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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 […]

Los Angeles Lakers legend and future Hall of Famer Kobe Bryant says his “curiosity” of the game is what separated him from other NBA players. Bryant was notorious for watching hours and hours of film during his playing days. Kobe was a true student of the game and it’s not a stretch to say he loved […]

Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant has a warning for the rest of the NBA, as The Black Mamba claims Milwaukee Bucks superstar swingman Giannis Antetokounmpo is just getting started. Antetokounmpo worked out with Bryant last summer. Whatever tips Kobe gave Giannis have obviously worked, as Antetokounmpo is the front-runner to win the 2019 MVP award. […]

Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant can sort of relate to Duke star Zion Williamson. Although Bryant didn’t go to college, he received the same hype Williamson is getting right now during his high school days at Lower Merion High School in Pennsylvania. Kobe, who thinks Zion can be a star in the NBA, says staying […]

The Boston Celtics have been inconsistent all season, but Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant isn’t giving up on them. Bryant, who had many battles with the Celtics during his legendary playing career, believes the C’s can put it all together once the playoffs start. “And then in the East, Boston is one good run […]

Count Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant as someone who isn’t a fan of the new term that is taking over the NBA: Load management. Bryant, who is one of the toughest players in NBA history, says he only took games off if he couldn’t walk: “No, the only time I took a game off […]

CLUTCH Summary: While in his peak, former Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Byrant was often compared to Chicago Bulls legend Michael Jordan.  Bryant mimicked much of his game after Jordan’s, but the league was becoming different in a post-Jordan world.  A fun theoretical, while nearly impossible to know for sure, is to wonder how Michael […]

Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant knows the unfortunate nature of the franchise’s sour ending to a once-promising 2018-19 season. The iconic shooting guard pointed to the myriad injuries that plagued the Lakers, mainly a devastating 17-game absence from LeBron James that knocked the franchise off its initial trajectory, going from fourth place in the […]

Kobe Bryant snuck in a golden nugget of truth during the release of his new book, “The Wizenard Series,” telling Frank Isola of The Athletic of a big what-if throughout his 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers. The purple-and-gold icon said that if he could’ve played for any other team besides the Lakers, it […]

Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant says New Orleans Pelicans power forward Anthony Davis “is one of the best players in the world” and that the Lakers should trade the young players on the team for him this summer. Magic Johnson and Rob Pelinka basically made the entire Lakers roster available at the February trade […]

Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant has released his children’s book, The Wizenard Series: Training Camp. Facing your fears leads to great things. The #Wizenard Series: Training Camp unfolds through five novels, each told from the perspective of a player on the team, sharing their specific challenges, hopes, and fears. Get your copy today! https://t.co/dApMd6Fjxy #GranityStudios […]

Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant recently shared one of the many factors that contributed to him being widely considered as one of the greatest to ever play the sport. According to the retired five-time NBA champion, learning the sport in Italy allowed him to master the technical aspect of the game: “It gave me […]

Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant’s stolen high school jersey is finally back where it belongs. In a story detailed by Dave McMenamin of ESPN, a 28-year-old Chinese Kobe-fanatic named Liu Zhe returned the legendary no. 33 Lower Merion High School jersey after he had bought the memorabilia online. At first, Liu was happy to add the […]

Portland Trailblazers center Jusuf Nurkic is playing at such a high level this season that one can’t help but wonder if he’ll ascend into becoming a truly elite NBA player in no time. For Nurkic’s part, he’s learned a lot from his experience playing with the best basketball players in the NBA. He even had […]

Kobe Bryant urged for a change in Ben Simmons, noting the Philadelphia 76ers point man might come to regret not developing a jump shot to go with his otherwise dominant physically-gifted game. “He’s got to get a jump shot,” Bryant said. “It sounds stupid and all that, but I’m dead-a** serious. Because if not, he […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are currently sitting at 30-35 and find themselves dangerously close to missing the playoffs. As people try to figure out just exactly what went wrong for the Lakers, one Western Conference executive has put the blame squarely on LeBron James. Speaking in an interview with Bleacher Report regarding the state of […]

Ben Simmons is one of the brightest young stars in the NBA today. The Philadelphia 76ers phenom can do just about everything … except shoot. In an interview with The Herald Sun, Kobe Bryant says Simmons needs to figure out that issue, or one day he’ll regret it. Via news.com.au: “He’s got to get a […]

Kobe Bryant played 20 seasons for the Los Angeles Lakers, winning five titles and earning the reputation among many as the greatest player in franchise history. Two years ago, Nos. 8 and 24 were retired by the Lakers to honor Bryant, who wore both during his tenure with the franchise. In a recent interview with […]

When Kobe Bryant retired from the NBA in 2016, the question was how he would transition into life without the everyday grind of being a basketball player. After all, Kobe is the modern comparison for Michael Jordan right down to the intangibles and the competitiveness, and Jordan struggled so much with retirement that he came […]

Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James just moved past Lakers legend Kobe Bryant for fifth place on the all-time made field goals list, per NBA TV on Twitter. James entered Saturday night’s contest against the Phoenix Suns with 11,716 field goals made, three short of tying Bryant, who finished his career with 11,719. The King […]