A little of both I suspect. And I also suspect both SA and taxi are trolling as per; SA even edited his post when the first bit didn't get a reaction and taxi has suddenly become a biographer despite not knowing his subject until a couple of days ago.
I've never watched a game of basketball in my life but know who Bryant was as does a goodly majority of the rest of the world given he was a global figure so a couple of old dudes proclaiming they never heard of him in an attempt to restate their credentials as the Statler and Waldorf of TD is kinda amusing.