Kobe Bryant

May 13, 2011 – Allen Moll As one of the NBA’s elder statesmen and world-wide hoops icon, Kobe Bryant is arguably basketball’s most marketable star. Sorry Lebron, but winning 5 World Championships will do that for a player. And just ask any former or current member of the Houston Rockets like Tracy McGrady, Steve Francis, [...]

May 9, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Dwight Howard, Kobe Bryant, Rajon Rondo, Kevin Garnett and LeBron James were named to the All-Defensive First team. Hard to argue with any of those selections. Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard, winner of the last three Kia NBA Defensive Player of the Year Awards, headlines the NBA All-Defensive [...]

May 6, 2011 – R.S. De France Down 0-2 against the Dallas Mavericks, the Los Angeles Lakers will need a vintage effort by one Kobe Bryant in order to get back into this series. In honor of the need of a historic game from Kobe, here are some of Kobe Bryant’s best plays against the [...]

The Lakers and Celtics met in the Finals last year and both are down 0-2. Will either of them survive this round? [...]

May 3, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors After leading by 16 in the second half last night, the Lakers ultimately lost to the Mavericks in Game 1, 96 – 94. You can point to a bunch of reasons why Dallas mounted that comeback and this loss left Kobe in doubt… The Dallas Mavericks might have [...]

May 02, 2011 – Joshua Sexton For the first time in their careers, Kobe Bryant and Dirk Nowitzki will square off in the playoffs. Considering the Lakers and Mavericks have both been Western Conference powerhouses for over a decade, this makes the upcoming match-up between the [...]

April 25, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Hey Kobe, we know you like calls to go your way. Who doesn’t? But c’mon man, while you are complaining, Chris Paul is schoolin’ your aZZ. Veterans should know to keep their head in the game, especially during the playoffs. P.S. – What’s with the pigeon toes? [...]

April 21, 2011 – R.S. De France After losing game one of the quarterfinals to New Orleans, 109-100, the Lakers recovered in game two with a narrow 87-78 victory. In these two games, the Lakers have seen consistency and inconsistency in strange places. So far, Ron Artest and Andrew Bynum have been the most consistent [...]

April 14, 2011 – THD Rumor Patrol Kobe Bryant ‘s presence has been requested at a gay and lesbian basketball league in L.A. where league officials want the Lakers star to PROVE his support for the GLBT community by showing up for one of their games. TMZ spoke with a rep for the Lambda League [...]

April 8, 2011 – R.S. De France While their Lakers’ era ended in turmoil, Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal were fatefully paired up again in the 2009 All-star Game in Phoenix, Arizona, where they shared MVP honors for the Western Conference. Now, with the Lakers and Celtics on a possible Finals-collision course, the NBA and [...]