Twenty years ago, the hottest coach in all of college basketball interviewed with the Los Angeles Lakers and made a choice that reverberated through two levels of basketball.
Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski's flirtation with the franchise included a jaw-dropping five-year, $40-million offer that loomed as an industry paradigm changer back in 2004.
Krzyzewski obviously turned down the money and the overtures of Kobe Bryant, returned to Duke and left there as the winningest coach in college basketball history. He has the court named after him and is forever a part of the university's lore as a transformative figure.