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Kobe Bryant is more than a year removed from playing in the NBA—and roughly a half-decade displaced from his prime—but he continues to get love from present-day superstars. Kevin Durant is the latest megastud to pay homage to the Black Mamba. In one of his fan question-and-answer sessions on YouTube, the 2017 NBA Finals MVP [...]

Shutting down LeBron James is impossible. That much has been proven time and again, but the notion of him as a human was put to bed in the 2015 NBA Finals, when he carried a slipshod Cleveland Cavaliers squad to an improbable Game 6. Yes, the Cavaliers lost. And sure, LeBron was anything but efficient. [...]