Photo gallery of Kobe Bryant’s basketball camp at UC Santa Barbara

Kobe Bryant welcomes youngsters to the Kobe Basketball Academy at UCSB, Wednesday, July 9, 2014. The five-day camp focuses on the Flex offense, the Princeton offense and the Triangle offense. (Photo by Michael Owen Baker/Los Angeles Daily News)"

obe Bryant welcomes youngsters to the Kobe Basketball Academy at UCSB, Wednesday, July 9, 2014. The five-day camp focuses on the Flex offense, the Princeton offense and the Triangle offense. (Photo by Michael Owen Baker/Los Angeles Daily News)”

You read about Kobe Bryant gushing about possibly playing with Carmelo Anthony at his summer basketball camp in UC Santa Barbara. You read about Bryant’s patient outlook and positive feedback on the Lakers’ rebuilding approach. You read about Bryant offering an encouraging update on his health. You read about Bryant leaning on Lower Merion coaches and players to help out with his camp.

But pictures always tell a 1,000 words. And in the case of LANG’s photo gallery of the Bryant’s basketball camp at UC Santa Barbara, plenty of his images tell various stories.

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