Kobe Bryant

According to reports from TMZ Sports and ESPN, The Lakers will retire Kobe Bryant’s jersey during their game against the Warriors on December 18. [tweet https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/907594866238132225] So which number of the Black Mamba’s will be hanging up in the rafters No. 8 or No. 24? The answer is both according to Ramona Shelburne of ESPN. [...]

Kobe Bryant has issued another one of his suddenly trademark challenges. This one goes to Giannis Antetokounmpo, and it’s no minor endeavor. The Mamba wants him to win the MVP award: [tweet https://twitter.com/kobebryant/status/901798191766450176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fbleacherreport.com%2Farticles%2F2729824-kobe-bryant-challenges-giannis-antetokounmpo-to-win-nba-mvp-award] If Antetokounmpo is intimidated, he has only himself to blame. He asked for this: [tweet https://twitter.com/giannis_an34/status/900767397556232192] Bryant has been issuing challenges to [...]

Kobe Bryant has appeared to transition into post NBA life well as he has appeared to focus his maniacal level of drive and determination to other facets of his life such as business, family, Musecage and other things one would imagine. That doesn’t mean his love for the game of basketball has completely left him [...]

Ah yes, the perfect fodder for the slow days of the NBA off-season in August. Stories about all-time greats giving their two cents and ranking other great players and why they feel one player is better than another. Today’s public player ranking comes from none other than Michael Jordan himself. When asked by Bay Area [...]

So Scottie Pippen has some thoughts on the NBA’s greatest-of-all-time conversation. And they’re not particularly good. During a SportsCenter on Wednesday, Pippen told ESPN’s Cari Champion that he doesn’t believe LeBron James has usurped Michael Jordan or Kobe Bryant in the pantheon of greats (h/t Chris Walder of theScore): “I don’t think he’s [LeBron] surpassed Kobe [Bryant] at all, no,” Pippen [...]

Paul George hasn’t talked to Kobe Bryant about what it would be like to join the Los Angeles Lakers. But it sounds like he’s going to. George made an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live Monday night, so naturally, the Lakers chatter came up. Jimmy Kimmel asked him if he’s spoken with Kobe about donning purple and gold, to [...]

Kobe Bryant has his hand in a lot of things since retiring from the NBA after last season. Including, well, the NBA. We already know that Isaiah Thomas and Kobe have been chatting on the regular since the playoffs started. But he revealed to ESPN.com’s Jackie MacMullan that the player he affectionately termed “Mighty IT” [...]

Through eight playoff appearances, Isaiah Thomas is averaging 28 points on 46.2 percent shooting. In the Boston Celtics’ Game 2 victory over the Washington Wizards on Tuesday, he dropped 53 points, 29 of which came during the fourth quarter and overtime. What’s his secret? Watching film. With Kobe Bryant. Seriously. From The Washington Post‘s Des Bieler: [...]

Kobe Bryant is no longer playing in the NBA, but he is, apparently, still very much a part of it. Mostly because current players won’t let him not be. From Mark Medina of the Orange County Register: Have Bryant and Ingram scheduled any workouts yet? “I don’t know, honestly. I’m always around,” Bryant said. “Guys call [...]

The Los Angeles Lakers moved swiftly in their decision to higher powerhouse agent Rob Pelinka as general manager following their February front office purge, which claimed the roles of Jim Buss and Mitch Kupchak. And yet, after all that midseason ado, Pelinka’s role was never made official. Until now. The Lakers confirmed the Pelinka hire on [...]