Rick Fox speaks on ‘Inside the NBA’ about rumors that he was on fatal crash with Kobe Bryant

Posted Jan 29, 2020
Rick Fox said that his best friend, Monmouth head coach King Rice, kept calling. He assumed the phone calls were about Bryant, and he finally called Rice back. After Fox finally answered, Rice began bawling and said, “You’re alive.” That’s when he learned of the rumor, and he kept getting concerned calls from his mother, brother, and sister. (Awful Announcing)

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