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re: Most points scored in a players 21st NBA season broken down by leaders
Posted on 5/7/24 at 9:17 am to VA LSU fan
Posted on 5/7/24 at 9:17 am to VA LSU fan
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Kobe was drafted 13th.
Question about Kobe when he was drafted… I know he only wanted to be drafted by the Lakers and basically forced a trade, which was something an unproven player out of high school just didn’t do in 1997… was he regarded to be one of the top players in the draft and fell because of that?
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Posted on 5/7/24 at 9:29 am to chalmetteowl
Probably a bit of that and drafting kids out of high school was still rare. Before Garnett in 95, you had to go back to 1975 to find a team taking a chance on someone fresh out of high school (Darryl Dawkins, Bill willoughby)
eta: I guess you can count Kemp since he never played in college but he was a year removed from hs before going pro
eta: I guess you can count Kemp since he never played in college but he was a year removed from hs before going pro
This post was edited on 5/7/24 at 9:33 am
Posted on 5/7/24 at 11:50 am to chalmetteowl
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I know he only wanted to be drafted by the Lakers and basically forced a trade, which was something an unproven player out of high school just didn’t do in 1997
Kobe coming to the Lakers was WAY more Jerry West forcing the issue than Kobe. West said Kobe had the best workout he had ever seen and was destroying the current Laker starters at the time. He knew the Hornets were undervaluing Kobe enough to accept Vlade Divac in a trade.
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