Metta World Peace has no interest in making a bury-the-hatchet peace gesture with Oklahoma City’s James Harden at the onset of the Los Angeles Lakers’ Western Conference semifinals series against the Thunder. “I don’t shake substitutes’ hands,” World Peace said after contributing 15 points, five rebounds and four steals in the Lakers’ 96-87 Game 7 victory over the Denver Nuggets [...]
Kobe Bryant will sit out the Los Angeles Lakers’ regular-season finale on Thursday against the Sacramento Kings and concede the chance to catch Oklahoma City’s Kevin Durant for the NBA scoring title. Bryant, averaging 27.86 points per game, would have needed 38 points to catch Durant and win the title outright. Durant finished the regular season averaging 28.03 points per [...]
When this season’s NBA All-Star Game is mentioned, the first thing likely to come to mind is how Dwyane Wade‘s hard foul left Kobe Bryant with a broken nose and a concussion. Now, you can add a financial component to any discussion of Bryant during the weekend festivities. The NBA fined the Los Angeles Lakers guard $40,000 for missing a [...]
Popularised by the explosive exploits of the one and only Michael Jordan, there has always been a certain mystique to the Shooting Guard position. Break the position name down and you’ll understand clearly what is expected of a perfect 2-guard: someone who can shoot the ball well and someone who can guard or handle the ball well. But times have [...]
In Nike Basketball’s newest campaign, Kobe Bryant steps beyond his role as a basketball superstar and into the role of a motivational speaker. Learning from his own lessons of success on the court, Kobe inspires some of the most accomplished business, entertainment and sports leaders across the globe to reach for even greater success in their own lives. Dubbed “The [...]
The Los Angeles Lakers experienced a major collapse late in their season-opening loss to the Chicago Bulls, and Kobe Bryant says that his team will play ugly ball on both ends of the court in 2012. From the LA Times: “In the final seconds of what had been three hours worth of jingle bell rock, the metaphor was as plain [...]
Many things went wrong for the Los Angeles Lakers last season, culminating in a humiliating sweep at the hands of the eventual NBA champion Dallas Mavericks. It’s hard to pinpoint precisely one thing that doomed the team, but a lot of blame can safely be placed on Kobe Bryant’s health. Or lack thereof. Bryant used the extended offseason to get [...]
Italy-based Gazzetto dello Sport reports on a couple of developments – or perhaps more appropriately “non-developments” – in the Kobe-to-Bologna soap opera. The first bit is easy to define: Kobe Bryant, it appears, won’t be playing for Virtus Bologna anytime soon. As the basketball world awaited the well-publicized ultimate conference call between Virtus president Claudio Sabatini and Bryant’s representation, well [...]
The president of Virtus Bologna said he has an agreement with Kobe Bryant that’s “95 percent done” for the Los Angeles Lakers star to play in Italy during the NBA lockout, but scheduling in the Italian league remains a hurdle. Bryant would be paid $3 million for the opening 40 days of the season, a person with knowledge of the [...]
Kobe Bryant (198-G-78) said it was ‘very possible’ he will play in Italy during the NBA lockout, adding the country is like home because he spent part of his childhood there. Virtus Bologna has made numerous contract offers to the Los Angeles Lakers star. Bryant discussed the offer with the Gazzetta dello Sport during a sponsor’s appearance in Milan on [...]
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