Rodney Hood is poised to receive an increased role with the Trail Blazers in the 2019-20 season. In an effort to prepare for the season ahead, Hood journeyed to California to work alongside Kobe Bryant at the Mamba Sports Academy.
On Friday, Blazers Beat Reporter Casey Holdahl discussed what Hood took away from the invite-only session with Byrant.
“It was amazing,” said Hood, who lists Bryant as his all-time favorite player. “There was a bunch of top-level guys there, Paul George, Kawhi (Leonard) down to everybody else. About 30 guys, we got in, we learned a lot, a lot of footwork, we did weight training, got a chance to compete against each other a lot and learned a lot from Kobe.