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Rare Clip Of Young Kobe Bryant Trash Talking Magic Johnson In Italian Resurfaces 

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.

An old and very rare clip now resurfaced. In this clip, 19-year old Kobe can be seen trash talking Magic Johnson. Kobe was sitting across Magic on a talk show, 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