Kobe Bryant

With February a few weeks away, Nike officially unveiled their Black History Month sneaker collection. 2016 marks the 40th year Black History Month has been in existance (chosen as the second week in February to commemorate the former Negro History Week as well as Abraham Lincoln’s birthday on the 14th), Nike chose another pattern similar [...]

Michael Jordan is going to be pissed. Kobe Bryant, Jordan’s surrogate little brother, gave some encouragement to Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors following the Los Angeles Lakers’ 116-98 loss to the NBA’s best, per ESPN.com’s Baxter Holmes: “You guys have got to go ahead and make history,” Bryant told Curry. “I got to [...]

Gary Vitti, the Los Angeles Lakers’ head athletic trainer, wants Kobe Bryant to take a couple of weeks off. Clearly, he should know better. Vitti has worked with the Lakers since before Bryant, so he has been with the Black Mamba for his entire career. He knows by now that convincing Kobe to sit is [...]

With Kobe Bryant into his final year not only as the Los Angeles Lakers captain but in the NBA as a whole, Nike very fittingly made the Black Mamba his best signature sneaker yet in the new Kobe XI. The first pair to release is called the ‘Achilles Heel’ Kobe XI and comes constructed with [...]

Kobe Bryant has been embarking on his farewell tour for some time now and the first ballot hall of famer’s incredible career is winding down but the Mamba still has a little juice left on certain nights and is still reaching lofty milestones. Kobe played well in a 118-115 loss to the Kings in Sacramento [...]

What’s in a number? When it comes to someone like Kobe Bryant, that answer is “a lot.” It’s rare that a great player will ever change his jersey number mid-career. I mean, we’ve seen it a handful of times, and when it happens it quite noticeable. In most cases, they are forced to do so [...]

Kobe Bryant’s aging body, dipped performance and high salary have somewhat handcuffed the Lakers the past few seasons. We all see it, and perhaps, Kobe does as well. But, it’s one thing to realize this is the case, and it’s another thing entirely to say that out loud. That’s more or less what Mitch Kupchak [...]

Kobe Bryant is perfectly fine retiring from the NBA with less than six championship rings. Anything under five, though, would have been unacceptable. According to Mark Medina of the Los Angeles Daily News, Kobe wasn’t thrilled with the Lakers losing to the Los Angeles Clippers on Christmas Day. No surprises there. Even now, with the [...]

Golden State Warriors All-Star guard Klay Thompson says he’s the best shooting guard in the NBA today, a drum he’s been beating the last few years, especially since the physical decline of the great Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers. When asked about his starting five at each position today, Klay named Curry at [...]

On December 20, 2005, Kobe Bryant made history by becoming the first player in NBA history to single-handedly outscore an opponent through three quarters. Kobe outscored the Dallas Mavericks 62-61 through three quarters and sat out the entire fourth quarter in a 112-90 win over the Mavs at the Staples Center. He finished the game [...]