Knicks Assistant Rasheed Hazzard Shares Story on Kobe Bryant’s Work Ethic

By Sam Neter on January 15, 2015

Current New York Knicks assistant and former Lakers’ scout Rasheed Hazzard, while in London for NBA Global Games, shares a story about NBA superstar Kobe Bryant’s legendary work ethic.

Hazzard served for five seasons (2006-07 through 2010-11) in a variety of capacities for the Lakers, beginning as a part-time scout and part-time assistant coach for the D-League Los Angeles D-Fenders. Eventually working his way to fulltime status both as a Lakers scout and assistant coach for the D-Fenders, Hazzard was part of the Lakers staff during their back-to-back NBA Championship years of 2009 and 2010, led by Kobe Bryant.

During his tenure with the Lakers, Kobe asked Hazzard to work him out after Labor day (about a month before training camp) – and when he showed up at 5:30 getting ready to begin he couldn’t believe what he saw…

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