Julian Kimble

About The Author

Julian Kimble is a Howard University-educated senior copywriter who has written for The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, GQ, The Ringer, Billboard, Complex, Pitchfork, and more. Rivals Turned Idols is his first book.

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Rivals Turned Idols

How The NBA '96 Draft Class Changed the Game

By Julian Kimble

For fans of The Last Dance and Hanif Abdurraqib’s There’s Always This Year, the must-read story of the 1996 NBA Draft class—Kobe Bryant, Allen Iverson, Steve Nash— that turned the NBA into a global force and changed culture forever.

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