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Kobe Bryant’s effect on Julius Randle ran deeper than basketball

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Julius Randle is the ultimate family man — married when he was 22 and dedicated to his wife, Kendra, and their 3-year-old son, Kyden, whose image is tattooed on his arm.

Sources close to the Knicks forward indicated Kobe Bryant, his Lakers teammate during his first two seasons in the NBA, was instrumental in helping him grow as a husband and father at a young age.

Bryant also married at 22, to Vanessa, whom he met when she was in high school. They had four girls — one of whom died with him in Sunday’s unthinkable helicopter crash in Southern California.