On Thursday, McGrady shared a story on WFAN’s “Carton and Roberts” that perfectly encapsulated Bryant’s competitiveness. “We were in Paris,” McGrady said. “I was getting ready to go work out and [Kobe] was like, ‘Bro, what are you going to work out for?’ I was like, ‘Man I’m going to stay in shape and get ready for the upcoming season.’ He’s like, ‘It’s too early, it’s the offseason.’ Just testing me. I was like yeah okay, whatever man. “So, I go upstairs, I change, I chill for a while. I go to the gym, walk in, who’s in there sweating, going hard? It was him. I just shook my head like, ‘Bro, didn’t you just tell me?’ Those were the mind games Kobe played and I figured that out early.”