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Donald Sterling : "no thanks I'll take Lorenzen Wright"

I only like The Showtime Lakers...😊

LOL, the Clippers took Lorenzen Wright. And 12 other teams passed although the Sixers got AI.

superstar!!

Has an 11 year old watching this at the time, but looking back on it now Detroit should’ve benched Isaiah and started Vinny Microwave. And I thought Detroit got hosed in game six on the foul against Lambier and the crowd being on the court at the end of this game.

nobody knew back then that this kid would be such an inefficient shooter who needed a miracle to make over 45% of his shots. amazing.

That ball sounds like it has entirely too much air. Clips tried to do him dirty.

Bad bad man super bad Rip to the Mamba

this guy seems pretty good, hope he makes in to the nba someday

Very corrupt nba finals.

They passed on him but then he Would Go on to be one of the top 3 greatest players of all time. 🐐🔥

Can't wait to see the 2996 Pre-Draft Workouts!

FUMBLE!!!!!!!

This was really the last hurrah for the Showtime Lakers. Even though Magic upped his game and was probably the best player in the world the following 2 seasons, Kareem got old and they really didn't find a suitable replacement. They were great, but weren't going to win it all without a decent center. Vlade Divac just wasn't it.

The Clippers are stupid

you was best player...

Que elegancia de jugador. El estilo de juego tan fluido, hasta para lanzar el balón.

Quien lo tuvo y lo dejo ir...hoy pueden decir que tenían al diamante y lo cambiaron por espejos

Did this just show up on my feed as a means of trolling Bronny 😂

Jus the clippers doing clippers things😂

Bruh in 40 seconds how can you not see he's at the very least a 16 PPG starter at 27 years old 😂🥱 jumpshot was knocked point athleticism through the roof ....oh yeah had decent footwork already as well

Baby J!

Jerry West after Lakers work-out: I've seen enough, this is the most talented player we've ever worked out in Laker history. Clippers after work-out: We've seen enough, and we still like Lorenzen Wright better. 🤣🤣🤣

The Clippers instead drafted Lorenzen Wright. They also passed on Peja Stojakovic, Steve Nash, and Jermaine O’Neal who along with Kobe, were all drafted after their pick at #7. Was a great draft as the 6 picks before theirs were Allen Iverson, Marcus Camby, Shareef Abdur Raheem, Stephon Marbury, Ray Allen, and Antoine Walker. Derek Fisher was also drafted later in the round at #24.

It's perfect. He didn't have to pass to anyone

smooth

Pure talent before he blossoms

Am I the only one who remembers what Kobe did to that girl in Colorado? And the giant diamond ring he bought his wife when it became public?

Oh that guy shows promise

I miss him more than my dad 😭

For an oddly brief period of time (maybe 2-3 years?) Kobe had a crazy hang time illusion on that one hand dunk, I thought it was even more impressive looking than MJ's hang time because it almost looked like Kobe had a ledge he was standing on before throwing it down. But that "effect" went away pretty quickly although he maintained his athleticism well into the 2000s obviously. I think it was aided by how skinny he was in the mid 90s.

28 years ago today in 3 hours. Enjoy life and live it to the fullest, folks. Time slows down for no one and is up for everyone at some point.

that man has HOPS

I’m so glad the clippers passed him up, because then the legend Jerry West, took over and the rest is history!!! Don’t worry laker nation we will rise once more to greatness!!!

Most missed shots in NBA history.

dam helicopter

He fired. Whoever was in charge of passing on Kobe is still a manager at Burger King.

Miss you, Kobe.

If Clippers can't see the greatness in a 17 year old kid with those amazing skills that turns into Kobe's career then what the point of ever doing any pre-draft workout again?! Never mention age as the reason...... Messi joined Barcelona at 13

Pure class

left hand shot was smooth. Could have passed as a leftie

The fact that he went 13th is crazy

They past on Kobe and proceeded to pick up bums like D. Miles, Quentin Richardson, etc….😭😭😭😭😭💀🤦‍♂️

Jerry West said Bryant would have been his choice even if the Lakers had the #1 pick in that draft.

Dude was big as a guard. Imagine being a guard and gotta hold a 6'6" guard that can shoot 3's left-handed at 17. I don't think it was the age, he was young mentally and thats why the clippers aint take him

People forget that at the time, it was almost unheard of to jump from high school to the pros. Kobe was a generational talent. Even then it took him a few years to really find his feet in the league. But he was talented to the point where it was impossible to ignore.

another "what if?"

The Pistons were THAT close (they most likely should have won game 6 of this series) to being the 1st team since Russell's Celtics to win 3 in a row.

Another infamous mistake by the Clippers. When you see a kid with this skill, and work ethic, you jump on it quickly.

Clippers GM: _"Nawww... it's our destiny to suck. You can't get in the way of destiny"_