By Gautam Varier Carlos Boozer and Dwight Howard revealed just how popular Kobe Bryant was in China when the Redeem Team headed there for the Olympics in 2008. View the original article to see embedded media. Kobe Bryant was a larger-than-life figure who was one of the NBA’s global superstars. Kobe was looked up to by so many in the U.S. and he might have been somewhat of a god for Lakers fans, in particular, but they weren’t the only ones. Bryant was idolized in China in a way that perhaps no foreign athlete has ever been. He was a very big deal in the country and Bryant would visit China eve…
