Kobe Bryant’s Childhood Friend Drops Bombshell Claim That Baller Is a ‘Piece of Sh—’ Who Could Have Prevented His Imprisonment But Bryant’s Mom Wouldn’t Let Him


Kobe Bryant will forever be remembered for his impact on the game of basketball, but for some who knew him before the fame, he is a confidante who turned into a foe.

A blistering “Blood On The Razor Wire TV” interview with the retired Los Angeles Lakers childhood friend, Kevin “Sandman” Sanchez, has many of the NBA great’s fans coming to his defense.

In Sanchez’s scathing recollection of befriending Kobe through basketball while attending Lower Merion High School in Philadelphia, he alleged that the fond persona that the late, larger-than-life athlete is best known for is nothing like the man he came to know.

Kobe Bryant’s childhood friend calls the Laker great a “piece of s–t” and blames the athlete’s mother for playing a role in his 1996 robbery conviction. (Photos: kobebryant/Instagram; “Blood On The Razor Wire TV” YouTube)

“To me, he’s not a good person,” the Philly native told host Chad Marks. Despite noting that his former friend was not arrogant during adolescence, he added that as Kobe became more of a star, his ego grew inflated, and “that’s when he became a piece of crap. He wasn’t like that when he was young.”

Moreover, the rapper also had a hand in helping the superstar during his short-lived foray at launching a hip-hop career.

He said, “As far as us, that was his original friends … he s—ted on all of us at the end of it. To keep it real, he s—ted on every single one of us. He made new friends when he went out there (to California), and he cut everybody off, including his family members.”