Words. Aron Phillips
If you’re looking for a great program and some great swag in your high school choice, Westchester High School in L.A. just may be the spot for you. As one of the elite Nike Basketball schools in the nation, you know you’re going to get hooked up. With that, check out their version of the Nike Kobe VII System Supreme in a home and away player exclusive. MORE >
Words. Aron Phillips
If you’re looking for a great program and some great swag in your high school choice, Westchester High School in L.A. just may be the spot for you. As one of the elite Nike Basketball schools in the nation, you know you’re going to get hooked up. With that, check out their exclusive version of the Nike Zoom Kobe VI. MORE >
Words. Aron Phillips
Our friends over at MixMakers.net were kind enough to provide us with some great footage of teenage Kobe at Lower Merion tearing it up in the 1996 state title game against Cathedral Prep. Lower Merion won 48-43 after Prep led for most of the game.
Words. Sean Sweeney
Anyone remember School Sports? Back in high school, right outside the principal’s office, I could find a stack of that magazine once every few months. I’d grab three or four copies, spend the next few classes sifting through the pages, keep one copy on ice and then cut apart the others, taping every picture up onto my wall. They had national stories and local stuff too, which was always weird (seeing names you know in a magazine). Coming up the stairs from gym class, I always snuck a glance to my left to see if they were sitting there on a ledge, right outside of the main office. MORE >
Words. Aron Phillips
For a summer filled with so much uncertainty, one thing has become undeniably clear: Basketball has never been better. After an epic NBA Finals, pundits around the world saw July 1’s expiration of the collective bargaining agreement as the “End of Days.” Instead, we witnessed NBA superstars Kobe Bryant, Derrick Rose and Chris Paul fly to the Philippines for an exhibition game; Kevin Durant, Brandon Jennings and John Wall hit every top-flight Pro-Am across the country; and two of the most well-known summer leagues – D.C.’s Goodman League and L.A.’s Drew League – battle for bragging rights in our nation’s capital.
But amongst all that, we could not help but find ourselves completely enraptured with an electric 5-7 point guard from Baltimore named Aquille Carr. MORE >
Words. Aron Phillips
Check out this rare VHS footage from Kobe Bryant‘s senior year in high school, where he led the Lower Merion Aces to a high school championship in 1996.
