Kobe Bryant

There was a unique mix of futility, history, adulation and reflection emanating throughout the Wells Fargo Center Tuesday as the 2-14 Los Angeles Lakers battled with the 0-18 Philadelphia 76ers. The Sixers were trying not to set a new record for the worst start in NBA history by falling to 0-19 and the official Kobe [...]

Los Angeles Lakers coach Byron Scott is not on the hot seat. Right now, it seems his seat is actually pretty comfortable. Despite coaching the Lakers toward one of the NBA’s worst records, and despite allowing Kobe Bryant to shoot himself into the unflattering history books, and despite doling out insufficient playing time to Los [...]

Kobe Bryant is not having a good season, and he knows it. He also knows that the Los Angeles Lakers are, collectively, plagued by more misfortune, and he would like us all to know it. Here’s what the Black Mamba had to say on the heels of the Lakers’ 111-77 to the still undefeated Golden [...]

Kobe Bryant changed the way Nike Basketball traditionally rolls out their signature sneakers by starting last NBA season in the Kobe IX Elite. That trend continued this year as well and we are being treated to more colorways of the Kobe’s latest Elite series sneaker. The Nike Kobe X Elite ‘American’ nickname is hammered home [...]

Kobe Bryant is a realist. Sometimes. And this is one of those times. Although the Black Mamba can be stubborn, if delusional, about his ebbing abilities, the last few years of his career have seen him evolve into a more pensive realist. He’s not about to declare himself a top-10 player, even if he carries [...]

Former NBA players that turn into head coaches were usually journeymen who had middling careers. At least the successful ones are. It’s rare that you’ll see an all-time great player become a great head coach. That’s primarily because most players aren’t as good as they were, so they have a tough time understanding why all [...]

Even before the 2015-16 NBA season began, Kobe Bryant’s future was already a very hot topic of discussion. He will become an unrestricted free agent in July and has yet to make a decision on whether or not he’ll retire or continue playing for the purple and gold, or maybe even some other team. But [...]

Byron Scott is the head coach of a rebuilding Los Angeles Lakers team that desperately needs its young guns to develop and learn and thrive and form something resembling a foundation for the future. And yet, Scott doesn’t seem to acknowledge that’s the team he’s coaching. A lot of criticism has been thrown Los Angeles’ [...]

Kobe Bryant knows that Kobe Bryant is old. At 37, the Black Mamba is playing through his 20th season, still a member of the Los Angeles Lakers, and now the only player in league history to spend two decades wearing one uniform. That kind of longevity provides perspective. You begin to appreciate the game more. [...]

Kobe Bryant’s teammates seem more willing to poke the Black Mamba despite the subsequent risk of enduring his venomous reaction. Last season, Kobe Bryant was pushed during a Los Angeles Lakers practice to the point where he immortalized the Charmin brand. Nick Young, I believe, was at the center of his wrath, having went back [...]