Kobe Bryant was ranked No. 11 on Bleacher Report's list of the top 100 NBA players, triggering furious reactions from Shaq and others.

"Kobe would call me and pick my brain" - Scottie Pippen said Kobe Bryant sought mentorship from him as much as he did from Michael Jordan originally appeared on Basketball Network. Kobe Bryant never ...

The highest-scoring individual performances in NBA history obviously begin with Wilt Chamberlain's iconic 100-point game. But who's next in line?

"It didn't work out that way" - Kobe Bryant explained why he couldn't follow his game day routine before his last career game originally appeared on Basketball Network.

After his separate conversations with O'Neal and Bryant, Johnson alleviated media concerns surrounding the two stars. Magic ...

"Sometimes you have to be politically correct" - Jerry West analyzed the differences in LeBron James, Kobe Bryant and Michael ...

"Set me a pick and we’re going home with a win" - When Kobe Bryant guaranteed a win over the 'Kobe Stopper' originally appeared on Basketball Network. As soon as Ruben Patterson left the Los Angeles ...

Kobe Bryant blamed NBA owners for vetoing the Lakers' infamous Chris Paul trade: "You don't want another great player coming ...

"I asked Phil, 'Are you getting back into the game?' And he said, 'Yeah.' And I said, 'Alright," Pippen recalled. "So I called my agent and I was like, 'Can you try to get me traded to the Lakers?" ...

Seven years later, LeBron James reignited the conversation about championships and ring culture on the "Mind the Game" ...

More than his greatest scoring game, Crawford also said that he and Bryant started to build a friendship because of that day. A year after that, Jamal said Kobe reached out to him to ask for full ...

Bleacher Report released its rankings of the Top 100 NBA players of all time. “We asked our legion of B/R NBA experts, writers and editors to take a list of the best 500 current ...