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Zaire Wade chose to honor Kobe Bryant’s passing in a unique way during Sierra Canyon’s game on Wednesday night. After slamming home a two-handed jam in transition, Wade pulled his jersey to one side, just as the former Lakers star did after hitting the game-winning shot for the Lakers in the 2006 Western Conference Playoffs. […]

The National Basketball Players Association will seriously mull making a change that would secure the late Kobe Bryant’s imprint on the NBA. Among the options is to change the NBA logo from a silhouette of Hall of Famer Jerry West to a more updated one of Bryant. Players, coaches, and executives who were touched by […]

NBA players and teams alike have made their respective gestures to honor Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant, who passed away on Sunday in a tragic helicopter accident. For Milwaukee Bucks team co-owner Marc Lasry, he believes that it would be a good idea if all teams decided to retire Kobe’s jersey numbers. Should all […]

The Los Angeles Lakers held a luncheon on Tuesday to help players, coaches, executives, and many others touched by Kobe Bryant before his tragic death on Sunday due to a helicopter crash. LeBron James, who took the microphone to share many anecdotes of their time together, soon redirected his focus, saying he could handle the […]

Los Angeles Lakers point guard Quinn Cook is just one of the latest to honor the late Kobe Bryant, choosing to change his jersey from No. 2 to the No. 28 to honor the aforementioned’s name, as well as his daughter’s. According to Shams Charania of The Athletic, Cook will combine Gianna’s No. 2 and […]

With the NBA deciding to postpone Tuesday night’s contest between the Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers in honor of the late Kobe Bryant, the Lakers instead gathered as a team in what was supposed to be their first practice session following the untimely death of the basketball legend. As described by Dave McMenamin […]

The entire world is still grieving the loss of one of the NBA’s most legendary superstars, Kobe Bryant. That includes the Dallas Mavericks organization. In the Mavs’ game against the Phoenix Suns on Tuesday, head coach Rick Carlisle rocked a rare pair of Kobe retro sneaks in honor of the late Los Angeles Lakers legend, […]

Dwyane Wade addressed recent comparisons between him, his draftmate LeBron James and the late Kobe Bryant, comparisons that have happened during the late stretch of the Los Angeles Lakers star’s career and well into his retirement. Wade, a new member of the Inside The NBA crew, explained why the conversation shouldn’t be had to begin […]

The world is still obviously shaking from the shock of Kobe Bryant’s tragic passing on Sunday morning. Among those extremely affected from the devastation is Bryant’s former partner-in-crime with the Los Angeles Lakers, Shaquille O’Neal. The four-time NBA champion gave an emotional, tearful tribute to the late Lakers legend on a special edition of Inside […]

If you’re familiar with the post-Shaquille O’Neal Los Angeles Lakers, chances are the name Smush Parker rings familiar. Parker was a journeyman point guard already in his first two years, playing for three different teams before landing as the Lakers starting point guard and Kobe Bryant’s backcourt mate. On Monday, the former NBA point guard […]

Boston Celtics guard Kemba Walker said he is pondering about a decision to change his jersey No.8 in honor of the late Los Angeles Lakers icon Kobe Bryant. Bryant tragically passed away at 41 years old in a helicopter crash last Sunday, which also claimed the lives of his second eldest daughter Gianna and seven […]

Kobe Bryant is considered by many to be one of the greatest basketball players of all time. However, Bryant’s former Los Angeles Lakers teammate Derek Fisher isn’t happy about how it took a tragic death for people to fully appreciate the Black Mamba. The former Lakers point guard joined media members, former players and teammates […]

Retired NBA player Rick Fox was as devastated as everyone regarding the tragedy which claimed the lives of his former Los Angeles Lakers teammate Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and seven other companions. Fox  shared the floor with Bryant from 1997 to 2004 and was a big part of the Lakers’ three-peat from 2000 to […]

The tragic news of the passing of former Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant has affected everybody differently, and everyone has mourned in a different way. For Bryant’s former teammate Metta World Peace, he wants the world to honor Bryant by taking a shot at 8:24. World Peace took to Instagram to announce a toast […]

As the heartbreaking loss of Kobe Bryant continues to reverberate around the NBA world – and the world at large – LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers took in his son Bronny James’s high school game with Sierra Canyon. Players for both sides began the game wearing Bryant shirts, and they both took 24-second […]

To this day, Golden State Warriors guard D’Angelo Russell is still in awe of how he was once teammates with the late NBA legend and Los Angeles Lakers icon Kobe Bryant. Two days removed from the five-time NBA champion’s sudden death after a dreadful helicopter crash in Calabas, California on Sunday, Russell fielded questions about […]

On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office has confirmed that the bodies of Los Angeles Lakers great Kobe Bryant and three other victims of the horrific helicopter crash in Calabasas, California have been identified. The terrible tragedy took the lives of the Lakers icon, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others. They were on […]

Los Angeles Lakers great Kobe Bryant was no doubt a global icon. However, according to former NBA superstar and longtime front office executive Jerry West, Bryant came very close to becoming even more of a Los Angeles legend back in 2007. While delivering an emotional tribute to the late Bryant — who was tragically killed […]

Even as a rookie for the Los Angeles Lakers, Kobe Bryant had big plans for his legacy. Bryant’s future teammate and NBA on TNT broadcaster Shaquille O’Neal reminisced on the time where a 17-year-old Bryant told him that he was going to be the best player in the world and off the court, bigger than […]

Ara Zobayan was the pilot of the Sikorsky S-76B that crashed on Sunday killing nine people including NBA icon Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna. According to Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports, Zobayan was also Los Angeles Clippers’ superstar Kawhi Leonard’s pilot. From @ChrisBHaynes: More information on Kobe Bryant's pilot, Ara Zobayan, and the […]

