In an interview with Malik Forte and Michele Morrow on Bleacher Report's eStream on Oct. 11, Echo Fox's Rick Fox said that another former Laker could possibly be making the jump into esports.

When jokingly asked whether he was trying to get his newly retired ex-teammate, former Lakers shooting guard Kobe Bryant, into esports, Fox replied the topic had actually come up between them.

"I think Kobe is aware of what is moving here in the ecosystem with some of his peers. He doesn’t have a deaf ear or a blind eye to this. We had some conversations with this. If I had to suspect, Kobe is not far off from making his own move," Fox said.

"He’s obviously welcome always to be a part of our world in any way, any capacity he’d want to be. We’d love adding him to our group. But I know Kobe. I know him."

Fox said as much in a June interview with Manouk Akopyan of [a]listdaily.com at E3 2016, saying the two had scheduled a meeting to talk esports.

"I’d love to get him involved. I’d love to pull him into Echo Fox," Fox told [a]listdaily. "That’d be quite the coup because I know the value of his competitive fire, his expertise in terms of just leadership, and understanding how to tackle business. He’s got the time now, so he has an open door with us, for sure."

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Bryant, who retired from the NBA in 2016, would be the fourth Laker to get into esports, following on the heels of Fox Shaquille O'Neal who invested in NRG in March and Magic Johnson who invested in Team Liquid in September.

Sasha Erfanian is a news editor for theScore esports. Follow him on Twitter, it'll be great for his self-esteem.