Jayson Tatum looks up to Kobe Bryant in the way I look up to chinchillas. With sincere, unadulterated admiration and hope to model as much of oneself around their positive features as possible. Tatum has once again followed in the footsteps of his hero.
Maybe it’s too early to mention feet.
We should make a few things clear from this point. This is what you call a coincidence. A super, ultra unfortunate one. An extremely unlikely thing happened. Things even more unlikely than this also have the potential to happen at random. Numbers can get really, really big. We probably should just leave it at that and be like “whoa” and then “oh no.” So let's pretend everyone can and will do that. Good?
Good.
Jayson Tatum just suffered the same injury as Kobe Bryant at the exact same moment
A user on Reddit pointed out an alarming overlap. Late in Kobe’s career and late in this particular Los Angeles Lakers’ season (2013, in fact. I’m glad you asked!) Kobe ruptured his Achilles during play. This took place with 3:08 left in the fourth quarter.
You may or may or may not be aware that Jayson Tatum also ruptured his Achilles recently. The wild thing (like seriously, you guys, you don’t even get it) is that this injury also took place with 3:08 left in the fourth quarter.
Also, at that moment, anyone who owned both a Jayson Tatum and a Kobe Bryant jersey was gifted the special power to do that thing where you flip ingredients on a sauté pan with their non-dominant hand. Specifically, I said INGREDIENTS. If this buff applies to you, please do not immediately test your pan abilities on an omelette. You are not there yet. Start with some onions and peppers or something. You’ll be impressed with the results.
Anyway, Jayson Tatum’s love of Kobe and the whole mamba mentality thing are well known. Jayson Tatum once had a tattoo of Kobe’s face covering his own face. It's okay. It went away. I think that’s how hauntings work.
I hope you’re not too creeped out now. If you are, go outside for a little bit. Connect with the real, physical world. If it’s dark out, don’t do that. Stay in a corner with a blanket and a stick. That way you can see the ghosts coming.
Unless they come out of the wall.