I never in the life of me dreamed that I’d be posting not one but two articles that mention Jaleel White, but when it rains it absolutely pours. Not only did White and Darius McCrary tease the possibility of a Family Matters reboot on Twitter, but White just gave a great sound byte about his experience at UCLA that involved Kobe Bryant schooling the basketball team at the age of 17.
Shortly after he was drafted, Bryant moved to Los Angeles where actor Jaleel White (Stefan Urkell) attended UCLA. The actor told TMZ how Kobe would show up to the UCLA gym and destroy the UCLA basketball team, which was coming off a star-studded National Championship team featuring Ed O’Bannon, Toby Bailey, and Tyus Edney. Here’s what White had to say:
I was attending UCLA when Kobe moved from Philadelphia to L.A.,” White said. So, he used to hang out at UCLA a lot and I would watch him play our UCLA basketball team … and I’m telling you – probably the greatest pickup games I’ve ever seen in my life! I watched him destroy young men’s dreams at 17 … and we had just won a ’95 championship that year so we had a lot of guys on the team that were pretty cocky. He wanted to just s**t on anybody who thought they could play basketball in the city and that’s what he did!”
Is this surprising? Absolutely not. Is it still awesome to read? Of course it is.
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