Among many things, Kobe Bryant was also one of the great trash talkers on the hardwood. Whether it be personal, funny or in various languages, Kobe also found a way to get under his opponents’ skins.

Check out this old and very rare clip, in which 19-year old Kobe can be seen trash talking Magic Johnson. Kobe was sitting across Magic on his talk show ‘The Magic Hour’, when Magic asked him to trash talk him a little in Italian. 

RARE: 19-year old Kobe Bryant speaks about comparisons to Michael Jordan and talks trash in Italian, in this recently surfaced footage from his appearance on @MagicJohnson‘s talk show ‘THE MAGIC HOUR’ from 1998. pic.twitter.com/ZN4g3ZnTgd

— Adam Howes (@Howsito) August 8, 2021