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The Kobe legacy: Should the NBA let high school players skip college?

  • Written by Nicole Kraft, Associate Professor of Clinical Communication, The Ohio State University
Kobe Bryant #24 of the Los Angeles Lakers waves to the crowd after passing Michael Jordan on the all-time scoring list in 2014Hannah Foslein/Getty Images

Less than a decade after 18-year-old Kobe Bryant got drafted into the NBA in 1996, the league made all players spend at least one year in college or playing overseas before they could enter the...

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