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Kobe Bryant is working out with Buddy Hield before the draft

The Los Angeles Lakers will reportedly work out Buddy Hield next week, but the top-ten pick has stayed busy with one of their former players until then. During an interview on NBA.com, Hield told Rick Fox he has been working out with Kobe Bryant during the lead-up to the draft, and he shared a few of the tips Bryant has offered him.

"Just mentally, being focused," Hield told Fox, as transcribed by Gary Kester of Lakers Outsiders. "Lock in the little things, you know. Setting your man up, jabbing, how you can create space, you know.