dailynews.com - 6/2/2008
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The packages arrived at Kobe Bryant's home in Italy and he tore into them as if they were Christmas presents. He wasn't yet 9 years old and he couldn't stop watching videotapes of the Lakers and Boston Celtics in the 1987 NBA Finals. "I remember everything," Bryant recalled. "All the plays. I remember it like it was yesterday. I was a big basketball fan growing up. My grandfather used to send ...
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The Internets are alive: Lakers-Celtics NBA Finals hype
Ball Don't Lie —
Surprise, surprise, the Celtics-Lakers hype machine is already in full effect. Here's what the blogs and beats are saying leading up to Game 1 of the NBA Finals ... Elliott Teaford, LA Daily News: "The packages arrived at Kobe Bryant's home in Italy and he tore into them as if they were Christmas presents. He wasn't yet 9 years old and he couldn't stop watching videotapes of the Lakers and Boston Celtics in the 1987 NBA Finals. "I remember everything," Bryant recalled. "All the plays. I remember it like it ...
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Lakers Blog —
... involved, even those attempting to play down the matchup as a product of a bygone era will likely preach upon deaf ears. Not that today's ballin' youth has entirely no sense of its history. Take, for example, Kobe Bryant. The Mamba may have been a kid calling Italy his playground, but he saw every play of those 80's Lakers-Celtics showdowns with a little help from his grandfather . Like everyone in audience, Kobe took a side. In his particular case, Kobe aligned with the good guys and cheered on the man now coaching Andrew Bynum. Ironically, so ...
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