The day has arrived in which Kobe Bryant will play his final NBA game. So how did LeBron James pay tribute to Bryant? LeBron took to his Instagram and posted a picture of him and Bryant when they were teammates for the U.S.A Olympic Basketball team. The two were supposed to be rivals, remember the awesome NIKE campaign that featured puppet versions of Kobe and LeBron and they were supposed to meet in the NBA Finals. Kobe and the Lakers made it but the Cavaliers didn't. And once James went to Miami, the Lakers were never able to get to the finals. We'll never know what it would've been like if King James and the Black Mamba would've faced off in the NBA Finals.

 

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