This season being Kobe Bryant‘s last, he’s started a new tradition of giving, or exchanging, sneakers with some of his fiercest opponents. In soccer, jerseys are exchanged, but in the NBA shoes are as sentimental a gift as you can give.
Most recently giving shoes to Paul George of the Indiana Pacers, and now Lebron James, Kobe Bryant’s retirement tour is the gift that keeps on giving.
Interestingly enough, this wasn’t the first time that Kobe has gifted a pair a sneakers to Lebron as stories recently surfaced that the Black Mamba also gave King James shoes when he was in high school.