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" On the eve of Kobe Bryant&amp;#039;s final game, Nike released a commercial commemorating the legions of non-Lakers fans who hate\u00A0Black Mamba. The clip\u00A0is a salute to a long, legendary career with both the Lakers and Nike. Love him or hate him, Kobe always took the game and his shoes seriously. So, it&amp;#039;s only natural that Bryant\u2014who has the sort\u00A0of\u00A0sneaker loyalty that even\u00A0Kanye would respect\u2014refused to\u00A0sign a pair of Nick Young&amp;#039;s Adidas. As Young, who was signed by Adidas in December, told reporters in a\u00A0a post-game interview: &amp;quot;Kobe signing autographs\u2014we was all in line like we was fans, you know, in the locker room. The fact that he threw my Adidas and didn&amp;#039;t sign my Adidas, I was a little disappointed in that. But\u00A0he could not end without something like that, so...I think he threw my shoes in the trash, but yeah, that&amp;#039;s Kobe for you.&amp;quot; Kobe did eventually sign a pair of Nikes for Young and took a picture with his son. But going out with some shoe drama is so &amp;quot;Kobe for you.&amp;quot; [H/T: Sneakernews] "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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