Arn Tellem discusses how he got Kobe Bryant to the Lakers in the 1996 NBA Draft "We had the secret workouts and Jerry (West) said he wanted him and he loved him... but he didn't have the high draft pick... and New Jersey was the one team that was gonna take him... The day before the draft, Jerry finally called me and said 'I can get the 13th pick'.... I'll never forget that meeting with Kobe and Joe Bryant in his hotel room and Kobe pulled me down and he said 'I wanna be a Laker, that's why I hired you, get me to the Lakers' and I knew if we could get him past New Jersey he'd fall to 13 cause I didn't let any of those teams (9-12) see him." #draymondgreen #nba #basketball #warriors #goldenstatewarriors #arntellem #losangeleslakers #lalakers #lakers #kobe #kobebryant #newjerseynets #njnets #nets #draft #1996draft #wow #interesting #breakdown #storytime #behindthescenes #bts #fyp #viral