Jalen Williams carries some Kobe Bryant in him It’s fitting for Williams to done a Kobe shirt due to some similar characteristics. Beginning with, Williams wears the No.8 in honor of Bryant.

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“I have a funny Kobe [Bryant] story,” Williams said. “My parents surprised me for a USA scrimmage, and Kobe was by the stands, and I was like too scared to say anything.

Jalen Williams: They told me—and I don’t want to make this a “Kobe thing”—but he was someone they brought up who had played through it. So it was doable.

But, right now, of course, Shai being consistent, but I like what the young fella (Williams) is looking like, like Kobe coming out at party for me," Young said on the Gils Arena Show. "I respect that.