NBA  >>  Los Angeles Lakers
Romo
Which NFL stars are under the most pressure in 2013?
Ucf
College football's greatest discontinued nicknames
Cup
NHL must shorten the Stanley Cup playoffs
Florida
The best college hoops recruiting classes since 2000
Rp
How do these starting pitchers still have jobs?

Kobe: Nobody beats me one-on-one

Found January 17, 2013 on BlackSportsOnline: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Kobe Bryant
TEAMS: Los Angeles Lakers

Did you really expect him to say anything different? Honest Kobe is the best thing going in the NBA. He says exactly what is on his mind all the time. Many are too young to remember Kobe when he first got in the league, but his transformation has been similar to Floyd Mayweather. Floyd went from “Pretty Boy” to “Money Mayweather” when it got to a point he realized sticking to the script wasn’t working for him. Kobe went from being politically correct to the Mamba and Darth Kobe. Complete with death stares that got coaches fired. It has been a sight to behold. Could Kobe beat LeBron 1-on-1? Kobe: “No question. As far as one-on-one, I’m the best to ever do it.” — chris palmer (@ESPNChrisPalmer) January 17, 2013

Original Story: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blacks... Verified_ybn
THE BACKYARD
BEST OF MAXIM
AROUND THE WEB
RELATED ARTICLES

Kobe Bryant Wakes Up At 3am To Work Out

Via The Mars Reel  |  January 18, 2013
via NIKE: Nike Basketball released a new commercial for the “Count on Kobe” campaign. The commercial is pretty cool. It also says that Kobe wakes up at 3am, not sure about whether that’s tru or not but it sure is a nice edit! Some things in this world are certainties. The sun will rise. Rain will fall. And Kobe Bryant will dominate on the basketball court. That’s the premise...

Kobe Bryant wants his teammates to help him get easier shots

Via No Guts, No Glory  |  January 18, 2013
The Lakers’ latest attempt to turn their season around involves Kobe Bryant guarding every opponent’s best perimeter player night in and night out. That sounds doable for a 25 year-old Kobe Bryant. But Bryant isn’t 25 anymore; he’s 34. Not being able to rest of defense will quickly take its toll on Bryant. Which means that his play on the offensive end could be affected....

Kobe Bryant Going to His 15th Straight All-Star Game

Via NBA Injury News  |  January 18, 2013
Forget about the nagging injuries for a moment.  Forget about the Los Angeles Lakers' poor season so far.  Forget about the hole that Kobe Bryant single-handedly must dig the Lakers out of.  Forget about ti all and appreciate the man's game.  Love him or hate him, there is no denying his talent.  This is proven in Bryant's record 15th-straight All-Star Game selection...

Kobe’s New #CountOnKobe Nike Commercial

Via Laker Nation  |  January 18, 2013
Have you seen it yet? If not, here it is, Kobe Bryant’s new Nike commercial.  This thing packs a punch, it’s such a solid commercial and really puts Kobe in a great light.  Bryant is having one of his better seasons thus far and this commercial really rewards him for such a performance.  Take a look:Kobe deserves a commercial like this, and it was very well put together.  We...

Kobe Bryant: “I played T-Mac. I cooked him. Roasted him. Wasn’t even close”

Via Jb Smooth's Spot  |  January 18, 2013
Kobe Bryant is one of the most confident athletes you’ll ever come across. So it’s no surprise that he would say that he’s the best one on one player of all time. In an interview with ESPN, Kobe told a story about how he beat Tracy McGrady in a game [...]

Kobe says he Hasn’t Studied Jordan’s Tapes since ’99

Via BlackSportsOnline  |  January 17, 2013
Kobe Bryant has modeled his entire career off Michael Jordan’s, so it comes as a bit of a surprise that Kobe (through his own admission) hasn’t studied Jordan’s tapes in years. “Wow, it’s been a while. Probably not since 1999. I used to watch a bunch, but that was a long time ago…for me the comparisons didn’t work because our situations were totally different. I came...

Kobe Admits It’s Been The Most Physically Taxing Season Of His Career

Via Beyond The Buzzer  |  January 17, 2013
16-year veteran Kobe Bryant admits this has been one of the most physically taxing seasons of his career: “It’s the most challenging in terms of trying to figure out which button to push to try to get us turned around, from a leadership perspective,” Bryant said. “Physically, it’s probably the most taxing one.” But can he keep it up, at age 34, playing 39 minutes a game...

T-Mac Denies Ever Playing Kobe Bryant 1-on-1

Via The Mars Reel  |  January 18, 2013
via Twitter:

Kobe Admits Season Has Been Physically Taxing

Via RealGM  |  January 17, 2013
Kobe Bryant has taken a bigger role on defense in recent games.

Tracy McGrady Denies Kobe Ever Beat Him 1-on-1

Via Beyond The Buzzer  |  January 18, 2013
Kobe Bryant said he was the greatest one-on-one player ever in a Q&A with ESPN’s Chris Palmer while also claiming he “roasted” Tracy McGrady: “I played T-Mac. I cooked him. Roasted him. Wasn’t even close. Ask him, he’ll tell you. When I was about 20, we were in Germany doing some promotional stuff for that other sneaker company and we played basketball every day....

Lakers 104, Bucks 88

Via AP on Fox  |  January 16, 2013
Dwight Howard had 31 points and 16 rebounds, Kobe Bryant also scored 31 points and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Milwaukee Bucks 104-88 Tuesday night for their second straight win after a six-game skid. Metta World Peace added 12 points as the Lakers prepared for Thursday's visit from the NBA champion Miami Heat with an impressive effort against the Bucks, who lost for the...

Kobe wants MJ one-on-one

Via Bloguin Best  |  January 18, 2013
One of my favorite things is reading personal interviews with athletes. The interviewer asks the typical questions like, “what were you thinking during this play?” or “how are you going to turn this season around?” but also asks about movies, family and any other random topics that show that athletes have lives outside their respective sports. Kobe Bryant recently sat down...

Kobe Bryant responds to LeBron James saying that the Heat endured more criticism than the Lakers

Via 5TH QUARTER MAGAZINE  |  January 17, 2013
Remember back in the summer of 2010 when LeBron James decided to take his talents to South Beach?  Remember when the Miami Heat then held a pep rally and LeBron James himself stated that they’re going to win “not 2…not 3…not 4…not 5…not 6…not 7″ NBA championship titles?  They claimed [...]

Kobe Gets Most Votes As NBA All-Star Team Starters Revealed

Via PRO HOOPS CENTRAL  |  January 18, 2013
Once again the “Black-Mamba” (still the coolest nickname in modern sports) led the way in the voting as “NBA.com” announced the starting lineups for next month’s All-Star Game in Houston, on Thursday night. Los Angeles Lakers veteran guard Kobe Bryant, will appear in his 15th straight All-Star game, a new Association record, as he breaks a four-way tie, he became part...

Heat/Lakers Solid on TNT, But Not Spectacular

Via Sports Media Watch  |  January 18, 2013
The rivalry between LeBron James and Kobe Bryant was not as large a television draw as usual Thursday night. Thursday’s Heat/Lakers NBA regular season game drew 3.6 million viewers on TNT, down 14% from the [...]
Today's Best Stuff
For Bloggers

Join the Yardbarker Network for more promotion, traffic, and money.
Company Info
Help
What is Yardbarker?

Yardbarker is the largest network of sports blogs and pro athlete blogs on the web. This site is the hub of the Yardbarker Network, where our editors and algorithms curate the best sports content from our network and beyond.