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After deciding last August to leave the NBA and take his talents to China—the former Lakers forward and NBA champion was quite excited to start a new chapter in his basketball career. He played for the Sichuan Blue Whales this season and averaged 19.0 points, 6.0 rebounds and 2.3 steals in 15 games before being [...]

It finally happened. Injuries delayed the occasion, but on Sunday night, Kobe Bryant passed Michael Jordan for No. 3 on the NBA’s all-time scoring list. He clinched the honor with a pair of free throws midway through the second quarter and went on to tally 26 points in total, giving him 32,310 for his career, [...]

The Sacramento Kings have surprisingly fired their current head coach—Mike Malone—and assistant coach Tyrone Corbin will be appointed as their interim head coach, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports. This surely comes as a shock for most people. The Kings are actually having a pretty solid start this season (11-13), especially, when you compare [...]

LA Lakers Kobe Bryant tonight passed Michael Jordan with a couple of free throws for third all-time on the NBA’s scoring list. With a whopping 32,293 points, Kobe is only trailing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (38,387) and Karl Malone (36,928). While it doesn’t seem likely Kobe will catch Kareem or Karl Malone, it is an amazing feat [...]

The New Orleans Pelicans Anthony Davis is widely considered to be a front runner for the NBA’s 2015 Most Valuable Player Award. And in some circles you can hear whispers of the ‘second coming of Tim Duncan’ given how he has been filling up the box score on both ends of the floor. Given Anthony [...]

This disaster of a season for the Knicks can’t possibly get worse? Or can it? There’s a gift and a curse about playing in New York. When you’re doing well, everyone loves you. But being in such a huge market opens you up to rumors and reports more so than smaller markets. A few days [...]

So this is why Byron Scott doesn’t have Kobe Bryant practice regularly. Here we all were thinking it was to offset the minutes that the 36-year-old Bryant is playing, yet totally shouldn’t be playing. Kobe leads the league in minutes played. At 36. Nineteen years into his career. For a six-win Los Angeles Lakers team. [...]

Ever imagine Stephen Curry, the greatest shooter in NBA history, playing alongside Ray Allen, who used be the greatest shooter in NBA history? Me too. I may or may not have tried such a pairing in NBA 2k for an entire dynasty. There was just something about the triumvirate of Curry, Allen and Klay Thompson that [...]

Byron Scott is trying everything possible to get the Lakers to click on all cylinders. That included benching Jeremy Lin and Carlos Boozer. And now, he’s considering having Kobe run the point. But is putting the ball in Kobe’s hands more often the solution? “I even talked to him about it,” Scott said. “I said, [...]

A lot of rumors have been swirling around regarding seven-time all-star Tracy McGrady that he’s planning on making an NBA comeback after officially announcing his retirement from basketball just last year (2013). I’m sure many would have loved—especially his millions of fans around the world—to see him back on the floor. However, it looks like [...]