As one of Kobe Bryant’s best teammates — both in terms of relationship and skill — Pau Gasol has obviously been affected by the news of Bryant’s tragic death. Gasol took to Twitter to post a photo of the two together on the Los Angeles Lakers calling Bryant his ‘big brother’. you'll always be in […]

After retired Los Angeles Lakers Hall of Fame center Shaquille O’Neal spoke from the heart, retired power forward Charles Barkley, his colleague on the NBA on TNT broadcast, shared his own powerful reaction to the sudden and tragic death of Kobe Bryant and 13-year-old daughter Gianna. “I just started crying — I’m not gonna lie […]

The NBA and basketball world as a whole lost a legend over the weekend. With longtime Los Angeles Lakers shooting guard and NBA legend Kobe Bryant passing away over the weekend, current Portland Trail Blazers forward Carmelo Anthony has become just the latest sports figure to pay tribute to the legendary sharpshooter. Although Bryant and […]

Chris Paul and Kobe Bryant were almost teammates on the Los Angeles Lakers, until former NBA Commissioner David Stern stepped in. Now, the Oklahoma City Thunder point guard has opened up about the sudden and tragic death of Kobe. The veteran playmaker — who was a teammate of the lifelong Laker with the Team USA […]

Kobe Bryant spent his entire 20-season career with the Los Angeles Lakers, and fans have former general manager and star Jerry West to thank for that. Besides being drafted by the Charlotte Hornets in 1996, the late NBA superstar has always been known as a Laker. However, there have been multiple times throughout his career […]

Despite the fact that Los Angeles Lakers legendary shooting guard Kobe Bryant is no longer with us, his spirit and message will obviously continue to live on through the NBA and its players — both present and past. Former Washington Wizards superstar guard Gilbert Arenas has become just the latest NBA figure to chime in […]

Kyrie Irving was emotional after hearing the news of the tragic passing of Los Angeles Lakers retired legend Kobe Bryant on Sunday. The Brooklyn Nets point guard was even a late scratch in their game against the New York Knicks. Now, while still mourning, Irving is expected to play on Wednesday at home against the […]

Los Angeles Lakers legends Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant took the NBA by storm in the early 2000’s by not only winning one championship but rather winning three straight. While the Hall of Fame big man and the scoring machine certainly had their differences over the years, there is no doubt that Shaq and Kobe […]

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James has posted a video of him hugging Lakers legend Kobe Bryant at a recent game at Staples Center. Bryant tragically passed away on Sunday in a terrible helicopter crash. Eight other people died in the crash, including Kobe’s 13-year-old daughter Gianna: https://www.instagram.com/p/B74ZQtqgTht/ In 1,346 career games for the Los […]

It is no secret that Los Angeles Lakers legendary shooting guard Kobe Bryant is a staple of Philadelphia culture. Going to high school in the Philadelphia area at Lower Merrion High School, the late Bryant always showed his support for the “City of Brotherly Love” professional sports teams while quickly becoming a major rival of […]

The tragic death of Lakers icon Kobe Bryant this past weekend not only sent shockwaves through the basketball world; it reached other sports as well. New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick released a statement online regarding the loss of the NBA legend per Field Yates of ESPN. In the statement, Belichick addressed the time […]

Hall of Fame and former Los Angeles Lakers center Shaquille O’Neal spent eight seasons as Kobe Bryant’s teammate, and through the championships and feuds, he was still friends with the recently departed star shooting guard. O’Neal, 47, is grieving the loss of Bryant and the lifelong Laker’s 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, along with seven others who […]

Nearly four years ago, Steve Kerr and the Golden State Warriors made history by winning their 73rd game in a single season — setting the new regular-season record in the NBA. That moment on April 13, 2016, however, was largely overshadowed by another accomplishment: Los Angeles Lakers star shooting guard Kobe Bryant’s final game. Bryant, […]

Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant was first introduced in the NBA ranks as a cocky high school student who made the jump from Lower Merion, Pennsylvania, a Philadelphia suburb, to the pros when then–general manager Jerry West acquired the teenager, the thirteenth overall pick of the 1996 draft, for center Vlade Divac. Bryant, 41, […]

On Sunday, the entire world seemingly stopped when the news that Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant passed away during a helicopter accident. After having some time to digest the sorrowful moment, Russell Wilson of the Seattle Seahawks reacted to Bryant’s passing. https://www.instagram.com/p/B70vw40FGul/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link The picture that Wilson posted appears to be from a celebrity softball […]

Brooklyn Nets superstar Kevin Durant, just like the entire NBA community, is still in shock that Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant is no longer with us. Durant spoke to Nets reporters on Tuesday about Bryant. The two-time Finals MVP said he felt like he knew Bryant his “whole life” since he’s been following Kobe’s […]

Orlando Magic swingman Terrence Ross is changing his jersey number from No. 8 to No. 31 in honor of Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic and Stadium. Brooklyn Nets guard Spencer Dinwiddie changed his jersey number from No. 8 to No. 26 on Tuesday as well. Sources: Orlando’s […]

Devastated. If I could sum it up in one word after struggling to comprehend all of this in complete disbelief, it would be devastated. Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant is no longer with us, and it still doesn’t seem real as I type these words. The Lakers took a gamble on a 17-year-old back […]

New York Knicks big man Julius Randle, like every NBA player right now, is struggling to cope with Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant’s tragic death. Randle “worshipped the ground” Bryant walked on. Kobe was Randle’s idol growing up and the Knicks forward will always cherish the memories he has of being teammates with Bryant […]