Editor's Note: Longtime readers of the site may remember Michael Katz, who wrote Bullets Forever back in the day. Now he's doing bigger and better things as the Social Media Editor at SB Nation, but he had a quick story he wanted to pass along about the one Lakers fan at Wednesday's game who was pretty cool.
WASHINGTON - The Kobe farewell tour is a surreal sight, and Wednesday the Verizon Center was packed with Lakers fans. It understandably rankled a lot of Wizards fans, but come on there was one face you can't be mad at: @CaptainHYPE aka KOBE MASK GUY.
D.C. Sports Internet historians will remember him for showing up in full costume after Kobe broke his nose in the 2012 All Star game. It earned him a TV interview and some brief Internet fame.
In honor of Kobe's final game at the VC, we look back at his finest moments here. https://t.co/dheI1Sx1oQ pic.twitter.com/JqxY7NWXfe
— Bullets Forever (@BulletsForever) December 2, 2015
For Kobe's last game in D.C., he had to bring it back.
"I gotta bring the mask out of hiding — so I had it in my closet, my wife found it," he said Wednesday. "I may put it on, maybe not, but I just thought it would be cool to have."