Summer league play is kind of a big deal these days, but that wasn’t the case back when Kobe Bryant entered the league in 1996. Bryant was torching competition as if it mattered, anyway. Here’s a 17-year Bryant dropping 36 points on the Phoenix Suns in a Southern California Summer Pro League game.

A 17 year old Kobe Bryant scored 36 points in the NBA Summer League in 1996.

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