Andres Nocioni: The one I respect the most, the one who always treated me very well, and whom I always have a special affection for, is Kobe Bryant. Kobe Bryant made gestures that no one would miss. He was incredibly kind to me. I don't know, coming to say ******* o, speaking in Spanish, when we were in Beijing in 2008 Olympics and he suddenly covered my eyes and said ******* o… All of that made me create a top idol who for me was Kobe Bryant.
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Andres Nocioni: As a rival Kobe Bryant would kill you, he was a serial killer, very competitive. I imagine he must have been the closest thing to Jordan in that mindset, because I played against LeBron James. LeBron seems to me to be top two, top three in the NBA, one of the best, but I don't know if he has what Kobe and Jordan had. They were serial killers, a certain mindset. And I think LeBron is a total star, but I don't know if he has that killer mentality.
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