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    Dan Woike: Bob Thate, shooting coach extraordinaire, leaves a lasting legacy

    by Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times Aug 02, 2023 4 minutes
    Shooting coach Bob Thate, middle, shows the mechanics of shooting the ball in Playa Vista, California on March 6, 2015.

    LOS ANGELES — Bob Thate, the Beamer-driving, Ray-Ban wearing coach with the flowing hair and the SoCal swag was actually a bit of an introvert. But this was his element — on a basketball court about to teach.

    The story goes something like this:

    Thate was excited for the chance to talk to kids at one of Kobe Bryant's basketball camps, but he wasn't sure what he'd say. Bryant was one of his favorite players, someone as maniacal about the processes involved in becoming as great as Thate.

    Thate wanted to get it right and, eventually, he settled on an icebreaker.

    "Here are the five best basketball players I've ever seen with my own two eyes," he told the campers.

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