nba:

Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers puts up a shot against the Orlando Magic at Staples Center on December 2, 2012 in Los Angeles, California.

(Photo by Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images)

foreverla:

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s statue outside STAPLES Center was unveiled tonight. An overdue honor for one of the great basketball legends.

“When you start playing, you do it because you love the game. I did, anyway. To be able to come this far and be recognized this way is really special.” —Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on the honor

Dwight Howard in the cut, that’s a … funny sight?

stadium-love-:

Purple & Gold by Ableleeskies

Staples Center in downton Los Angeles, California

gotemcoach:

“I don’t give a [expletive] what you say.  If I go out there and miss game winners, and people say, ‘Kobe choked, or Kobe is seven for whatever in pressure situations,’ well, [expletive] you.”

- Kobe Bryant

Read the rest here.

#GotEmCoach

gotemcoach:

Blake got the dunks.  Pau (and the Lakers) got the win.

@gotem_coach

stadium-love-:

Kobe to the Rescue by Asim Bharwani

jordanharo:

Black Mamba

Watching Kobe shoot free-throws used to be a model of how to shoot, sort of like watching Ray Allen shoot, well, anything. But now with his hurt wrist he has almost no follow-through.

stadium-love-:

Rivals? by Culture Shock

Photo taken at Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles.

As Metta World Peace would say, the Prince of LA, and the King.