McKinney’s Ja’Kobe Walter, enjoyed ‘outstanding’ season with Raptors
Ja’Kobe Walter was probably destined to be in the NBA. After all, his parents named him after Michael Jordan AND Kobe Bryant — arguably the top two players of all-time.
But Walter, who is a rookie with the Toronto Raptors, didn’t know about his connection to Jordan and Bryant until he was a teenager and playing basketball for McKinney High School.
“They told me that my junior year of high school, so I didn’t really have any pressure thinking about it,” Walter