1.   Fargas showed up at USC almost frail, his ankles so thin that some barely recognized him as the prep phenom from Notre Dame High in Sherman Oaks.

2.   Now the rush is on to nab the latest prep phenom before the next team does.

3.   The prep phenom will have to wait some before experiencing that uniquely pro privilege of playing on back-to-back nights.

4.   The trade for Kobe Bryant, the prep phenom who comes over from Charlotte for Vlade Divac, also becomes official.