
Michael Jordan shares final text messages he exchanged with Kobe Bryant
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NBA legend Michael Jordan has shared his final text conversation with the late, great Kobe Bryant.
Jordan, who will induct Bryant into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Saturday, shared the messages with ESPN which dated back to December 8, 2019 -- 49 days before his death. In the messages -- which Jordan admits he can't bring himself to delete -- Bryant praised Jordan's Cincoro Tequila, a bottle of which was sent to Bryant at the launch.
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