It's still the familiar Hidden Mountain Park, the familiar evening sunset, the same three basketball courts lined up side by side, and the same group of young men.
But everyone's posture and mindset have changed.
DeRozan looked at the beaten and tattered Kobe standee, weathered by sun and rain, and recalled the summer of 2003. He had picked up a boy here who played baseball and joined him in a game of streetball. Now, two years later, that baseball player made it to the NBA... Wasn't it just about graduating early to go to college?
