Kobe's boyhood hero Oscar Schmidt celebrates 'annoying kid'

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For little Kobe Bryant growing up in Italy, the player that amazed him as a child was a skinny and half bald Brazilian guard that often beat his father's teams with long distance shots. It was there that the son of Joe Bryant started going to courts to watch his father in action and, when possible, take a few shots himself. Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter and seven others died in a helicopter crash on a steep hillside in Southern California on Sunday, igniting a global wave of grief that includes Schmidt - the idol turned fan.

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