Evidently, people love to pay absurd amounts of money for Kobe Bryant-related products. Apparently, they’re also willing to pay to compete against him on the basketball court. Per the OC Register: “Kobe Bryant’s game-worn protective mask went for $67,100 via auction last month. In another exercise to benefit Bryant’s family foundation and fight youth homelessness, a July 2 H-O-R-S-E game [...]
The media voted for All-NBA First, Second and Third Teams, with points awarded on a 5-3-1 basis. Kobe made the First Team for the seventh straight year and 10th time in his career. LBJ earned his sixth First-Team honor and is on track for at least another six. Russ Westbrook received his second straight Second-Team selection, edging out DWade. Check [...]
The inevitable took place last night in Oklahoma City, as the Thunder unceremoniously ushered Kobe Bryant and his Los Angeles Lakers out of the Playoffs. The young, frighteningly talented Thunder simply outclassed the older, slower, and bickering Lakers. Kobe Bryant, ever the optimist, boldly claimed that it wouldn’t be long until Los Angeles would be back on top of the [...]
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 [...]
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