with Michael Jordan at the 1998 All-Star Game and his interactions with — and private thoughts on — a 19-year-old Kobe Bryant, who was making his All ...

Michael Jordan-Kobe Bryant connection: What 'The Last Dance' doc doesn't mention about their relationship Before his death, Bryant spoke about Jordan's mentorship for the documentary By James Herbert ...

Michael Jordan ridiculed Kobe Bryant during the early part of the Lakers star's budding career. Bryant, however, slowly earned Jordan's respect.

Kobe Bryant's career was, in many ways, defined by Michael Jordan. Bryant drew comparisons to the Chicago Bulls legend practically from the moment he entered the NBA. He was similarly athletic at ...

Michael Jordan goes up for two points during a game against the Los Angeles Lakers, with Kobe Bryant behind him, at the Great Western Forum in Inglewood, California, on Feb. 5, 1997.

Jordan and Kobe only crossed over in the NBA for four seasons, 1996-1998 and 2001-2003. In those first two seasons, Jordan's last two with the Chicago Bulls, Kobe wasn't even a starter.

The fifth episode of The Last Dance on Sunday began an appearance from Kobe Bryant, who gave an interview about Michael Jordan before the Jan. 26 helicopter crash took his life.

I just wanted to talk about Kobe.” Jordan noted that Bryant, 41, wanted “to be the best basketball player that he could be.” And that had an effect on Jordan, he told the emotional crowd.

Kobe Bryant, as of this year's playoffs, including this most recent series with the Dallas Mavericks, has played in 208 playoff games and has scored 5,280 points, which comes out to 25.3 ppg.