Zach LaVine wanted No. 14 as a rookie with the #Timberwolves but never asked Nikola Pekovic for it after watching the 300 pound center rip off sets of 25 pull ups. He took 8 instead because he grew up a Kobe fan. “I couldn’t wear eight. I used to wear number 14, my dad’s number, and I wore it in college too” “So I tried to get 14 in the NBA my rookie year. Peković had number 14. I didn’t ask him” “He’s a 300 pound dude from Montenegro and he’s doing sets of 25 pull-ups. I’m not asking that dude… So I just chose eight because I was a Kobe fan” Via: ballinthefamilypod