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...career, and would not be much more effective in containing Shaq than Dikembe Mutumbo was during the 2001 Finals. West was one of the most clutch players in NBA history, alongside the likes of Larry Bird and Michael Jordan, but would draw the unenviable assignment of guarding Kobe Bryant, whose athleticism would overwhelm the perimeter defense of ’72 Lakers. If the two teams were to play a series, the current Lakers would cruise, defeating their Inglewood ancestors in five games...
...philosophically opposed to it. I understand that there are exceptions like Kobe Bryant and a few others. But I am opposed to it because there is so much to gain through the college experience. The money will be there and they will go to the NBA much better people, a bit more mature and I think a bit more ready to handle the emotional, psychological and social challenges that await them in the NBA. So if one can strengthen him or herself before making that leap, I think it is all the better. I look back on my four years...
Behind Hunt is Nuualiitia, a Second-Team All-Ivy selection who led the league in shooting percentage, hitting 58 percent from the field. Nuualiitia, who teamed in high school with Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant, ranked second in the Ivies in rebounding and eleventh in scoring...
Four: IT could have been some sort of virtual reality device that allows you to see what your favorite athlete sees, a la Being John Malkovich. How cool would it be to be Rick Fox and run the break with Shaq and Kobe four times a week? And how cool would it be to stay home and go one-on-one with Fox’s wife, Vanessa Williams, the other three...
...time the police get involved, it is often too late. Wakako Tokuda was a plump-cheeked schoolgirl attending a prestigious private academy in Kobe. Though she had run away before, Tokuda left home for good last December after her father reportedly blew up over her newly pierced ears. Her 21-year-old boyfriend found the 16-year-old Tokuda strangled late October in the one-room Osaka apartment they shared. It turned out Tokuda had been seduced by the mean streets of Osaka. Journalists found ads for a bar, where patrons paid to fondle girls, featuring Tokuda in a slinky...