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Kobe Bryant's NBA career in records as LA Lakers star announces his retirement - BBC News
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Rockets, Hornets stunned by Lakers dropping out of CP3 race - NBC Sports
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When David Stern vetoed the trade which bought Chris Paul and Kobe Bryant and changed the NBA forever
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Kobe Bryant Is Officially (and Finally) Off the Hook for Being the Reason the Lakers Traded Shaquille O'Neal
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What If Kobe Bryant Was NEVER TRADED To The LAKERS? I Reset The NBA To 1996 To Find Out NBA 2K20
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How Kobe Bryant almost became a New Jersey Net during the 1996 NBA draft - ESPN
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Lakers News Lakers News: Kobe Bryant Remembers Hornets GM Telling Him 'We Couldn't Have Used You
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Kobe Bryant, one of the greatest Lakers ever, dies at 41 – Orange County Register
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NBA on ESPN on X: Considering Kobe Day, the Lakers are probably extremely glad this was the Hornets' early assessment of Kobe Bryant. / X
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Chris Paul almost certainly out of Lakers' price range despite Magic Johnson's Twitter pitch