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Special to Peachtree Hoops -- all photos and video courtesy of Arye Abraham
During the crazy, free agent season, we tune into the Twitter feeds of Adrian Wojnarowski, Marc Stein, David Aldridge, Sam Amick, Marc Spears, Ken Berger and others -- but when it came to the Dwight Howard Showcase, in Los Angeles, one guy brought his "A" game to the table.
Arye Abraham is 16 years old and lives in L.A. and he took it upon himself, during the carefree summer months of youth, to stake out and report on who and what was going on in and out of the Dwight Howard presentations.
Arye took to Twitter and hammered out some of the best, tactical information regarding who and what was going on.
Some Examples:
@brosales12 I will soon find out the location of where the dinner will actually take place.. And we will need lots of LAL support to bash it
— Arye Abraham (@arye_abraham) June 30, 2013
@LakersNation Just got word that the Rockets brass will be staying at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills. We must bash it!
— Arye Abraham (@arye_abraham) June 30, 2013
@arye_abraham: @brosales12 @AlexKennedyNBA @LakersNation @ArashMarkazi Found the meeting! pic.twitter.com/L89kXZatpS
— Arye Abraham (@arye_abraham) July 1, 2013
@brosales12 @DrewGarrisonSBN @DrewUnga Dwight's meeting with the Rockets has NOT ended yet. The Mercedes luxury van is still waiting outside
— Arye Abraham (@arye_abraham) July 1, 2013
@LakersNation @brosales12 The Lakers meeting with Dwight Howard was held today at the Mercedes-Benz of Beverly Hills. pic.twitter.com/QL4KhyCIze
— Arye Abraham (@arye_abraham) July 3, 2013
In addition, he got the Rockets contingent, including what looks to be GM Daryl Morey, crossing the street. AMBUSH!
He also stealthily got his picture taken with some of the combatants, without them knowing he was actually there to report on their every word/move.
@Lakerholicz BREAKING: Stephen Curry is in LA and is trying to have an affect on the Dwight Sweepstakes #CountOnArye pic.twitter.com/aMGNRYFs0D
— Arye Abraham (@arye_abraham) July 1, 2013
@MarkG_Medina Just spoke to Mark Jackson & GSW will meet with Howard later today in Beverly Hills #countonarye pic.twitter.com/P4t6TT8OK6
— Arye Abraham (@arye_abraham) July 1, 2013
Nick Young came to L.A. -- Gotcha, Nick!
@brosales12 @DrewUnga @JonesOnTheNBA Nick Young is very excited about free agency & is mulling his options pic.twitter.com/j0EG0k3ClC
— Arye Abraham (@arye_abraham) July 3, 2013
Anybody surprised at O.J Mayo agreeing to terms with Milwaukee should have been checking Arye's timeline.
O.J. Mayo is scheduled to meet with the Clippers, Bucks, Pistons and Jazz today in Beverly Hills. He met with the Wolves late last night.
— Arye Abraham (@arye_abraham) July 1, 2013
For Hawks fans, Arye stopped and got his pic snapped with #16 pick Lucas Nogueira and #47 pick (sent to Utah) Raul Neto.
@JonesOnTheNBA @brosales12 @DrewGarrisonSBN Im meeting with the newly drafted Brazilians Lucas Nogueira & Raul Neto. pic.twitter.com/OYz2K2CG7B
— Arye Abraham (@arye_abraham) July 2, 2013
This is how a budding journalist/reporter is born -- fearless, bold and able to act on what they want to do.
Whoever gets Dwight Howard will finish second to Arye, who made friends with a ton of national and LA reports/bloggers for his efforts in providing info.
Well, he might have not made one friend:
@WojYahooNBA False, the meeting was held at the Bel Air hotel which is in the city of Los Angeles.
— Arye Abraham (@arye_abraham) July 1, 2013
Looks like the original tweet was deleted. If you out-Woj Woj, you've won the internet for this crazy, crazy free agent period. Congrats to Arye, and keep an eye on this guy -- and don't have your secret meetings in L.A.