The Lakers legend ends a 20 year career tonight.
When 12 teams passed on Kobe in the draft.
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Okay, it was arguably the best draft class of all time, but Todd Fuller and Vitaly Potapenko got drafted before Kobe. Who? Exactly.
When he went to prom with BRANDY.
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It was 1996 and both stars were 18 years old. Wild times.
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When he won the slam dunk contest as a rookie.
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And Brandy was there to cheer him on.
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