Kobe Bryant like to say he didn't have time for friends.

Castle.

The drive kicks it out.

Brian just gets it off in time.

Puts it, friends hang.

Sometimes you'd say banners hang forever, but Pau Gasol was a friend and much more for me.

Romano.

Tomorrow, midway through Kobe's M V P season in 2000 and eight, the Lakers traded for Pau Gasol, the 7 ft Spaniard they hoped was the missing piece to their next NBA championship.

Mhm.

And I was like, I'm in heaven.

Yes, because I didn't have that.

Guys could double team me flow consequence.

And now they couldn't do that first game in New Jersey.

He was talking to me in Spanish.

And like all the play calls and the coverages to gain my trust to connect with me, I'm moist away with no ammo.

I'm gonna cause a Buddha.

They will give me that look.

Hey, you ready?

Just to engage me?

Oh, no.

So ready for December.

When you have that connection with a guy that is not going to settle for anything else then excellence, that's a strong motivator.

He's always very nice.

Very white Swan.

A black swan.

Hey was very demanding because he expected everyone to put in the same effort as he Waas, and that was unrealistic.

Brian for three.

What's it?

How witnessed that Mama mentality?

Time and time again.

That's the Achilles.

If he could barely make it to the free throw line.

God, I'm gonna walk on this tourney, Achilles by myself to the locker room.

Who does that?

And there's six seasons together in L.

A.

Kobe and Powell builds an undeniable chemistry dish to Castle Lefty.

Layup.

We did that.

Perfect.

You're not behind me.

You're not in front of me.

You right right there!

Parallel with the Lakers back, they pushed each other to two championships.

Just sorry, but the bond was so much deeper than basketball.

It's a little tightly.

He's the big brother that I've never had.

He had a ah, very kind side.

Ah, very loving side.

E Think that's something that I influenced them to in a way that it's okay Thio be normal.

Thio be vulnerable or soft at times s.

He was trying to be the best father in the world.

He embraced his daughters that kindness that softness love from a dad to a daughter.

For Powell, losing Kobe and his daughter Gianna was almost impossible to process.

I still didn't want to believe it.

You still thought that Kobe could have gotten out of that accent by his own feet, and he was that invincible.

In the world of grief that followed, Pau and his wife, Catherine, knew what his brother would want him to dio.

Yeah, we wanted to be close to Vanessa and the kids being there for him as much as possible.

Palace sent flowers for Kobe and Vanessa's 19th wedding anniversary in April on a cake for Johnny's Birthday in May.

Then in September, how became a father for the first time.

My daughter's full name is Elizabeth Jonah Gazal to have Jonah's name remembering her and having her present.

It represents so much I'm just gonna try to be a good father to my daughter.

Ah, good uncle to his daughter's boom.

Good job, Nanny.

Ah, good brother to his wife for me tomorrow.

Simple simple.

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