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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 [...]

Pau Gasol has recently been staring at a figurative clock on his time with the Lakers. As LA has been moving from their more traditional offense to a 7-seconds-or-less style, the need for athletic size has put glaring emphasis on Gasol. Gasol is, in my opinion, a top 5 forward on his worst day in [...]

A new NBA season means a new signature sneaker for those players privileged enough, and without a doubt, Kobe Bryant is one of those players.  For his eighth signature sneaker with Nike, the Kobe 8 System has an added emphasis on being lightweight. With a snakeskin print purposely designed as such to play off of [...]

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 [...]

Ever since the Jordan XXIII, the Air Jordan series has used the release year in the name instead of the traditional Roman numeral from the previous 23 years but next year’s Jordan iteration looks to be a combination of that style and actual sneaker number with the Air Jordan XX8. Yesterday at the “Dare to [...]

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 [...]

In recent interviews Lakers new coach Mike D’Antoni said the Lakers are a much slower team due to age than many of the teams they are coming up against. He still wants to play the run and gun game, but much of that success will be predicated on the return of Steve Nash from injury. [...]

Chris Paul last night came up big when it counted. He had a decent night of 14 and 9, but it was his mindset and know how in the important moments that counted. Chris Paul gave his defender a little shimmy at the top of the key with under a minute remaining and the game [...]

The LA Lakers today announced on their twitter feed that backup point guard Steve Blake will need to have laproscopic surgery to repair his abdomen. The rehab from the surgery is apparently going to take at least 6-8 weeks. This is terrible news for the Lakers who are struggling mightily given their talent level on [...]