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Answering Lakers' biggest questions

By Marc Stein
ESPN.com

Thursday, October 9, 2003

HONOLULU -- Kobe Bryant didn't take many shots in public during his days in Hawaii. He didn't make many of those shots, either. The last out-in-the-open glimpse of Bryant came Tuesday night at the Stan Sheriff Center, when he went all the way around the college 3-point arc in a near-empty arena, casually hoisting jumpers and missing a bunch of them short. Even when he scooted in to the free-throw line, Bryant was finding a lot of front rim. Only at the end was there a hint of the usual Kobe. B ...

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