LOS ANGELES -- Kobe Bryant will be announced Friday at All-Star Weekend in Chicago as one of the finalists for this year's Basketball Hall of Fame induction class, which isn't a secret and never was. Bryant always was a lock to be a first-ballot pick.

— -- TORONTO -- "Ko-be! Ko-be! Ko-be!" the crowd chanted as Kobe Bryant stepped through the entryway onto a stage filled with smoke and dancing spotlights, the final player to be introduced Sunday night at the Air Canada Centre. "An 18-time Western ...

The NBA will be going with a new-look trophy to be presented to the All-Star Game MVP this year. It honors a late Lakers legend, featuring 24 stars with an 8-sided base to represent the jersey numbers worn by Kobe Bryant over his long, storied career.

CHICAGO, Ill. — As expected, All-Star weekend was largely about paying tribute to the life of Kobe Bryant, the basketball legend who was killed in a January helicopter crash, along with his 13-year-old daughter Gigi and seven others. The first All-Star ...

CHICAGO -- The tributes to the late Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna began well before Sunday night's All-Star Game at the United Center. Before the players were announced and the game tipped off, the lights went down, and Hall of Famer Magic Johnson ...

The NBA's All-Stars will be playing this year with Kobe Bryant and Gianna Bryant on their minds and on their jerseys. So, coming soon: No. 24 Giannis Antetokounmpoand No. 2LeBron James. As part of what will be a series of tributes to Bryant and his ...

The Los Angeles Lakers won a ring in 2000. They had beaten the Indiana Pacers in the NBA Finals. A few months into the 2000-01 season, though, it didn't really look like they were set to repeat. Phil Jackson’s squad sat at 28–16. It was a respectable record on paper, but anyone watching closely could tell something was off.