"Kobe Bryant put in the greatest workout of all time": When Jerry West decided to draft the Lakers legend after a Jordanesque showing against Michael Cooper in high school
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“Kobe Bryant put in the greatest workout of all time”: When Jerry West decided to draft the Lakers legend after a Jordanesque showing against Michael Cooper in high school

Jerry West decided to trade for Kobe Bryant after having a look at him working out against Michael Cooper. ESPN gave us an inside scoop recently. John Black, who was the Lakers’ VP of public relations at the time, describes…