Phil Jackson likes to think outside of the box: it’s been proven time and time again during his storied coaching career, it becomes apparent while reading his new book Eleven Rings, and it’s proven once again in an excellent interview he recently did with Sam Anderson of the New York Times. In the wide-ranging interview, Anderson lists the interesting changes [...]

The Kobe 8′s are definitely my favorite Kobe shoe ever. Every colorway just looks great, and this new shoe from Nike is no different. As we all know, Kobe Bryant is a huge soccer fan, so it’s not surprising for him to release a shoe that’s heavily inspired by a soccer boot. Here’s what Nike had to say about it, via SLAM: [...]

Metta World Peace and Twitter were made for each other. Ever since the Lakers were eliminated from the playoffs, Metta has been entertaining his followers with a series of crazy tweets. Some provide comedy, while others give us some basketball insight: the majority are funny, though. Last week, MWP was having trouble with the names of the players on the [...]

The Los Angeles Lakers are worth a lot of money across the board. Earlier this year, Forbes revealed that the Lakers were worth $1 billion as a franchise. Sports Illustrated have now put out a list of their own, reporting that the Lakers have three of the Top 50 highest earning sports stars in the United States. Kobe Bryant came [...]

Pau Gasol will sit out the European Championships in Slovenia this summer to focus on his rehabilitation. Gasol, who underwent a procedure last week to combat his knee problems, was riddled with injury all season long. Pau doesn’t get to take many summers off due to his outstanding commitment to his country, but he definitely could do with getting some [...]

It was Mother’s Day yesterday in the United States, but it’s unlikely that Kobe Bryant had any civil contact with his mother, Pamela – that’s if he had any at all. The pair are currently tangled in a bitter legal dispute over the ownership of Kobe’s old basketball memorabilia that his mother put up for auction: Pamela says it’s hers, [...]

The Los Angeles Lakers‘ defense was poor to say the least this season, and that’s been reflected by the coaches who voted for the 2013 NBA All-Defensive teams. Kobe Bryant (12-time All-Defensive Team, 9-time First Team) and Dwight Howard (5-time All-Defensive Team, 4-time First Team) were both left off the prestigious lists today. Dwight received 3 First Team votes this year while [...]

He admitted that he was “over” the emotional and physical toll of tearing your Achilles tendon the moment he “vented on Facebook.”  For any normal person, such a devastating injury would take days, weeks or even months to come to terms with, but Kobe Bryant isn’t a normal person. When it comes to being an athlete, he’s a warrior unlike [...]

Unless you stay away from social media sites – or you live under a rock – you’ll know that Phil Jackson recently joined Twitter. While this move was surprising, it was one of the best things to happen to the micro-blogging site in a while. You can never get enough of Phil’s insight in my book (speaking of books, his [...]

The Lakers’ coaching staff is in shuffle mode right now: Eddie Jordan left for Rutgers, Bernie Bickerstaff and Chuck Person were let go by the team earlier this week and Steve Clifford is currently in the running for the Charlotte Bobcats’ head coach job. Soon, the Lakers could lose their player development coach Phil Handy too, according to Mark Medina: [...]