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Kobe Bryant sat down with Stephen A. Smith of ESPN today to talk about the Lakers’ struggles on the court this season. Here is the bulk of the interview where Mamba talks about what he sees as the issues causing them to falter. [...]

(H/T to CJ Fogler on Twitter for the GIF) [...]

Everyone loves a Secret Santa gift exchange right? But I’m not talking about one like this TimberWolves gift exchange back in 2010, more like the kind where all the gifts are amazing, and are donated by Crown Royal Whisky. That’s right, The Hoop Doctors have been asked to take part in this years Crown Royal [...]

Courtesy of the fellas over at SB Nation for the GIF, we can relive last night’s game winning bucket by the Knicks JR Smith, to down the Bobcats. JR Smith is a stone cold gunner. China? NBA? Streets? Doesn’t matter. Best of all though, his victory dance…after the jump. [...]

In honor of Kobe Bryant’s historic mark set last night as the youngest player to reach 30,000 career points, we thought we’d share this video we stumbled across of Kobe Bryant’s first ever NBA point. It came at the free through line, before Mamba was even the Black Mamba. Look at that baby face! [...]

Congrats are in order for Kobe Bryant tonight. Whether you are a Lakers fan or not, whether you are a hater of the Mamba or not, you’ve got no choice as an NBA fan to respect 30,000 points. That’s gettin’ serious buckets. And not only is he only the fifth player ever to reach the [...]

We already knew Kobe Bryant had joined rare company by winning 5 NBA Championships, making 14 NBA All Star appearances, in addition to passing Oscar Robertson, Hakeem Olajuwon, and John Havilcheck in career scoring. Now, thanks to ESPN Stats, we now can clearly see that Bryant is within a whisker of joining only Wilt, Karl [...]

Is it just me or is New Orleans having an NBA identity crisis? New is breaking this evening after Yahoo! sources are saying the team will be changing their name as early as the 2013-14 season. They will be rebranding under the name New Orleans “Pelicans”. Yeah, that’s right Pelicans. As in the bird. After [...]

This week Stephon Marbury and Tracy McGrady have both been making headlines in China for their criticism of the Chinese Basketball Association rules. However, their criticisms aren’t on the same subject and are completely unrelated in nature. Marbury blasted the CBA publicly in China for the organizations strict sponsorship rules after he was fined for [...]

Are you a fan of the Memphis Grizzlies? How about when they had their previous home up north in Vancouver? If you do, and you have an extra $13,000 kicking around you may want to consider buying the old Grizzlies practice court. It’s for sale on Craigslist. This is no joke (pics after the jump). [...]