Thanks to some intrepid reporting from noted suit-wearer Josh Lewenberg at TSN, we now know what the Raptors’ Norman Powell did last summer. He went to Spain (what is with everyone going to Spain?), he got to party in his hometown with the Larry O’Brien trophy (as did we all, really), and he bought his mom a car (Norm is a good son). All in all, it’s been a good summer for Powell.
But then: enter Kobe.
Lewenberg’s piece goes on to document (as originally reported by Jovan Buha and Sam Amick at the Athletic) the two days Powell spent in Kobe Bryant’s summer basketball camp in late-August.