Kobe Bryant

March 21, 2012 – Griffin Gotta Shannon Brown nails a three, triggering a full timeout from the bench. Down ten with seven minutes and change left, Los Suns had El Heat — for what it’s worth, these are basically the Taco Bell versions of translating — on the ropes on their home floor. As this [...]

March 20, 2012 – R.S. De France The Los Angeles Lakers are quicker and younger at point guard with Ramon Sessions, but without Derek Fisher, can they still compete for a title? It was not just another day in Laker history when Derek Fisher was traded, not for Kobe Bryant, and not for the fans. [...]

March 15, 2012 – R.S. De France How can this talented Knicks team achieve their potential, or at least make the playoffs? What needs to be done? Trade Melo? Fire Mike D’Antoni? Well, D’Antoni resigned as head coach of the New York Knicks. What can the Knicks do the salvage the season? In the midst [...]

March 9, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Pau Gasol got a little loose-lipped to a Spanish radio station after the Lakers loss to the lowly Washington Wizards this week. It wasn’t just that the Lakers lost the game, but more ‘how’ they lost the game that sparked Gasol to take his opinions on the matter [...]

March 8, 2012 – R.S. De France With the NBA trade deadline approaching, it’s time for some last-minute deals. The Lakers have been burning up the phone lines like an old lover trying to make something happen. All Lakers’ fans hope they are talking to Orlando about Dwight Howard. In the meantime, here are five [...]

March 7, 2012 – Griffin Gotta When a broken nose forces Kobe Bryant to wear a protective face-mask — made most famous by Rip Hamilton in recent years — he doesn’t just slap on any old face-mask. Bryant, like he does with the game of basketball as he gets older and wiser on the floor, [...]

March 5, 2012 – R.S. De France Los Angeles Lakers 5-time champion, 14-time All-Star, and 2-time Finals’ MVP Kobe Bryant has said repeatedly this season that he wants to go out winning a 6th NBA championship. But how can that happen with this Lakers’ team, one of the best defensive teams, one of the worst [...]

March 1, 2012 – R.S. De France As the Los Angeles Lakers blew-out the Minnesota Timberwolves, who were short All-Star Kevin Love, 104-85, the Lakers are looking better than many think. Coming off 27 points in the All-Star Game, Kobe Bryant led the way with 31 points, 8 assists, and 7 rebounds. Pau Gasol and [...]

March 1, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors “Who is that masked man?” Lakers fans were worried sick after the All-Star Weekend when it was announced that Dwyane Wade’s hard foul to the face of Kobe Bryant had resulted in a broken nose, and accompanying issues related to balance and dizziness. After getting cleared to play [...]

February 28, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors After the Lakers got swept by the eventual NBA Champion Dallas Mavericks in the 2011 NBA Playoffs, many wondered if Kobe Bryant was at his best or if he was suffering through too many injuries. Well apparently the injuries to his knee and ankle were far worse than [...]