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Lamar says Kobe Bryant still comes to him in dreams.

When we talked to him this week at LAX, he said that it happens "often" and that he got the pendant as a gift.

He's talking to me all the time. I'm going to hang in there." Don't give up. A lot of s---.

LO, who played with Kobe from 2004-2011 and stayed good friends with him in retirement, tells us about the dreams he has with the Mamba.

He has a tattoo of Kobe on his neck. He's close to me. You're going to remember it when you're dreaming of someone and they talk to you.

Kobe is a big reason why Lamar loves to fly into the City of Angels, Lamar told us.

"I think it's crazy," the man said. I love returning to L.A. I know what he's feeling.