Nope, he played basketball and, depending on how deep down the rabbit hole you go, he was:
Spring Training fodder in Florida for the NBA.
Received offers to play abroad but turned them down.
Became a Merc with Blackwater (before they changed). (getting paid a whopping 36.000 a year while in field ops)
A personal bodyguard to people attending the G7.
Met President Bush (and "got a book signed" for my dad) during one of his protection duties.
All while:
Deaf in one ear
Dyslexic
Suffering from major heart and health issues
Constantly unable to do the most basic of tasks effectively or with direction.
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The Kobe story stuck out to me because...Kobe. He told more stories, which were more insane than the last but there was always a grain of truth in his stories that made them vaguely possible.
Like "I missed calling Kobe on his birthday because my phone (died, got lost...whatever) so I called him later and wished him well and he asked me for my address, so I gave it to him and he sent me this" he then shows off his iPhone that has somethign like "To *MY BROTHERS NAME* From Kobe" or something to that effect etched on the back.
So, I could be like, "Dude did you fucking etch a phone you bought with that?" Which would basically cause my dad to go ballistic because my dad worships my brother OR...I could eat it and just tell other people about my insane brother in a therapeutic version of:
