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Article: Kobe Attends 1st Day of Training Camp
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- October 5, 2001
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10-05-2001
Kobe Attends 1st Day of Training Camp
HONOLULU (AP) -- Kobe Bryant was at training camp with his Los Angeles Lakers teammates for the first time this preseason on Thursday, nearly a week after his grandfather died in Philadelphia.
Bryant missed the first five days of camp because his grandfather, John Cox, died last Friday. He was 68.
``It was pretty tough,'' Bryant said. ``Yesterday, I just had a chance to kind of just recuperate and gather my thoughts a little bit. Kind of put things in perspective, and now it's time to go back to work.''
Bryant attended media day last Friday at the Lakers' training facility in El Segundo and then flew to Philadelphia the next day. ...