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This season, Miami Heat shooting guard Dwyane Wade is going to get the same treatment Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant did in his final season. This year is Wade’s last season in the NBA, so the future Hall-of-Famer is essentially getting a farewell tour, just like Kobe did back in 2016. A fan on […]

LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers has forged his way into an exclusive scoring club, right beside legends Kobe Bryant and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. James scored 51 points in their win over the Miami Heat. This scoring outburst makes him just the third player in league history to notch multiple 40-point games in his 16th season […]

The Los Angeles Chargers take on the Denver Broncos this Sunday, and the team was addressed by Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant on Friday. The Chargers are 7-2 on the season and have won six games in a row. They are in second place in the AFC West, trailing the 9-1 Kansas City Chiefs. […]

Former Los Angeles Lakers forward Matt Barnes gave a surprise birthday present to his sons, one they will never forget. The surprise was the sons would be working out with Lakers legend, Kobe Bryant. https://www.instagram.com/p/BqMHq3oB96K/?utm_source=ig_web_options_share_sheet Barnes played with Kobe Bryant and the Lakers from 2010-2012. Barnes signed with the Lakers the season after they won […]

The recent spat between Kevin Durant and Draymond Green has surrounded the Golden State Warriors with an unforeseen stench around the organization, one that Andre Iguodala wasn’t going to ignore. After Durant addressed the media about his postgame locker room argument with Green, Ethan Strauss of The Athletic asked the longtime veteran defender if the […]

Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum worked out with Kobe Bryant over the summer before the season started. It seems like some of Bryant’s game has rubbed off him, and not in a good way, but hilarious to others. https://twitter.com/DaveDuFourNBA/status/1059645239567310849 These are pretty interesting numbers to look at. So far this season, the Celtics talent is […]

After lifting two championship trophies playing for the Los Angeles Lakers alongside Kobe Bryant, life got complicated for Lamar Odom both on and off the floor. The talented and extremely versatile forward struggled in many aspects of his life dealing with the issues that come with being in front of a camera on a reality show […]

Minnesota Timberwolves point guard Derrick Rose exploded for 50 points in Wednesday night’s 128-125 victory over the Utah Jazz. In lieu of this outstanding performance, several NBA personalities decided to send encouraging messages in Rose’s direction, including Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant. It’s about damn time the real @drose stood up. LOVE seeing you […]

On Halloween, Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James is thinking about something fans have dreamt about for years: How scary would it have been if James and Lakers legend Kobe Bryant played together in Los Angeles? LeBron James and Kobe Bryant are two of the greatest players in NBA history, and now James is playing […]

Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant will be a global ambassador for the 2019 FIBA basketball World Cup in China. Former Houston Rockets center Yao Ming will also share the same role. Kobe Bryant will be a global ambassador for the 2019 FIBA basketball World Cup in China. Yao Ming will also be an ambassador. — […]

Back in April of 2016, soon-to-be Hall of Famer Kobe Bryant played his final game in a Los Angeles Lakers uniform, closing out his iconic, 20-year playing career in the NBA. Although his storied career as one of the best players the game had ever seen had come to an end, Bryant was nowhere near […]

Former long-time Los Angeles Lakers trainer Gary Vitti says Lakers legend Kobe Bryant is the toughest player he has ever been around. Throughout his legendary NBA career, Bryant played through a multitude of injuries, including a dislocated finger, a torn labrum in his shoulder, and sprained MCL in his knee, just to name a few. […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers need to win Game 4 of the MLB World Series to tie the series at two games apiece with the Boston Red Sox. So who other than Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant to bring them some good luck. Bryant is at Game 4 of the World Series, with his wife […]

LeBron James did not get to have a moment with former Team USA teammate Kobe Bryant after the Los Angeles Lakers icon sat courtside on Thursday for a 121-114 win over the Denver Nuggets. Yet The King gave his praise for The Black Mamba after the Lakers grabbed their second win of the season over the […]

Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant is in the house Thursday night at Staples Center to watch the hardcourt tussle between his old team and the Denver Nuggets. To no one’s surprise, he got a warm standing ovation from the partisan crowd when his presence was announced. https://www.instagram.com/p/BpYYOUAhfZi/?taken-by=houseofhighlights Kobe Bryant deserves every second of that […]

LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers host the Denver Nuggets at Staples Center Thursday night, and purple and gold legend Kobe Bryant will be in attendance. Kobe Bryant, arguably the greatest player to have ever played for the Lakers, is participating in a season ticket holder event. It will be the first Laker game […]

Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant is one of the smartest players to have ever played the game. He studied game film religiously and would spend hours and hours and hours in the gym perfecting his craft. All that work helped the Lakers great win five NBA championships and cement himself as one of the […]

LeBron James’ two missed free throws down the stretch against the San Antonio Spurs had Los Angeles Lakers fans clamoring for Kobe Bryant. He wouldn’t have missed those free throws, they said. Kobe would have hit the game-winner, they said. LeBron will never be able to accomplish what Kobe did in Los Angeles, they said. The […]

Kobe Bryant is a bit eccentric, especially when it comes to improving as a basketball player. He appeared on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” to discuss his new book, and the Los Angeles Lakers legend talked about his obscure foray into tap dancin. “My first day of class … I walked into the studios and there’s all […]

The recent free throw misses of LeBron James in the clutch has garnered, yet again, comparisons to Los Angeles Lakers great Kobe Bryant. Fans defended Bryant at the expense of James, noting that the former would never botch free throws in a game’s critical moment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=69&v=Q4WkCXoOys8 After James missed crucial free throws which eventually led […]

