Kobe Bryant

Magic Johnson is just saying what everyone is thinking. Oh, and what everyone else has been saying too. Speaking with the Los Angeles Daily News (via Ira Winderman of the Sun-Sentinel), Magic said that he believes LeBron James will opt out of his contract with the Miami Heat next summer. “LeBron could opt in, but [...]

There’s is no explaining the recovery process of one Kobe Bryant. It’s been said before, almost to the point where it’s played out. But not quite. Because we’re still enraptured, still fascinated by the Black Mamba’s borderline immortality, his self-healing-like powers. To be crystal clear, I’m not kidding. I’ve never been more serious about anything [...]

Never count out the Los Angeles Lakers or rather, Kobe Bryant. It’s a lesson I myself learned long ago, and one that still applies today. Writing off any team the Black Mamba—injured or not—plays for is like roller skating through your local mall in nothing save for a pair of tidy whities, in that you [...]

So why do the New York Knicks need Glen Grunwald again? Oh right, formalities. To hell with those shackles. They should just go ahead and give Carmelo Anthony the official title of star cornerstone and acting general manager. According to Hoopworld’s Steve Kyler, the Knicks have let ‘Melo know their financial books will be clear [...]

Mitch Kupchak sure knows how to kill a party. While Jim Buss is predicting that Kobe Bryant will be ready to go in time for the preseason, Kupchak isn’t ready to make such a pledge. Really, he’s not prepared to make any sort of pledge. Speaking with reporters for the first time since Dwight Howard [...]

LeBron James who? Derrick Rose hasn’t played in over a year and he’s fresh off having watched LeBron win his second straight championship and league MVP award. There’s bound to be some deep-seeded jealously there. Watching as someone else takes over the NBA, trouncing the competition as the league’s best player, while you just sit [...]

Chandler Parsons isn’t shy about telling the truth. Before the Houston Rockets’ courtship of Dwight Howard even officially began, Parsons was texting him, appealing to Superman’s championship side. Now that Howard is a officially a Rocket, he’s making sure everyone knows it may not have happened without him. Speaking with reporters at USA Basketball mini [...]

After a first round playoff sweep at the hands of the San Antonio Spurs and Dwight Howard taking his talents to Houston, the Los Angeles Lakers are a team in transition and turmoil. The franchise centerpiece future Hall of Fame shooting guard Kobe Bryant faces the toughest challenge of his epic career, returning from a [...]

Nick Young didn’t join the Los Angeles Lakers to play defense. He signed in Hollywood to shoot. That much was clear from Day 1, the moment Young put pen to paper. For more than a half-decade, he’s been known for his (inefficient) scoring and nothing else. Why would he change now? He wouldn’t. And he [...]

At some point, you just need to call an alien an alien. And Kobe Bryant, you’re an alien. Not in like a creepy, green, narrow-headed sort of way. But in a you-can’t-possibly-be-human type of admiration. Kobe tore his achilles on April 12 against the Golden State Warriors. April 12. That wasn’t even four months ago. [...]