The wild story of how Kobe Bryant nearly ended up with the Nets — and several others teams — in the legendary 1996 NBA draft

7:10am PST - February 10th, 2020    syracuse basketball - Business Insider

The New Jersey Nets planned to take Kobe Bryant with the eighth pick of the 1996 draft until a last-minute turn of events, as documented in Jonathan Abrams' book, "Boys Among Men." New Nets head coach and executive vice president John Calipari got cold feet a…