Jayson Tatum has been open for his entire basketball career about the way he idolizes the late, great Kobe Bryant ... him in a Lakers jersey posing for a picture with Bryant himself.

Jayson Tatum looks up to Kobe Bryant in the way I look up to chinchillas. With sincere, unadulterated admiration and hope to model as much of oneself around their positive features as possible.

Jayson Tatum has made no secret of his love for Kobe Bryant, but now it appears that Tatum may have emulated Bryant in a very unintentional way. A wild video went viral over social media this week ...