Kobe Bryant

Kobe Bryant has been lauded as one of the most competitive and hard-working superstars in NBA history, the kind of guy who was consumed by greatness and lived and breathed the game. Bryant was on Jim Rome’s podcast on Monday and he gave a glimpse into one of the situations that motivated Bryant to outwork [...]

As the NBA season enters its final week and a half, the Phoenix Suns currently possess the worst record in the NBA at 19-59 and as such are likely to have the highest odds to land the No. 1 pick of the 2018 NBA Draft. That means they could have an opportunity to potentially draft [...]

Kobe Bryant can add another groundbreaking accomplishment in a life full of them. Not only did he have a hall of fame basketball career, he also won an Oscar on Sunday night. Bryant’s film, “Dear Basketball” was given the award for Best Animated Short Film at the 90th Academy Awards beating out Negative Space, Lou, [...]

If Kobe Bryant was still in the NBA, he would not, it seems, be standing for the National Anthem. That, or he’d be finding some sort of other way to follow Colin Kaepernick’s lead. Speaking with The Undefeated’s Jemele Hill, Bryant said he would have absolutely followed in the footsteps of the former San Francisco [...]

Here’s to incandescent hypotheticals! Kobe Bryant never got the chance to partake in the NBA’s new All-Star Game format, which includes captains who build their team from a pool of 22 players, almost entirely irrespective of conference affiliation. It was only introduced this season, his second in retirement. But could you imagine if he were [...]

Could you imagine a prime Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O’Neal and Tracy McGrady playing together on the same team? Of course you can’t. The notion is ludicrous. The world would have exploded with all of those egos in one place. And yet, before Kobe was Kobe, or T-Mac was T-Mac, the Los Angeles Lakers apparently tried [...]

Stephen Curry had a problem leading into the Golden State Warriors’ most recent matchup with the Los Angeles Lakers: The ring finger on his shooting hand was in pain. So what was he to do? Contact the only person in a position to help him, of course: Retired NBA legend and lifetime Laker Kobe Bryant. [...]

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 [...]

Welcome to another edition of “LaVar Ball said what about Lonzo Ball?!?!?” The latest, per Complex Sports, has Pops saying that social media can make his son “bigger” than Kobe Bryant: [tweet https://twitter.com/Complex/status/926959350215667712] So, like, on the LaVar scale of talking points, this take is pretty tame. Lonzo has about a half-million followers on Twitter to [...]

Gordon Hayward suffered a dislocated left ankle and fractured tibia barely five minutes into his regular-season debut with the Boston Celtics. He underwent surgery last Thursday and is expected to miss the rest of the year. Oh, and lastly, he’s already started the rehab process. WAIT, WUT? Yep, it’s true. Hayward essentially began the recovery [...]