In light of the parallels between the deaths of Kobe Bryant and Moses Malone, and them both being Nike athletes, where in ’82, Nike and Moses Malone paid tribute to Moses and Exodus and the story of the staff (that becomes a snake, like Kobe), notice the other name for the Torah, or the Five Books of Moses, which is the Pentateuch.

Kobe dead at 41, on his 157th day of his age. RIP.

Exodus 4:1 begins the story of Moses and his staff becoming a snake.

And Moses Malone’s ad was just before he won the NBA Finals with the “fo, fo, fo” quote before beating the Lakers. Again, Kobe turned 4 in ’82, and the day before his death, LeBron, or King James, like the one with a Bible named after him, passed Kobe Bryant in points scored, dropping Kobe to fourth all-time on the scoring list (and then the ritual with LeBron’s fourth championship in Orlando, like Kobe, later that same NBA season).

And don’t forget Kobe did the After Death shoe with Nike, and then died the season of Anthony Davis being signed by the Lakers.