You know they talk about pure hoopers and skill. If you had to draft a starting five, with guys like Jamal and yourself, who ...

Two years later Kobe Bryant doesn’t veto trade to Detroit; era's first superteam forms. WHAT IF ... Niners and Patriots can’t agree on a draft-day trade in 1985 and Jerry Rice slips one pick ...

In the 1995 NBA Draft ... him as their fifth overall pick. The move seemingly sparked a new trend in the league since a Lower Merion standout named Kobe Bryant was picked 13th overall by the ...

Kobe Bryant was a professional basketball player in the NBA. In 1996, he was selected as the 13th pick in the NBA draft and became the youngest player in NBA history. After a 20-year career with ...

Kobe Bean Bryant is born in Philadelphia ... Bryant is selected by the Charlotte Hornets as the 13th pick in the NBA’s first round of the draft. On July 11, 1996, Bryant is traded to the ...

The goal for Cuban was to pair Kobe Bryant with his superstar, Dirk Nowitzki. The trade would have involved Josh Howard, Jason Terry and several draft picks. Bryant ended up remaining in Los ...

At 685 miles from Los Angeles, and 2,184 miles from Philadelphia's Lower Merion High School, there is not much overlap between Kobe Bryant and the snow-capped mountains in Provo, Utah.