NBA Draft: Who were the 12 players selected before Kobe Bryant in 1996?

The Charlotte Hornets drafted Kobe Bryant 13th overall in 1996. Who were the players chosen before the Lakers’ great?

Kobe Bryant was the 13th player selected in the 1996 NBA Draft. Who were the 12 players chosen before the Lakers’ great, who died on Jan. 26 in a helicopter crash with his daughter GiGi and seven other people?

12. Cleveland: Vitaly Potapenko

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Nicknamed “The Ukraine Train,” Vitaly Potapenko played for the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Boston Celtics, the Seattle SuperSonics, and the Sacramento Kings of the NBA, as well as MMT Estudiantes in the Spanish ACB.

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