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Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant has passed Kobe Bryant for seventh place all-time on the NBA playoff 3-pointers list. Durant now has a total of 293 3-pointers made in his postseason career to bump down the Los Angeles Lakers legend, who finished with 292 total threes in the playoffs in his illustrious 20-year career. […]

Washington Wizards big man Dwight Howard did not exactly have the best year of his career during his single season with the Los Angeles Lakers. As a matter of fact, many believed that to have been a failed experiment, which led to Howard walking away from the Purple and Gold the following summer as a […]

Daniel Jones has received more flak than any other player selected in the 2019 NFL Draft. To overcome criticism gleaned from the New York Giants taking him at No. 6 overall in the biggest media market in the world, the former Duke quarterback would do well to embrace “Mamba Mentality,” the mindset championed by Los […]

Boston Celtics star point guard Kyrie Irving appreciates Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant breaking his game down on “Detail,” Bryant’s show on ESPN+. Irving has talked about how Bryant is one of his mentors in basketball. After Irving won the 2016 championship with the Cleveland Cavaliers, he facetimed Bryant from the locker room, thanking […]

Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal might have had a change of heart with regards to his all-time starting five. Three years ago, the players he selected to be included in his own version of basketball’s best possible quintet were Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Julius Erving, Karl Malone, and Bill Russell. However, he was asked again […]

It remains to be seen whether Dwayne Haskins will develop into a quality starting quarterback at the next level. Given how he plans to hone his craft and lead his teammates, though, it certainly seems like mindset won’t be what holds the Ohio State product back from reaching greatness. During an appearance on the RapSheet […]

The Los Angeles Clippers made NBA history on Monday night, racing back from a 31-point deficit in the second half to beat the Golden State Warriors 135-131, knotting the teams’ first-round series at one game apiece. Time, unfortunately, is likely to render Los Angeles’ stunning come-from-behind victory moot, at least when it comes to big-picture […]

Almost exclusively hiring executives and coaches with past ties to the franchise has been the Los Angeles Lakers’ undoing for years. The extent of the problem reached its zenith earlier this week, when Magic Johnson held an impromptu press conference to announce his resignation as the team’s president of basketball operations, a decision made at […]

LeBron James suffered through one of his most tumultuous seasons in the NBA during his first stint with the Los Angeles Lakers. For one thing, James suffered the most serious injury of his career halfway through the season – causing him to play in a career-low 55 games. Though he was only able to suit […]

Matthew Knowles, father of R&B queen Beyoncé Knowles, recently threw it way back by posting an old video clip of himself playing one-on-one with Los Angeles Lakers great Kobe Bryant. The video was taken from the set of Beyoncé’s now-defunct all-female R&B group from the late 90’s/early 2000’s, Destiny’s Child, music video “Bug a Boo.” Bryant […]

Dirk Nowitzki played his final game as a Dallas Maverick last night, scoring 20 points and grabbing 10 rebounds in the team’s 105-94 loss against the San Antonio Spurs. The 21-year veteran received a lot of appreciation and well wishes from fans and his fellow players. He was also congratulated by some of the guys […]

Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade says Chicago Bulls legend Michael Jordan and Los Angeles Lakers icon Kobe Bryant are the top-two shooting guards in NBA history. Wade is universally recognized as the third-best shooting guard in league history behind Jordan and Bryant. “It’s Jordan, then Kobe, then whoever else you want to put,” Wade told […]

The future of the Los Angeles Lakers became more uncertain following the resignation of Magic Johnson as the team’s President of Basketball Operations. At this point, no one knows just how thorough the Lakers’ search will be, but they will be pressured to find someone with to fill in the spot vacated by Magic, especially […]

Dwyane Wade is closing in on a storybook NBA career. As of Wednesday, the man we have grown to know as “Flash” will no longer be an NBA player, unless his Miami Heat manage to reach the playoffs. While Wade has shown he still has much left in the tank, the three-time NBA champion is […]

Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant was one of the greatest players not only in the history of the franchise but of the NBA as well. He made a name for himself by being an unstoppable offensive force, especially in pressure situations. Opposing teams were not assured of a win as long as the Black […]

The GOAT debate is an evergreen one suited for any occasion, yet it isn’t one NBA players find too hard to decide. According to a survey by The Athletic, polling 117 NBA players, the best player of all time is Michael Jordan, and overwhelmingly so. Jordan took a rousing 73% of the vote, while his two […]

Whit the return of HBO’s hit TV series “Game of Thrones” just less than two weeks away, it’s been all everybody seems to be talking about these days. So much so, that even Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant wants in on the action. Recently, main cast member Maisie Williams, who plays the character of […]

Kevin Durant is, without a doubt, one of the best players in the NBA. The Golden State Warriors superstar is in the midst of another fantastic season. He will arguably be the most sought-after free agent this offseason. But Durant is more than just “good.” In fact, as he continues to rack up All-Star nods and […]

Kobe Bryant recently went on SiriusXM NBA Radio to discuss the NBA season writ large, and, not unexpectedly, the lines of questioning ended up returning to Bryant’s former team, the Los Angeles Lakers, and the season they’ve had in the first year of LeBron James there: "L.A. don't play, man"#Lakers legend Kobe Bryant thinks LeBron […]

Miami Heat shooting guard Dwyane Wade says Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant set an “unbelievable, impossible bar” with his final performance in the NBA back in 2016. In Bryant’s last game ever, The Black Mamba scored a whopping 60 points at Staples Center against the Utah Jazz. It was a performance which captivated the NBA […]