It’s no secret Kobe Bryant knows basketball. It’s also no secret that with the game on the line, it usually helps if you make your free throws. If LeBron would have just made one free throw in Monday night’s game against the San Antonio Spurs, the game may have ended very differently. Former ESPN employee […]

Comparisons between Los Angeles Lakers newcomer LeBron James and Lakers legend Kobe Bryant were raised a notch higher ever since James’ move to L.A. over the summer. However, despite how people seem to love to pit these two future Hall of Famers against each other, it was recently revealed by Bryant himself that he has […]

Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant has recently shared some insight on his exceptional leadership style. According to the future Hall of Famer, he made it a point to make his teammates feel uncomfortable about themselves and their situation. Excerpts from Bryant’s upcoming book Mamba Mentality were published on The Players’ Tribune, and some of the […]

Miami Heat shooting guard Dwyane Wade is going to get a farewell tour this season, the same treatment Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant got in the 2015-16 season. Wade is retiring from the NBA when the 2018-19 campaign ends after having a Hall of Fame career. The South Beach legend played in his first […]

In his heyday, Raja Bell was considered as one of the best one-on-one defenders in the game. His physical and tenacious style made his very effective against guarding the premiere scorers of the NBA. One of those scorers he often matched up with is Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant. One of their most memorable […]

Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant believes LeBron James and this year’s Lakers team will surprise a lot of people and be better than most experts think. After James signed with the Lakers, L.A. added Rajon Rondo, Lance Stephenson, JaVale McGee, and Michael Beasley. Pundits around the league weren’t high on the Rondo and Stephenson signings since both players aren’t […]

Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant may be a bit, um, biased when it comes to the team he played for 20 seasons. However, the no-nonsense Bryant knows better than most what it takes to be a playoff team, with five NBA championships and 220 playoff appearances (seventh-most of all-time). So if Kobe believes that […]

Since his retirement from the NBA, former Los Angeles Lakers great Kobe Bryant has stayed busy with ventures in his career post his playing days. Bryant has now included another future Hall of Famer in one of his ventures as former NFL star quarterback Peyton Manning is set to join him on his ESPN+ show […]

On Wednesday, ESPN Media Zone pumped out a press release that will get die-hard sports fans excited. For the 2018-19 season, NFL legend Peyton Manning will be joining NBA icon Kobe Bryant on ESPN+’s Detail. Detail — the ground-breaking sports analysis program from Academy Award winner Kobe Bryant and ESPN — is returning for an expanded […]

Los Angeles Lakers newcomer Rajon Rondo recently came across a very interesting piece of history. The former Boston Celtics star learned just how Lakers legend Kobe Bryant defeated him and his Celtics in the Finals almost a decade ago. As it turns out, despite the incident happening eight long years ago, it still hit a nerve […]

Golden State Warriors power forward Draymond Green is notorious for trash talk and he has been known to go toe to toe with the best of them. Tim Duncan and Kobe Bryant are two guys though early in his career that he learned he couldn’t talk trash to. Green opened up in an interview with […]

Los Angeles Lakers great Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol, currently of the San Antonio Spurs, both recalled what pioneering coach Tex Winter preached about hustle. In a tweet, Gasol shared his encounter with Winter, particularly during in his year wearing the purple and gold. One of the brightest basketball minds that I’ve ever known. I’ll […]

Before the Los Angeles Lakers ascended into prominence with the signing of LeBron James, an undecided owner Jeanie Buss sought the advice of a recently-retired Kobe Bryant, who used alliteration from the famed HBO series Game of Thrones to inspire her into making one of the most pivotal decisions during his stint with the franchise. […]

Former NBA coach Tex Winter, a pioneer of the triangle offense that led the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers to multiple NBA championships, passed away on Wednesday in Manhattan, Kansas at the age of 96. One of his long-time pupils, Kobe Bryant, decided to send out a heartfelt dedication to Winter on Instagram. “My […]

Zach LaVine and his family are diehard basketball fans and their dogs can attest to this fact. Well, they won’t be able to tell you that, but their names are revealing. In a video post by the the Chicago Bulls on Twitter, LaVine is seen with a pack of good boys. Two of his father’s dogs […]

The NBA community is abuzz concerning an iconic Kobe Bryant play that took place in a game in 2010. Matt Barnes seemingly faked the ball right at Kobe’s face and Bryant didn’t flinch in the slightest. But Twitter sleuths recently found angles that raise doubts as to whether Barnes was faking the ball directly at Kobe. […]

Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant definitely hasn’t stepped on the brakes after his retirement a few years ago. Bryant, along with Houston Rockets superstar James Harden and other notable athletes, announced the founding of ‘Art of Sport’, a body care product line specifically made for players and sportsmen and women. The five-time NBA champion […]

Ever since he retired, it may not seem like it, but legendary Los Angeles Lakers shooting guard Kobe Bryant is definitely missed in action. From the 18-time All-star’s, clutch moments, magical shots, and show of alpha male like superiority, there will never be another one like Bryant in the NBA. For everything that he has done […]

LeBron James is the latest superstar to play for the Los Angeles Lakers, effectively filling the void left by Kobe Bryant. James is filling more than just that superstar void; he’s also taking Kobe’s old stall in a newly renovated Staples Center locker room. Kobe stans will be furious. LeBron is in Kobe’s old stall(s) […]