schiavo: in los angeles, those clouds, on a cloudy day, can hang right at the top of the mountains.lly in calabasas. i remember distinctly talking to my dad saying, like, "are you okay to drive? because we really cannot see the street in front of us." i'd never seen fog like that. schiavo: island express helicopters, on the two prior days, had canceled 13 flights because of weather conditions. and the weather conditions on this day, depending upon who you ask, were maybe a little better or were not better at all. ♪ sielski: team kobe knew that if he was going to maximize his star power to be as famous and as great as he wanted to be, he had to do it in a big city. kobe was gonna get to the lakers by hook or by crook. and so he made it clear that he wasn't gonna play for certain teams if they drafted him. jerry west hatches a plan. he has a trade in place to make sure that the lakers acquire kobe bryant. treatman: kobe had a chip on his shoulder because there were people who doubted him. he wanted to prove that he wasn't coming in as some gimmick. he wanted to play right away. sielsk