ill-fated showdown with a teenaged Kobe Bryant

[snaquille oatmeal]

http://m.deadspin.com/5828769/****+fated-showdown-with-a-teenaged-kobe-bryant

funny read, enjoy!

[Slava]

Now, through a startling metamorphosis, I was tall and lean and able to dunk. My intention was to maximize this sudden popularity, to ride the wave to a girlfriend, friends with cars and those weird permissive parents who let you drink on the deck, and a college scholarship. I was certain Dean Smith or Coach K would hear the legend of the freckled kid in suburban Philadelphia who could two hand jam. The full ride was a near certainty. (Ten years later, Kyle Singler would get to live my dream.)

[NOODLESTYLE]

Here's an audio-clip of him doing stand-up about it:

http://hw.libsyn.com/p/e/4/4/e44ddcb27c ... id=2457841