LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 13: Kobe Bryant #24 of the Los Angeles Lakers address the media during the post game news conference after scoring 60 point in his final NBA game at Staples Center on April 13, ...

Greatness came wrapped in a Los Angeles Lakers jersey for 20 years in the form of NBA legend Kobe Bryant, who died Sunday morning in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California, that killed all ...

The verdict: No. 8 outshines No. 24. Let's take a look at Kobe's value as measured by my wins above replacement player (WARP) metric season-by-season over the course of his career.

Most notably, Kobe has stopped shaving to the point that he's looking to rock a dope retirement beard. Jon Stewart and David Letterman would… Kobe Bryant is a retired basketball player.

Barnes played with No. 24 Kobe for two seasons (2010-2012) and clearly has an appreciation for both iteration of Bryant.. The veteran, who has been known to drop a hot take or two on his All the ...

Kobe Bryant quietly slipped from the public eye following his retirement in April. After playing his last game in a 60-point, 50-shot win over the Jazz, Bryant has only surfaced sporadically, like ...

However, Kobe changing from 8 to 24, had nothing to do with Jackson, as Jim admitted on The Mark Jackson podcast. The reason why Bryant changed numbers was because he wanted a fresh start. "It's ...

At the top of the interview, Kobe talked about the retirement beard that he’s grown. "I feel good just to be able to grow some kind of hair since I can’t grow none on my head anymore," Kobe said.

As the game started, both squads dribbled out the shot clock and voluntarily took back-to-back 24-second violations as a nod to Kobe's No. 24 jersey, which he wore with the Lakers from 2007 to the ...