20. Bryant Keeps The Warm-Ups On
As a rookie, a spry Kobe Bryant entered the slam dunk contest full of confidence. It helps that he went on to win, but had he not, pulling off a dunk in his warm-ups would have looked like a questionable move in retrospect.
Nevertheless, the Black Mamba foreshadowed the future ability of the Lakers with this move. It was even more impressive because he was a rookie showing the older guys that he didn’t take them seriously.