Kobe Bryant meets 'Game of Thrones' in this hilarious retirement farce
Damn Bleacher Report, back at it again with the Game of Zones laughs.
The Internet's favorite farcical cross between NBA basketball and Game of Thrones has returned, this time to poke fun at the retirement of Los Angeles Lakers icon Kobe Bryant.
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The animated three-minute clip from Bleacher Report's media lab features former teammates and rivals, as well as some pop culture luminaries, honoring Bryant at a bash that looks straight out of Westeros.
From Phil Jackson, to Pau Gasol, to Jack Nicholson, to Nick Young and more -- the gang's all here.
Among other highlights, Bryant is presented with nostalgic gifts from around the kingdoms league, gets serenaded by a jester who bears a striking resemblance to Lil Wayne and has a face-to-face meeting with "Shaq of Neal."
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Sam Laird is Mashable's Senior Sports Reporter. He covers the wide, weird world of sports from all angles -- as well as occasional other topics -- from Mashable's San Francisco bureau. Before joining Mashable in November 2011, his freelance work appeared in publications including the New York Times, New York Times Magazine, Slam, and East Bay Express. Sam is a graduate of UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz, and basketball and burritos take up most of his spare time. Follow him on Twitter @samcmlaird.
