Brian Windhorst, ESPN Senior AuthorAug 29, 2023, 11:19 AM ET Close ESPN.com NBA author since 2010 Lined Cleveland Cavs for seven years Writer of two books MANILA, Philippines – On the final FIBA World Cup in China in 2019, Kobe Bryant was the video games’ official ambassador. He not solely thrilled the Chinese language followers … Read more
Aug 24, 2023, 01:10 PM ET The Los Angeles Lakers will unveil a statue of Kobe Bryant exterior their downtown area on Feb. 8. The 17-time NBA champion Lakers introduced the plan Thursday to honor Bryant, the fourth-leading scorer in NBA historical past and a beloved mainstay of the franchise for 20 seasons. Bryant and … Read more
NBA Corridor of Famer Kobe Bryant would be the cowl athlete for NBA 2K24, the online game’s writer introduced Thursday. 2K tweeted that two totally different covers — the Kobe Bryant Version and the Black Mamba Version — can be launched, with preorders starting Friday forward of the Sept. 8 launch on a number of … Read more
Dave Rennie pointed the way in which to Japan for Mike Blair Japan-bound Mike Blair has revealed he obtained his supply to be Dave Rennie’s attack coach at Kobe Steelers through a web based WhatsApp chat group. Blair made the shock announcement in February that he would stand down as Edinburgh head coach on the … Read more
John Calipari thanked Vanessa Bryant and her daughter, Natalia, after the household despatched the Kentucky coach a package deal to honor Gigi Bryant on what would have been her seventeenth birthday on Monday. In a video he posted on Twitter, Calipari stated he’ll body Gigi’s jersey and dangle it in his workplace. Gigi and Kobe … Read more
CAIRO – Cape City Tigers head coach Rasheed Hazzard, who was assistant coach on the Los Angeles Lakers when Kobe Bryant was their star participant, instructed ESPN that he discovered greater than ‘Mamba Mentality’ from Bryant, and that working with him was a lesson in humility. Because the Tigers start the Basketball Africa League Nile … Read more
Pau Gasol pays tribute to an outdated good friend and extra from our NBA quotes of the week. “I can not go on with out speaking concerning the particular person and the face that I do not see. The brother that elevated me, challenged me, impressed me to be a greater participant. Simply to be … Read more
PAU GASOL’S HAIR is coiffed brief and tidy now. Smart. Hints of grey present on the perimeters and distinction with the brown waves up prime. He appears to be like each bit the half because the husband and father of two he has turn out to be in his post-playing days. At first look, the … Read more
7:04 AM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN PORTLAND, Ore. — Golden State Warriors guard Klay Thompson finds inspiration in a Kobe Bryant quote, “Greatness is not simply on the court docket, it is the whole lot you do.” It has formed Thompson as a creature of behavior in the case of his sport preparation. He goes by … Read more
2:57 PM ET Dan HajduckyESPN Close Hajducky is a reporter/researcher for ESPN. He has an MFA in artistic writing from Fairfield College and performed on the boys’s soccer groups at Fordham and Southern Connecticut State universities. A signed Kobe Bryant jersey, worn throughout his lone MVP season in 2007-08, has bought for $5,849,700 with Sotheby’s, … Read more