Kobe Bryant and Kevin Durant Exchanged Shoes in a Passing of the Torch Moment

Kobe Bryant is retiring. Maybe you’ve heard. On Wednesday night the Thunder rolled into Los Angeles and beat the Lakers by 35. Kobe scored 19 points on 7-22 shooting and afterwards exchanged shoes with Kevin Durant in a sort of passing of the torch moment. A nice gesture, but the torch was probably passed in 2012 when the Thunder eliminated the Lakers from the playoffs. Or earlier in the game when Durant toasted Kobe on two consecutive possessions with crossovers.

Either way, please don’t tell anyone about this.

" KD asked if he exchanged shoes with Kobe postgame: “Yeah, but don’t tell nobody” pic.twitter.com/Wv17TUxWk3 — Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) December 24, 2015 "