# @leaguealerts on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DbyX6utkYYR
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/68991674-leaguealerts-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/672e1881c6.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-08-08T17:13:21.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** LeagueAlerts Inc. (@leaguealerts) — https://gondola.cc/leaguealerts

## Caption

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

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