Sports

What if Dave Cowens and the Hornets took on Kobe? What if he stayed in Charlotte? What if he built a basketball legacy here and attracted basketball's best talents to the Queen City? What if it forever changed the franchise and the team never moved to New Orleans? What if? For Bryant, those "what if's" were never taken lightly. It took a draft night rejection by the Hornets to give him a "Mamba Mentality." And the rest is history.