Gradey just reminded me he was born the same year LeBron James was drafted 🤯 –9:36 PM Los Angeles Lakers @Lakers 23-for-29 in his last two games 🔥pic.twitter.com/aLXdQ0pZcL–9:36 PM Mike Trudell @LakersReporter LeBron said it absolutely helps to have a lighter minutes load ...
Q: Another French basketball player that was highly drafted, Killian Hayes, was starting to earn the “bust” label from Pistons’ fans but he has turned things around in Detroit as well. What do you think of his development as a player and where do you think he could go in the future?
8 to No. 24, Kobe Bryant insisted that he gave serious thought to choosing the latter as a Lakers rookie in 1996. Lots of us ignored that story and merely assumed that Bryant merely wanted to go one digit better/higher than His Airness, or was trying to tell us he was three times ...
Drafted first overall in 2004 straight out of high school by the Orlando Magic, Howard was a physical specimen. He was 6-foot-10 and 240 pounds of pure muscle with a 40-inch vertical at 18 years old! Howard established himself as a double-double machine early on. He averaged 12 points...
payton chester, along with her mother, sarah chester; and alyssa altobelli with her parents, keri and john altobelli. also on the flight was the mambas’ assistant coach, 38-year-old christina mauser, whom the bryants had gotten to know as a coach at gianna’s private school in corona ...
SALTERS: What did your mom say to you when she hugged you after you were drafted? GOBERT: I think she was crying. She cries a lot. She was very emotional, but I don't think she said anything when she hugged me. But after that, she was reminding me, she was tel...
Roy was drafted in 2006 by the Portland Trail Blazers. Even as a rookie, he showed promise, as his brilliant scoring was on full display. With LaMarcus Aldridge on his side, the Blazers seemed like they were going to be contenders for a long time. ...
and grow into being a husband and father. I remember the night he was drafted to the NBA, I remember when he went to the prom with Brandy, I remember him winning the NBA all star slam dunk contest, and I remember watching his first and last games in the NBA. Maybe Kobe was really...
He was an instant game-changer for the Cavs, who more than doubled their win total in his first season and finished one game behind the Celtics for the East’s final playoff spot.By Year 2, LeBron was already finishing in the top five in the league in scoring—he wouldn’t fall out...
Trevor Ariza didn’t have that luxury. While he also landed in the NBA at 19 years old after one year of college, he entered a situation with very different circumstances. Ariza was drafted in the second round of the 2004 NBA Draft, going 43rd overall to the New York Knicks. ...