2015 NBA Draft prospect Emmanuel Mudiay, 19, recently recently revealed that he is a big fan of Los Angeles Lakers' shooting guard Bryant.
"Kobe, I admire his determination," Congolese-American professional basketball player stated, as Fox Sports quoted him as saying. "That's what made me a fan of his. He's got a dog in him and that's kind of how I approach the game. You got to be a dog."
Instead of attending college at Southern Methodist Church in Dallas, Texas, Mudiay opted to play basketball in China. He last played for Guangdong Souther Tigers of the Chinese Basketball Association.
Mudiay is listed as one of the top prospects for the 2015 NBA Draft, which will be held at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, and will be televised by ESPN. A mock selection for the 2015 NBA Draft's area players was recently listed by The Courier-Journal.
The young point guard gained much attention from the meda after he played high school basketball for Grace Preparatory Academy and Prime Prep Academy.
Meanwhile, while the young promising basketball star is apparently looking up to the Los Angeles Lakers' shooting guard, there are haters calling Bryant a selfish basketball player, according to one of his fans.
Only the lucky fans of the NBA star get to have their questions answered by the Los Angeles Lakers' shooting guard on Twitter considering that he has more than 6.73 million followers. On June 6, one of his fans got such rare chance.
The fan asked Bryant for his thoughts about people who call him a selfish basketball player. Bryant simply responded through a three-word tweet, which goes, "Count to 5." The tweet was retweeted almost 50,000 and favorited almost 40,000.