Kobe Bryant Admits His Wife Calls Him "Bay-Boo," Doesn't Care If Opponents Use It Against Him: "Bay-Boo Will Still Drop 60"

We just put up a list of the 10 things we learned from Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant's new The Big Podcast With Shaqhere. The podcast features Shaq and Kobe talking about their time as teammates and dispelling some of the rumors surrounding their relationship. However, there was one thing that we weren't able to include in that post that we definitely want to tell you about, because it may very well go down as the best part of the entire podcast.

At one point during the interview, Shaq stopped talking about his time with Kobe for a second and, instead, focused on a recent photo that Kobe's wife Vanessa posted on Instagram for his 37th birthday. It featured her referring to Kobe as "Bay-Boo," which is a nickname that Shaq wasn't aware of:

So Shaq asked Kobe about it, and Kobe admitted that his wife doesn't call him "Black Mamba" at home. Instead, she rolls with "Bay-Boo."

"Bay-Boo," he said, before revealing that he doesn't necessarily like it. "You can't do that! I'm supposed to be the Black Mamba."

Shaq's podcast co-host John Kincade then asked Kobe what he's going to do now that the cat is out of the bag and "Bay-Boo" is on the table for NBA players to use. Will he mind if, say, LeBron James calls him "Bay-Boo" on the court to try and get inside his head?

"I do not care what they whisper," Kobe shot back. "Bay-Boo will still drop 60."

"BAY-BOO WILL STILL DROP 60"?!? Best. Kobe. Quote. Ever.