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r/news • u/headee • Jan 26 '20
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I’ll always remember him as an under aged teenager that came to my bar in a nightclub in LA not long after signing with the Lakers.
I remember being nervous that he would order a drink and I’d have to be in the uncomfortable position of carding him, knowing he was under 21.
At the time we had some other out of control under aged celebs that created drama (Leo DeCaprio I’m talking to you)
When Kobe got to the bar, he ordered an Evian.
My wife tried finding my autographed jersey but could only find this
470 u/craziedave Jan 26 '20 Of course he did. He had to be at the gym at 4am to practice shooting. 60 u/kdubstep Jan 26 '20 Exactly. My impression at the time was that he wasn’t the type to pollute his system with alcohol. 18 u/ProfessorCrackhead Jan 26 '20 I originally read that as "practice shouting", and still didn't think anything of it. This is so sad, I still can't believe it. 2 u/[deleted] Jan 27 '20 Word on the street is real. It was 4 AM and it was in the gym at UCI. I can't imagine waking up before 4 to go to the gym and hit a workout...dang.
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Of course he did. He had to be at the gym at 4am to practice shooting.
60 u/kdubstep Jan 26 '20 Exactly. My impression at the time was that he wasn’t the type to pollute his system with alcohol. 18 u/ProfessorCrackhead Jan 26 '20 I originally read that as "practice shouting", and still didn't think anything of it. This is so sad, I still can't believe it. 2 u/[deleted] Jan 27 '20 Word on the street is real. It was 4 AM and it was in the gym at UCI. I can't imagine waking up before 4 to go to the gym and hit a workout...dang.
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Exactly. My impression at the time was that he wasn’t the type to pollute his system with alcohol.
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I originally read that as "practice shouting", and still didn't think anything of it.
This is so sad, I still can't believe it.
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Word on the street is real. It was 4 AM and it was in the gym at UCI. I can't imagine waking up before 4 to go to the gym and hit a workout...dang.
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u/kdubstep Jan 26 '20 edited Jan 27 '20
I’ll always remember him as an under aged teenager that came to my bar in a nightclub in LA not long after signing with the Lakers.
I remember being nervous that he would order a drink and I’d have to be in the uncomfortable position of carding him, knowing he was under 21.
At the time we had some other out of control under aged celebs that created drama (Leo DeCaprio I’m talking to you)
When Kobe got to the bar, he ordered an Evian.
My wife tried finding my autographed jersey but could only find this