:quality(85)/tpg/sources/e771fddc-0508-4ab0-9459-feabbcfc6f0c.jpeg "Mark Cuban Recalls Near-Trade That Almost Sent Kobe Bryant To Dallas")
Basketball followers like to debate the nice “what-ifs” in NBA historical past, however few near-misses are as tantalizing because the commerce that just about despatched Kobe Bryant to the Dallas Mavericks in 2007. On April 7, 2026, Mavericks proprietor Mark Cuban reignited the dialog by revealing simply how shut he got here to pulling off…
The Lakers recalled Bufkin from the G League’s South Bay Lakers on Saturday, Ryan Ward of SI.com reports. Rather than sticking around with South Bay for its Western Conference Finals matchup versus the Stockton Kings on Sunday, Bufkin will rejoin the parent club ahead of the final game of its road trip Sunday in Dallas….
LeBron James scored 14 points for the Lakers towards the Cavaliers as he additionally set an NBA record for probably the most mixed common season and play-off wins. He achieved his 1,229th victory and surpassed the earlier finest set by centre Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. “He’s great on both sides of the ball,” stated Lakers coach JJ…
Lamar Odom is “56 or 57 days” sober, the previous NBA star completely tells Page Six. “No alcohol, no pot, no marijuana. And I’m just [continuing] to grow mentally and spiritually. I do try to be my best self and practice the Mamba mentality, which has been passed down to me by my late brother…
As Kobe Bryant so succinctly expressed within the poem that introduced his retirement from the sport in 2015, he gave his all to basketball. After a satisfying and illustrious 20-yr profession through which he received 5 NBA titles, an MVP trophy and two NBA Finals MVPs, he had accomplished all that he might and was…
Luka Doncic turned the primary participant since Kobe Bryant to attain 60 factors in a recreation for the LA Lakers as they overcame the Miami Heat 134-126. Doncic – the NBA’s main scorer this season – has reached 30 factors in eight consecutive video games and obtained to 50 twice in his final 5 appearances…
Last Thursday, Luka Dončić posted his first 50-point game with the Los Angeles Lakers. This Thursday, he went a step additional. The Slovenian star posted 60 factors in a 134-126 win over the Miami Heat, the best scoring complete of his Lakers profession and tied for the second-highest mark of his profession. It’s additionally the…
“Shark Tank” investor Kevin O’Leary made waves for sporting the 2004 Upper Deck Exquisite All NBA Access Pass, affectionately often called a Triple Logoman, at the 98th Academy Awards pink carpet on Sunday. It options game-used NBA brand patches worn by Michael Jordan, LeBron James and Kobe Bryant. Editor’s Picks O’Leary had the 1-of-1 numbered,…
When the Los Angeles Lakers started their rebuilding course of through the last years of the legendary profession of Kobe Bryant, the primary participant they drafted within the lottery was ahead Julius Randle. The bruising ahead spent his first 4 years with the Lakers, being lucky sufficient to have the ability to study from the…
As hypercompetitive as the late, nice Kobe Bryant was throughout his glory years in the NBA, he by no means handed up on an opportunity to provide his friends a bit of recommendation or two. This was very true for his fellow Philadelphia native, Cuttino Mobley, whom he skilled with throughout the offseason. And in…