How Kobe Bryant almost became a New Jersey Net during the 1996 NBA draft

Picture this: It’s another steamy June day in 2016. The streets of Newark are eerily empty at lunchtime. Most are glued to televisions to watch a live news conference held inside the city’s downtown basketball arena. With the rapid clickclickclick of shutters from photographers’ cameras, he walks in with his familiar swagger-filled strut. Dressed in […]