DeMar DeRozan and Kobe Bryant have some serious respect for one another.
The Toronto Raptors star took to Twitter on Wednesday to show off his fancy new basketball from Spalding:
He wasn't done there, though. The sporting goods company sent DeRozan a second limited edition ball, which the Compton, Calif. native gifted to the man he grew up idolizing:
The Black Mamba, who retired at the end of last season, thanked DeRozan and provided some words of encouragement for the NBA's current master of the mid-range game: