LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former Los Angeles Lakers head coach Byron Scott says he thought he had more time to right the ship before the team fired him last week. Scott tells ESPN he was “surprised” and “shocked” by the move even though he led the Lakers to the two worst seasons in their history, […]
The stars did not disappoint. And the most-celebrated closing night in NBA regular-season history not only lived up to expectations, it might have exceeded them with a pair of performances that will be talked about for years to come. Golden State became the first team to win 73 games in a season, Warriors guard Stephen […]
He was an 18-time All-Star, also an 11-time first team All-NBA player, two-time second team and two-time third team player. For fifteen years Bryant was…
Kobe Bryant revealed his wife Vanessa miscarried in the midst of his rape case back in 2004. He blames himself for the family tragedy, according to TMZ. Bryant opened up during a segment part of his documentary, “Muse.” And although he never mentions the case, it’s clear he’s referring to that period in his life. […]
CLEVELAND (AP) — When he was a kid, LeBron James looked up on his bedroom wall where Kobe Bryant hung in reverence. “I wanted to be just like him, man,” James said Tuesday. Two days after Bryant announced he would retire after this season, James expressed his gratitude and love for the U.S. Olympic teammate […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — After 20 years in a Lakers uniform and a lifetime in basketball, Kobe Bryant determined that his aching body and his passion for the game had both grown weaker than his excitement about the future. That’s when Kobe decided he could only wait a few more months to begin his life […]
When we last saw Metta World Peace on an NBA court, he ended his season with a flailing 2013-14 Knicks team. World Peace’s time playing overseas ever…
After a tumultuous season marred by injuries and numerous blunders, the Los Angeles Lakers were the laughing stock of the NBA. This off-season, Lakers’…
The 2014-15 NBA season has been a strange, but entertaining one for fans. On one end of the spectrum, you have the two best teams…
Dang, here’s an NBA first. And it’s not a good one. We can only wonder what Los Angeles Lakers legends Elgin Baylor, Jerry West, Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Kobe Bryant are thinking, along with Boston Celtics greats Bill Russell, John Havlicek, Larry Bird and Robert Parrish. Or what about the New York Knicks’ Willis Reed, Earl Munroe, Walt […]
Perhaps Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant should stick to talking about basketball – or step into the real world when speaking out on race and black men in America. Bryant is embroiled in a firestorm of controversy after he told a reporter for The New Yorker that he didn’t feel compelled to support the Trayvon […]
Comedian Chris Paul dishes on the advice he’d give Columbus Short’s sparring partner, why there is irony in LA Lakers Nick Young’s house getting robbed and much, much more. He’s on one today!
