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Arn Tellem, Kobe's agent at the time said, it's an impossibility, however Bill Branch, the Hornets head coach said that the Hornets agreed to trade Kobe to the LA Lakers and the teams agreed to trade the day before. Prior to the draft, Kobe had worked out in Los Angeles, where the man himself scrimmaged against former basketball players Larry Drew and Michael Cooper. At the time of his career, Kobe was the youngest to play in a NBA game, he scored 36 points a game and averages of 24.5 points and 5.3 rebounds in his first four games. In 2004 Kobe and his new and improved team, were able to reach the NBA Finals, however they became runners up and came up short. In the 2004 finals Kobe averaged 22.6 per game and 4.4 assists and that's when O’Neal was traded to the Miami Heat, after the sad lost. Although things didn't go their way, Kobe thought of the experience he had and the benefits of playing National

Attention Grabber: His Airness , Air Jordan, MJ what basketball player comes to mind when you hear this name? By the show of hands who All Knows who Michael Jordan is? Well if you didn’t I’m going to inform you on who he is and his rise to becoming one of the world’s best players.

The Boston Celtics had 29 wins the season before they drafted Bird. The team improved by 32 games to go 61-21 in Bird's first season. The main reason they won so many more games was because of Larry Bird. Bird was not just a shooter, he was also a great passer and rebounder too, which in turn made his teammates better as a whole. In his second year in the NBA, Bird and Celtics won the NBA Championship against the Houston Rockets. Larry Bird would go on to win two more championships with the Celtics. He would also win the Most Valuable Player award three times. This is what Larry Bird said after his second Most Valuable Player award, "While I was still trying to figure out how I could improve my game for the next season, I was notified that I had been selected as the league MVP for the second year in a row"(Bird and Ryan 153). Larry Bird after being in the league for seven years and winning two straight MVPs was still trying to find ways to get better. Bird proved that perseverance and dedication to the sport he loved would lead to a successful and rewarding

Patty mills has overcome many challenges at the moment his arm is broken and will be out for seven months while the were vs Miami he also had to face to nba lockout which he played for the flying tigers in china then nbl for the Melbourne tigers, He got signed to the spurs and is still playing for them. Patty mills dad

In ninth grade, he was a measly 4-9, and by time he transferred to Lake Forest, he was an underrecruited-for-his-age junior, though he grew to be a stockier 6-2. He decided to attend Rice University, where he set a school freshman record in assists and was named to the Conference USA all-freshman team.

He was drafted to the Cleaved Cavaliers. As a Cavalier his position was small forward. He was a first round pick in 2003 by the Cavaliers and it was their first round pick. He averages twenty four point nine points per game. Also James averaged 7.2 rebounds per game and six point four assists per game for the Cavaliers.

In the second round of the NCAA Tournament against Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Brewer scored 5 three pointers and a total of 23 points. In the Final Four, he scored 19 points against George Mason. Finally, in the National Championship game against UCLA, he made 11 points and was responsible for 7 rebounds. Subsequently, Brewer was named to the Final Four’s All-Tournament Team.

The way he plays amazes me. He is like Albert Einstein in Basketball. The first game of his career as a celtics is this year. He signed with the Celtics after being a free agent. He was drafted by the Utah Jazz. I have alway watched him because the Celtics Coach Brad Stevens had coached him in college at Butler.

He was drafted out of high school and paid 90 million dollars for a Nike shoe contract. He was one of the last great players to be drafted straight from High School since the created the 19 year old/one year in college rule.

Accolades: Basketball Hall of Famer, 1x NBA Champion, 12x NBA All-Star, 3x All-NBA First Team, 3x All-NBA Second Team, 2x NBA All-Defensive Second Team, 1969 NBA All-Rookie First Team

Carmelo Anthony – In 2002 Carmelo Anthony was the number 2 prospect in the country behind future Knick teammate Amar’e Stoudemire. During that year, Jordan Brand Classic Stoudemire and Anthony put on an offense show giving people a glimpse into the future as opponents and as future teammates. Stoudemire won Co-MVP alongside Sean May that year, but the two stars of the 2002 Jordan Brand Classic were Stoudemire and

The Lithuania native played all four years at Evansville. He was at his most productive as a junior and senior, when he was selected to the first team of the Missouri Valley Conference. In his final season with the Purple Aces, he was named the conference's Defensive Player of the Year. He led the entire NCAA in rebounds, and his per-40 numbers paint a vivid picture of just how dominant he was at that level. During his four years at Evansville, he averaged 11.1 PPG, 9.3 RPG and 2.2 BPG. Somewhat surprisingly, he went undrafted at the 2016 NBA draft.

The San Antonio Spurs, notorious for their identity and under the radar transactions, have strung together an offseason that has quietly revitalized the gaping holes in their roster. San Antonio was successful in snagging 2-time NBA champion Pau Gasol in free agency, more than making up for the impending retirement of future hall of famer Tim Duncan. Gasol, unsuccessful in making the playoffs this past season, tested the free agent market, looking to take his talents to a contender that could best assist him in chasing one more ring in this final window of his career.

He got drafted to the Hornets in 1996 which was a surprise when people knew he wanted to go to the Lakers.(Source #4)He became the youngest player ever to play in an NBA game at the age of 18 years and 72 days.(Source #1)In his second season as guard, with the Lakers, Bryant was voted a starter for the 1998 All-Star Game, becoming

He is the NBA first overall draft pick and is selected by the Los Angeles Lakers