Drake wears ‘Farewell Mamba’ Kobe tribute jacket to All-Star Game
Music superstar, Toronto native and Toronto Raptors global ambassador Drake evidently decided that coaching Team Canada to All-Star Celebrity Game glory wasn’t enough of a feather in his cap for 2016 All-Star Weekend. No, it seems Drizzy also aimed to outshine the eternally natty Craig Sager by taking home Loudest Jacket honors at Sunday night’s 2016 NBA All-Star Game:
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That’s right: your man went with a red leather “Farewell Mamba” jacket to celebrate the 18th and final All-Star appearance of Kobe Bryant, the Los Angeles Lakers legend who announced in November that he will retire at the end of this season.
It’s a tremendously cool and off-the-beaten path tribute to one of the game’s all-time greats. It was, however, apparently not enough to earn Drake — who came out to announce the All-Star starters, but who mostly wound up welcoming them as they took the stage — any dap from the Mamba as he came out of the tunnel:
Oh, well. High-fives are temporary, Drake. Fire ‘fits are forever. Just ask Russell Westbrook … who, um, also danced straight past Drake.
If you need Drake, he’ll be hanging out in Marvin’s Room for a little while.
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