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Young basketball players from around the world enjoyed the experience of a lifetime at their own all-star weekend in El Segundo

Kobe spent the weekend working out at the Lakers' practice facility in El Segundo. But don't start pulling Bryant's retired jersey down from the Staples Center rafters just yet.

Kobe King-Hawea is a sharp-shooting 18-year-old guard from Victoria, Australia, who grew up in a household in which most of the kids were named after NBA All-Stars.

"My dad, he's a basketball freak," she explained unnecessarily. "I have a little brother named LeBron and a sister named Jaylen-rose."

The NBA's Basketball Without Borders initiative, launched in 2001, has reached more than 3,000 in 133 countries and territories while the Jr.