Following the sudden death of local hero Kobe Bryant, longtime Lakers fan, Jack Nicholson reflected on his relationship with the basketball icon and his home team in a rare CBS phone interview​

“My reaction is the same as almost all of L.A. and most of the world, Nicholson said. “Suddenly, where everything was solid, there’s a big hole in the wall. On their first meeting the academy award winner shared this story.

\”I teased him the first time we met. It was in [Madison Square Garden] in New York, and I offered him a basketball and asked him, if he wanted me to autograph it for him?  He looked at me like I was crazy.”

Kobe Bryant wasn’t without a sense of humor: “He got all the jokes, that’s for sure.” See more about the documentary that Nicholson and Kobe worked on together. https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/28579796/a-friend-well-fan-jack-nicholson-remembers-kobe-just-how-great-player-was