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Its not even a debate that Kobe Eli Manning'd the Hornets his agent said him playing for the Hornets was an "an impossibility" so that forced the Hornets to trade him.
Even if he said that, that could of been the perfect opportunity for the Hornets to use him as trade bait in which they did. I'm sure they would know that before drafting him and not even draft him or use him for what they did.
The teams agreed to the trade the day before the draft and the Lakers did not tell the Hornets who to select until five minutes before the pick was made. Branch said that prior to the trade agreement, the Hornets never even considered drafting Bryant. Prior to the draft, Bryant had worked out in Los Angeles, in which he scrimmaged against former Lakers players Larry Drew and Michael Cooper, and according to then-Laker manager Jerry West "marched over these people"
Since i got this off wiki I'm not saying its a 100% correct but if is it makes perfect since and how were the Hornets forced to trade him when they already had plans to trade him?
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