Tag: Kobe Bryant

  • Los Angeles Lakers – Kobe Bryant Can’t Do it Without Dwight Howard

    Los Angeles Lakers – Kobe Bryant Can’t Do it Without Dwight Howard

    So the Los Angeles Lakers lost, on the road. Nothing new. Kobe Bryant tried to win the game on his own in the clutch, and failed. Nothing new here as well. Dwight Howard aggravating his shoulder injury? Not fresh, but certainly the most worrying sign for the Lakers.

  • Los Angeles Lakers – Kobe Bryant Clears Way For Dwight Howard

    Los Angeles Lakers – Kobe Bryant Clears Way For Dwight Howard

    You rub your eyes and you don’t believe it, but Kobe Bryant continues his streak of unselfishness and with it, the Los Angeles Lakers keep winning. Dwight Howard is suddenly the go to guy, everyone is happy and despite not having the kind of defense to make you feel proud, they seem to be on the right path.

  • All-Star Teams Missing the NBA Playoffs

    All-Star Teams Missing the NBA Playoffs

    The Los Angeles Lakers might be turning a corner, but it’s still hard to see them making the postseason in the stacked West, four games behind the 8th place. With two current All-Stars (Kobe Bryant and Dwight Howard) and two MVP winners (Bryant and Steve Nash), they might be making history as one of the most star studded teams to miss the playoffs.

  • Los Angeles Lakers – Kobe Bryant Avoiding Temptation

    Los Angeles Lakers – Kobe Bryant Avoiding Temptation

    Kobe Bryant watched Kevin Durant attempt 26 shots; he saw Russell Westbrook take 22 shots. Still, the master of forgetting about your teammates and going on a solo mission to improve his scoring average did what’s best for the Los Angeles Lakers, not his own individual stat sheet, and came away with the team’s biggest win of the season.

  • Los Angeles Lakers – The Change Kobe Bryant Needed to Make

    Los Angeles Lakers – The Change Kobe Bryant Needed to Make

    Sometimes you think to yourself about why basketball players don’t make the obvious changes they needed to make a long time ago. Kobe Bryant forgot about his scoring numbers, and simply did what’s best for the Los Angeles Lakers, which includes feeding the ball down low to Dwight Howard.

  • 2013 NBA All-Star Game Rosters

    The NBA has released the names of the reserves in the 2013 All-Star game, making the Miami Heat, with Chris Bosh joining LeBron James and Dwyane Wade, as the only team with three players on the rosters, while no less than six players got their first selection, five of them in the Eastern conference.

  • 10 Highest Earning NBA Players

    10 Highest Earning NBA Players

    When it comes to making money outside the NBA courts, no one comes near the level LeBron James is currently at, with Kobe Bryant being the closest to him, although a bigger earner overall thanks to the highest salary in the league, as well as one of three Los Angeles Lakers players on the list.

  • Los Angeles Lakers – The Losses Keep Coming

    Los Angeles Lakers – The Losses Keep Coming

    Things keep getting worse for the Los Angeles Lakers: Dwight Howard is injured again, Kobe Bryant isn’t even getting any respect from the referees anymore and the bottom line, the big picture, is the most depressing thing for Lakers fans. Yes, a fourth straight loss and eight games below .500, not to mention the playoffs looking very far away.

  • NBA Trades – The Chances of Dwight Howard Not Staying With the Lakers

    NBA Trades – The Chances of Dwight Howard Not Staying With the Lakers

    When the season began, this looked like a match made in heaven. Dwight Howard, the best center in the NBA, and the Los Angeles Lakers, a team always thinking about title rings, with a long line of great big men. A few months later, and it wouldn’t be too surprising if this isn’t a match made for life.

  • The Sad Story of the Los Angeles Lakers on the Road

    The Sad Story of the Los Angeles Lakers on the Road

    For the sixth straight time, the Lakers lost on the road. Old, slow, out-coached outplayed, call it whatever you like. The next to torture the bunch that is Kobe Bryant and other superstars like Pau Gasol, Dwight Howard and Steve Nash were the Chicago Bulls, who aren’t that even good at home on most nights.