Michael Jordan once told Kobe Bryant he could 'never fill' his shoes, and he remembered

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On Episode 52 of the 'No Chill Podcast', former NBA guard Gilbert Arenas told a story from the 2002-03 season, in which Arenas was a teammate of Jordan, who was in the second season of his NBA comeback with the Washington Wizards. Earlier in the season, Arenas stated that after a game MJ told a young Bryant-metaphorically speaking of course-that he could wear his shoes, but "never fill them". Arenas went on to say that the "Black Mamba" went on to drop 55 points on Jordan the next time the Wizards and Lakers faced off, and the folks over at Basketball-Reference can back this up.

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