Word: kobe
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...upcoming basketball season promises to be one of the most exciting in recent years. This is due in no small measure to the return of his Airness, Michael Jordan, to the pro hoops scene, as well as the continuing emergence of the next generation of superstars such as Kobe Bryant, Allen Iverson, Vince Carter and Tracy McGrady...
...Minnesota Timberwolves, hot in pursuit of The Glove since the summer, execute a long anticipated deal with the Sonics that sends Terrell Brandon and Wally Szczerbiak to Seattle in exchange for Payton. Gary Payton and Kevin Garnett form the most potent duo in the league next to Shaq and Kobe on the Lakers and give the two-time defending champs a run for their money for best regular-season record in the West...
...Kobe Bryant tries to school Michael Jordan during their two regular season encounters so as to lay claim to being “The Man” in the NBA. Kobe forgets two things, though: first, MJ is 39 years of age and old enough to be his father, and second, he isn’t even the best player on his team. With Shaq there to preserve the nascent “Bling-Bling” dynasty, Kobe is not double- and triple-teamed like Jordan was back in his days with the Bulls. And so, despite attempting...
...you” would be, unable to appreciate anyone else. Shaquille O’Neal has blossomed into the most dominant inside presence we’ve seen in decades, and no one really cares. Vince Carter hurdles over seven-footers, and no one cares. Allen Iverson and Kobe Bryant and Stephon Marbury lead a new generation of superior ballers, and no one bats an eyelash because they aren’t Y-O-U. Only now are the masses beginning to realize that there is more to the NBA than Michael Jordan, and that there may have been even...
...PHIL JACKSON, Lakers coach Since 1991, Jackson has guided eight teams to a NBA championship. It helped, of course, that each squad featured the best tandem of players in the league - Jordan and Scottie Pippen with the Bulls; Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant with the Lakers. Only a miraculous charge by the Jordan-led Wizards could diminish Jackson's reputation from Zen master to a guy who rolls out the ball to the most talented team in the world. But Jackson's legacy was certainly more intact with Jordan remaining in the board room...