NBA Draft is less than one week away, which means we will soon know exactly where each of the top prospects will begin their NBA careers.

Late Wednesday night, Rutgers freshman and potential top-three pick Ace Bailey canceled a scheduled visit with the Philadelphia 76ers -- the team slated to pick third in the NBA Draft-- prompting questions about the curious handling of his pre-draft process and where his stock sits leading into next Wednesday's draft.

Kobe Bryant heard all those insults and more during the run-up to and in the aftermath of the 1996 NBA draft — so much vitriol and indignation directed at a teenage phenom who understood and trusted his talent more than most people in pro basketball did then.