Never in Doubt: Coby White's Unprecedented Journey to the NBA

Posted Jul 15, 2019
Coby White scrolled through his phone and made it a priority to get screenshots of as many of them as possible—tweet after tweet. He wanted a record of all the doubts that existed regarding him and his game. His phone soon was inundated with photos of social media posts. They all said it’d be at least a few years before the NBA would come calling. (SLAM Online)

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