Jayson Tatum is Naming His Adorable New Dog After Kobe Bryant
By Tyler Kemp
Boston Celtics All-Star Jayson Tatum grew up idolizing the late, great Kobe Bryant. Tatum has worked out with and modeled his play style after Bryant, and also wears a purple arm band to honor Kobe’s legacy and all he has done for the next generation of basketball.
While Tatum honors Bryant any chance that he can while on the court, he is now carrying on Kobe’s legacy off of it. Thanks to the newest addition to Tatum’s household, he will now get to think of Bryant at any chance possible.
Jayson Tatum is getting a new puppy: a blue fawn French bulldog named Bean, after the late Kobe Bryant. The breeder, Humble Breed Bullies in Philly, says Bean is 4 weeks old and will be driven to Boston once he is 8 weeks. @LilWeezyDog might have a new friend. pic.twitter.com/Xt8Zhdh9D0
— Nicole Yang (@nicolecyang) June 25, 2020
Tatum’s new puppy is a blue fawn French bulldog named Bean, Bryant’s middle name. Since Bean is only four weeks old, Tatum will have to wait about another month to bring Bean home to the Tatum household.
When you hear Tatum speak about Bryant, you truly understand the impact that the original Bean had on him growing up as a man and a player.
"He really was my hero"
— Celtics on NBC Sports Boston (@NBCSCeltics) January 28, 2020
Jayson Tatum opens up about what Kobe Bryant meant to him pic.twitter.com/WFBrspIH1c
With the new Bean waiting to come home to Tatum in Boston, everyone in Beantown and on the internet cannot wait for the official debut of Bean on Tatum’s socials. It was only right that Tatum named his new puppy after the man who he grew up wanting to be in the future.