The late Kobe Bryant put a premium on loyalty. Although it was the Charlotte Hornets who drafted him 13th overall in the 1996 ...

1996 — Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant becomes the then youngest player to make his NBA debut (18 years, 2 months, 11 days) in 91-85 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves at the Great Western ...

Warner Bros. is producing With the 8th Pick, a film about Kobe Bryant’s near selection by the New Jersey Nets in 1996. The story is told from the perspective of Nets general manager John Nash and ...

In the spring of 1996, the Los Angeles Clippers were looking for their next superstar, particularly one who would turn the franchise around given all the issues they were dealing with on and off the ...

Before he took the NBA, the nation and the world by storm, Kobe Bryant was already becoming a legend in Philadelphia's high school sports. The 1996 Lower Merion High School graduate was arguably the ...

Kobe Bryant is a legend in Los Angeles Lakers history, but not everyone in the organisation was sold on his potential at first. On draft night in 1996, the Charlotte Hornets selected Kobe Bryant with ...

Shaquille O’Neal has never done things small, not on the basketball court, not in his garage, and certainly not when paying tribute to his late friend and teammate Kobe Bryant. Back in August, the ...

When it comes to the deepest NBA draft class in history, Allen Iverson argues that nothing can touch his Class of 1996.

And for Kobe Bryant, a prodigiously talented member of the team, the pressure is on to reproduce the form that made him the NBA's most valuable player of 2008. When he lines up for the U.S. "Dream ...

The Brooklyn Nets have had plenty of great players play for the franchise whether the team has been playing in New Jersey or entertaining fans in Brooklyn. Brooklyn is currently in the midst of ...

'With the 8th Pick' tells the story of the New Jersey franchise trying to make moves to draft Bryant in the 1996 NBA Draft Warner Bros. Pictures has picked up the rights to the script of With the 8th ...

The post How Ayo Dosunmu is still using Kobe Bryant’s teachings to usher in new Bulls era ... Plus, the last time Chicago ...