“He Got it Signed For me”: Former Los Angeles Lakers Player Shares a Heartwarming Kobe Bryant Story

Former Los Angeles Lakers player Adam Morrison talked about a time when Kobe Bryant made a touching gesture to uplift him during difficult times. Morrison, considered a star in his college days, wasn’t too successful in NBA. Although he played a limited number of minutes, he secured two Championships while playing for the Lakers. It was also the time when he had the opportunity to play alongside the legendary Bryant.

Just after their time together, as Morrison recalled in Battle for L.A. Podcast, Bryant helped him get over his difficult days.

“He publicly defended me numerous times,” Morrison said. “When I was out of the league, I told you I was a Chelsea fan. He knew I really liked Didier Drogba. He’s one of my favorite players of all-time, and so, the year after I’m not with the Lakers, Robert Lara, the security for the Lakers, texted me and said, ‘What’s your address?’ I gave him my address. I didn’t think anything of it, and I get a package in the mail, and it’s an autographed game-worn Didier Drogba jersey, and on it, it says, ‘Best wishes, to Adam,’ and it’s signed.”

Adam Morrison found out more after Kobe Bryant passed away

Initially, Morrison thought Bryant made a phone call to Drogba for the signed jersey. It was not until the night Bryant passed away that he found out Bryant himself had gone to Chelsea for the jersey- increasing his respect towards the legend.

“I always thought Kobe made a phone call. Still cool. Still fucking awesome! Well, that night [when Kobe passed], I’m scrolling through everything. I’m emotional reading stuff, and on Chelsea’s Instagram page, it says, ‘When Kobe visits Stamford Bridge,” and the first picture is him holding the fucking jersey with Didier Drogba and if you zoom in, it says, ‘To Adam.’

“So he went up to him and got it signed. I still have it. He got it signed for me. I never asked him for this, and he knew I was at a low point in my life. I was out of the league. So he sent that to me just as kind of ‘I’m thinking of you.’ It’s what he did for a lot of people. He understood what his aura was and so he would throw nuggets to people to pick them up,” he said.