: Kobe Bryant adopted the nickname after watching Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill , where the snake was a code name for a deadly assassin.
Over the comms, a voice, cold and devoid of emotion, whispered the four words that marked the end of the mission: hocc-the black mamba
"Black Mamba" was the self-adopted nickname of NBA legend , inspired by the assassin in Kill Bill . : Kobe Bryant adopted the nickname after watching