LeBron and Kobe had different paths to getting buckets

Editor’s note: This is the Friday, Nov. 24 edition of the Purple & Bold Lakers newsletter. To receive the newsletter in your inbox, sign up here.NEW YORK – There’s a short video the NBA released years ago from a USA Basketball gathering as LeBron James tucked in his shirt into his warm-up pants and did his best imitation of the Black Mamba. 
With his thumbs, index fingers and pinkies of each hand sticking out, James waved his hands back and forth, as the rest of the r