Bryant Eclipses 30000, Lakers Beat Hornets 103-87

Kobe Bryant grinned and uttered the word "irony" as he considered the fact that
the team that drafted him nearly 17 years ago was his opponent on the night he
eclipsed a scoring milestone to join an exclusive club of NBA greats.

It's easy to forget that it was the Hornets who drafted and then [...]
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