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Nick Van Exel Recalls 18-Year-Old Kobe Bryant Wanting to Go One-on-One With Every Veteran

"The practices was crazy because Kobe always felt like he's a one-on-one player," Van Exel said of Bryant's Lakers rookie year in 1996. "Being young, we trying to come for whoever up there we want. He wanted Eddie Jones, he wanted Anthony Peeler, he wanted all the motherf**ker Ceballos, he wanted all them cats."

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Jalen Brunson's Camp "Laughed" at the Mavericks After They Offered Him $55M

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Stephen Curry Has Been the NBA’s Biggest TV Draw Since 2015

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