Kobe Bryant on Campus!

That's pretty cool! Tell him to come back next Wednesday. LOL

Not sure, whether Lavin recruited Bryant or not. I know UCLA wasn't on his final list, but that doesn't mean Lavin never made a pitch.
 
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Did Lavin recruit Kobe back in the day?
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Most schools were on Kobe from his frosh HS year on - mos ceraintly by his soph year. Kobe was a high school senior in 1995/96. So his Soph year was 93/94. Steve Lavin wasn't yet a full time assistant coach at UCLA (not allowed to recruit by NCAA rules), let alone a head coach.

UCLA did show token Kobe interest - Lorenzo Romar ;and Mark Gottfried were the Harrick assistants on him. But UCLA in those days didn't wander too far from the West Coast in recruiting. The 95 title team had only 3 non-west coast players - Euro center Jiri Zidek, Texas born nigerian backup center Ike Nawankwo, and reserve PG Cameron Dollar out of Georgia (by way of Prep School in Maryland). The rest - Ed O'Bannon, Charles O'Bannon, Tyus Edney, Toby Bailey, JR Henderson, Kris Johnson, Marquis Burns & Kevin Dempsey were all from California, and o'mmA Givens was from Washington State.

Hard to believe just 16 years ago was a different era.... 

Like a lot of top pros, Kobe has worked with and is friends with Rico Hines. Most likely that's the reason for his appearance....
 
http://twitter.com/#!/STJ_Basketball/status/109619992579936257

http://instagr.am/p/L7Yj6/

Did Lavin recruit Kobe back in the day?
Click to expand...
 

Most schools were on Kobe from his frosh HS year on - mos ceraintly by his soph year. Kobe was a high school senior in 1995/96. So his Soph year was 93/94. Steve Lavin wasn't yet a full time assistant coach at UCLA (not allowed to recruit by NCAA rules), let alone a head coach.

UCLA did show token Kobe interest - Lorenzo Romar ;and Mark Gottfried were the Harrick assistants on him. But UCLA in those days didn't wander too far from the West Coast in recruiting. The 95 title team had only 3 non-west coast players - Euro center Jiri Zidek, Texas born nigerian backup center Ike Nawankwo, and reserve PG Cameron Dollar out of Georgia (by way of Prep School in Maryland). The rest - Ed O'Bannon, Charles O'Bannon, Tyus Edney, Toby Bailey, JR Henderson, Kris Johnson, Marquis Burns & Kevin Dempsey were all from California, and o'mmA Givens was from Washington State.

Hard to believe just 16 years ago was a different era.... 

Like a lot of top pros, Kobe has worked with and is friends with Rico Hines. Most likely that's the reason for his appearance....
Click to expand...
 

Kobe's father was an assistant coach @ LaSalle back then.
That's where he would've played, woulda.......coulda
 
http://twitter.com/#!/STJ_Basketball/status/109619992579936257

http://instagr.am/p/L7Yj6/

Like a lot of top pros, Kobe has worked with and is friends with Rico Hines. Most likely that's the reason for his appearance....
Click to expand...

I hear you are spot on on that assumption Crgreen! He used the Taffner facilities for a few hours. He was staying in Manhattan and could have just as easily used the great facilities at NYU.
 
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