Kobe is now saying he was leaning towards UNC coming out of High School north of Philly. In the interview he talks up his admiration for El Deano, and interest in "playing every day (in practice) against Jerry Stackhouse." Of course, in the past he's said things about having wanted to play for K at Duke. Sorta 'whatever.' I kinda feel like his story will change again next month too...
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-ba...152703698.html
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Q "Why do you like Duke, you didn't even go there." A "Because my art school didn't have a basketball team."
I'm a little embarassed to admit it but I'm a kinda bummed that Kobe says now he would have been a Heel.
Kobe and I are about the same age so through the years I've always followed his game and admired his singular desire to crush every opponent and best MJ's records. He's always said his final two choices were La Salle and Duke so this is somewhat surprising to me, too.
I thought of him as an adopted "Devil", but I guess not now.
I'm glad Kobe played for Coach K and the Olympic Team. But where he might have gone to college is so immaterial I can't even work up a yawn.
Man, if your Mom made you wear that color when you were a baby, and you're still wearing it, it's time to grow up!
Just a hunch, but I have to wonder if this is at least partially a reflection of K's effusive praise for Lebron ("basketball genius", "queen on the chessboard", etc.), as well as Kobe's Olympic hoops career likely being over. Given that Kobe is nothing if not incredibly competitive in general, and ultra-protective about what he sees ad his "proper legacy" as a player.
Yep
This was Kobe in 2007
Often times Duke fans wonder if Kobe Bryant had not gone directly to the NBA out of high school if he “maybe” would have attended Duke and been a part of that team.
“There’s no maybe about it,” Bryant says.
http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.db...ATCLID=1153901
But OTOH this post prompted a 19 post thread on DBR in 2010
03-19-2010, 02:27 AM #1
Kewlswim
Guess Kobe would have gone to Carolina
Hi,
I was under the impression Kobe wanted to come to Duke, if he was going to attend college that is, I stand corrected.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/mul...ontent.12.html
http://www.dukebasketballreport.com/...ne-to-Carolina
Since Kobe went straight to the pros he can make up whatever story suits him best for today
who cares?
The Heels can use some good news after this summer. Let them have Kobe. They can talk about how great Vince Carter might have been if he'd had Kobe to practice against.
I heard Coach K say at his basketball camp (a month or so ago) that he believed Kobe would have come to Duke. So Kobe has his story and K has his. Like many kids going through the process- Kobe probably waffled in his own mind. I am sure at one point UNC was on top and at another Duke was on top and so on. In the end- he made a decision- to go to neither.
I can't even believe this thread exists. Where might have Kobe gone to college? Duke or UNC? Really? A thread?
~rthomas
The only thing this thread illustrates is what a crap-shoot recruiting really is. If an adult man can't reliably say where he would have gone to school twenty years after the fact, how can we possibly expect some 18-year-old kid to figure out a story and stick to it?
... although that never stops people from parsing tweets and dissecting apparel choices.
I think the more important question is:
If Wilt Chamberlain were a high school junior today, would he choose to go to school at Duke, how on earth could Wojo develop him, and would he be able to dispel the perception that Duke can't produce NBA stars? Oh, and how would he match up against a Bill Russell of today playing for the Tarheels, if he didn't have PJ Hairston available to lob him passes?
to see people desperate for some news, put on your waders and bulletproof vest and venture over to IC. The posters there were raving about this and how "K must have turned him off during the Olympics."
Delusional much?