Golden State Warriors star Kevin Durant recently posted a video on Instagram explaining how he grew up loving the game of basketball and idolizing legends such as Scottie Pippen and Vince Carter. He also said that he would have loved to play with the Los Angeles Lakers with Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv2COC-DFlI/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=14vtt1amjn5su Durant, […]

Boston Celtics small forward Jayson Tatum worked out with Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant last summer. Bryant was Tatum’s favorite player growing up. The second-year swingman says it “was a dream come true” to train with the Black Mamba while answering questions in a AMA on Reddit: What was it like to train with […]

One of the most dominant duos in NBA history, Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal, ruled the league like royalty at the turn of the century. Yet, what could have been a complete domination of the decade by the Los Angeles Lakers turned into arguably the biggest divorce in the league’s modern era. A dynastic reign […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have already been eliminated from playoff contention, so all of their fans are already focused on the offseason — during which they can rebuild through draft, free agency and trades Los Angeles is one of the teams expected to make major moves this summer. However, while everybody is talking about the possibility […]

Boston Celtics star point guard Kyrie Irving looks to Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant for advice on how to become a better player and leader. Irving is already one of the best players in the league, but Uncle Drew is still learning what it takes to become a leader of a team which has […]

Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant says he became a true leader after L.A. lost to the Boston Celtics in the 2008 NBA Finals. Bryant was already the best player in the game at the time. However, The Black Mamba wasn’t the best leader for the Lakers. Kobe says His Airness himself, Michael Jordan, once […]

How ironic is it that the first buzzer-beater of Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant’s career came against the team that drafted him? You don’t need to be an expert in bar trivia to know that Bryant was actually drafted by the Charlotte Hornets back in 1996, but was then dealt to the Lakers for […]

Miami Heat president Pat Riley says Dwyane Wade was better than Los Angeles Lakers star shooting guard Kobe Bryant in 2006 when Wade won his first championship over Dirk Nowitzki and the Dallas Mavericks. Bryant led the league in scoring during the 2005-06 and 2006-07 seasons. He was also universally recognized as the best player […]

As the Los Angeles Lakers tune up to face the Utah Jazz through this final stretch of this season, one can’t help but remember the legendary performance Kobe Bryant put out for his hometown fans at the tail end of the 2015-16 season. It was April 13, 2016 — a game televised on ESPN 2 […]

Kobe Bryant stopped by “The Late Late Show” as a guest of host James Corden, faced with a truth-or-dare scenario: to rank himself with Michael Jordan and LeBron James or eat cow tongue to avoid the controversy. The Los Angeles Lakers icon swiftly picked up the cow tongue, unsure of how to tackle it best, […]

The remarkable season that Houston Rockets star James Harden is enjoying this year has brought back a whole lot of memories of what Kobe Bryant was able to do in his prime. Like Harden, Bryant was a back-to-back scoring champion in 2006 and 2007, and like Harden, he was essentially unguardable and was able to […]

Sunday night against the Sacramento Kings, Los Angeles Lakers superstar small forward LeBron James recorded his eighth triple-double of the season. By doing so, James passed Lakers legend Kobe Bryant for second-most triple-doubles by a Laker player in his 30s or older, per Basketball Reference. LeBron is 34-years-old. Kobe recorded seven triple-doubles from 2009-2015. Magic Johnson […]

Milwaukee Bucks center Pau Gasol is nearing the end of his career as an NBA player. He signed with the Eastern Conference’s top team with the hopes of winning one more title before everything is said and done. But even if he doesn’t, he already has two championships in his belt, both won while he […]

Houston Rockets guard James Harden has been turning heads with his scoring all season long. Therefore, it’s not that much of a shock whenever he does something that puts him in elite company. That’s happened again, as he tied Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant for the most points in a two-game span in the last […]

It’s probably easy to forget you’re famous when you meet a mega-star like Kobe Bryant. That’s exactly what happened to Nick Foles when he met Bryant at an airport, according to Jeff Kerr of 247Sports.com. There are a few things here that Foles seems to have forgotten. First off, he was the Super Bowl MVP […]

Kobe Bryant got into another hypothetical debate with ESPN’s Mike Greenberg after noting he’s unbothered by comparisons for the title of GOAT against the likes of Michael Jordan and LeBron James, this time picking his best Los Angeles Lakers team over today’s Golden State Warriors in a best-of-seven series: “We would win, that’s what I […]

Kobe Bryant spoke about the lone question that has dominated his narrative for most of his basketball career and even after his retirement — who is really the GOAT, Kobe or Michael Jordan? The five-time champion spoke with Mike Greenberg of ESPN in an exclusive interview, revealing his true feelings on the issue. “It’s hard […]

Even in the early stages of the superteam era, Kobe Bryant recalls making a pitch to a superstar himself, reaching out to Dallas Mavericks talisman Dirk Nowitzki, faintly hoping he would be willing to join the Los Angeles Lakers. The Lakers icon spoke with Mike Greenberg of ESPN, telling the tale that saw him pick […]

Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant has unleashed a new set of challenges to a couple of prominent NBA stars in what has been coined as 2019’s edition of the Mamba Mentality Challenge. A couple of years back, Bryant set his sights on the likes of John Wall and Giannis Antetokounmpo in the inaugural edition […]