Kobe on LeBron: “A different person than I am.”

In case you missed it Friday, at the end of this post is the video of Derek Fisher’s nine-minute interview conducted with teammate and friend Kobe Bryant on “Jim Rome is Burning.”

For as many 1-on-1 interviews as I’ve seen with Bryant, including those I’ve conducted myself, I’ll say Fisher definitely did well in getting a few interesting and honest tidbits from Bryant, clearly at ease with his buddy (despite the disparity in their wardrobes). Fisher was also much more comfortable talking to Bryant than earlier in Fisher’s stiff, overly cordial interview with Milwaukee guard Brandon Jennings.

Fisher was sharp with some follow-up questions and got Bryant to talk about how he, personally, would not have done what LeBron James did in leaving Cleveland. Some have observed that Bryant was revising his history, which includes him being perfectly willing to leave the Lakers to win.