Jayson Tatum emotional over mentor and hero Kobe Bryant: 'He was special'

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An emotional Jayson Tatum called Kobe Bryant his "hero" and credited him with being the reason that Tatum first gravitated to basketball. Speaking to reporters for the first time since Bryant's tragic death in a helicopter crash on Sunday, a hushed Tatum tried to put into words what Bryant meant to him, first as someone he idolized as a kid and later a mentor on his NBA journey. LIVE stream the Celtics all season and get the latest news and analysis on all of your teams from NBC Sports Boston by downloading the My Teams App.

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