Late Lakers great Kobe Bryant eventually morphed into an icon and even a mentor to today's NBA players, and Kyrie Irving learned a lot from him.

Kyrie Irving shared a moving story about Kobe Bryant and one of the most important lessons he applied to his life.

Kyrie Irving would continue on about how difficult it was to lose Kobe Bryant because of how important he was to him and so many others before revealing that the main thing Bryant taught him was to not let basketball define him: “He was a genuine friend ...