Kobe Bryant

It’s better to have admired and lost than to have never admired at all. Remember that, Dwight Howard. Too much has been made of Howard’s decision to the leave the Lakers and, more pointedly, Kobe Bryant during free agency in 2013. The relationship between these two superstars has been painted as something either tenuous or [...]

Remember when the season started and we mentioned Kobe was approaching a pretty negative milestone this season? In the Lakers 107-102 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies last night, Kobe Bryant added another ‘accolade’ to his resume, as he passed Boston Celtics legend John Havlicek for the most missed field goals in NBA history. At exactly [...]

Hey! You know how everyone who’s anyone believes that the Los Angeles Lakers will trade Kobe Bryant? Well, they’re all wrong. Craaaaazy, right? Not really. Obviously. In an age where anyone can post something on the Internet and a premium is placed on rumors that aren’t actually rumors but are instead forced musings intended to [...]

After losing their first five games of the season, many analysts debated when the Los Angeles Lakers would get that first win—and to our surprise, especially to Charles Barkley, the purple and gold finally grabbed a win against the Charlotte Hornets with a final score of 107-92. Kobe Bryant and Jeremy Lin led the scoring [...]

Kobe Bryant remains loyal to the Los Angeles Lakers. Many are waiting for all hell to break loose in Los Angeles, where the Lakers are 0-4 and continuing their downward spiral. Kobe doesn’t like losing. There will come a point when he explodes, making waves in all the wrong ways, feeding a rumor mill that [...]

The Los Angeles Lakers went down 0-4 with the loss (127-104) against the Warriors last night, but once again (surprisingly), were able to make it interesting until eventually getting blown out late in the fourth quarter. Well despite this loss, the highlight of the game came from the purple and gold, as the 36-year-old Kobe [...]

Isaiah Thomas loves playing for the Phoenix Suns. But he would have loved playing for the Los Angeles Lakers, too. During a wide-ranging interview with Grantland’s Zach Lowe, Thomas touched upon his free-agent exploits from this past summer. When asked about the Lakers’ interest, he was candid and insightful, and said just enough to make [...]

The opening night game between the visiting Houston Rockets and the Los Angeles Lakers will be tipping off in less than 12 hours, but the Lakers’ head coach Byron Scott already gave out the first blow as he was recently asked about the failed partnership between Kobe Bryant and Dwight Howard just two seasons ago [...]

A lot of criticism has been bombarding Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant regarding his inability to play together with other players, and that it has been a factor leading to the downfall of the franchise. According to ESPN.com’s Ramona Shelbuirne and Ohm Youngmisuk,—Carmelo Anthony — who had the chance to play alongside the Mamba, [...]

With the new season just around the corner, the Los Angeles Lakers have decided to sit out their 36-year-old superstar Kobe Bryant for the rest of their scheduled games in the preseason, according to Mark Medina of the LA Daily News. [tweet https://twitter.com/MarkG_Medina/status/525069970456465408] The Lakers will be facing the Portland Trailblazers tonight in Ontario and [...]