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Is it possible this is the wildest, strangest, most wide-open NBA postseason since before Larry Bird’s Celtics vs. Magic Johnson’s Lakers was a thing?
Look, just bear with us here.
The last decade was nothing but LeBron James and/or Stephen Curry in the Finals. Before that, you had Kobe Bryant’s Lakers and the Celtics’ Big Three. Before that, the heart of the Spurs’ dynasty. Before that, the Kobe-Shaq Lakers three-peat. Before that, a little something we like to call six Bulls championships. Before that, the Pistons’ heyday. We’re back in the 1980s now, folks.
Kobe Bryant s induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame was inevitable - but now his old rivals like Chris Bosh, Chris Webber, and Paul Pierce wait to see if they ll follow
Kobe Bryant is set to be posthumously inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame on in Connecticut, where the ceremony was moved due to the pandemic
He will be inducted by his mentor, Michael Jordan, and be enshrined alongside rivals such as Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett, as well as Tamika Catchings
After Saturday s ceremony, which was delayed by COVID-19, the Hall of Fame s Class of 2021 will be announced on Sunday. It will be inducted in September
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Basketball: Late Lakers great Bryant remembered on eve of Hall of Fame induction
Tim Duncan of the San Antonio Spurs and Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers share a laugh during a November 2012 NBA game. The two will be among those inducted as the class of 2020 Bryant posthumously after his death in a helicopter crash into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
15 May 2021 07:51AM (Updated:
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WASHIGNTON: Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant loomed large on Friday (May 14), the eve of his posthumous induction to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame alongside NBA greats Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett.
Late Lakers Great Bryant Remembered On Eve Of Hall Of Fame Induction
05/14/21 AT 8:20 PM
Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant loomed large Friday on the eve of his posthumous induction to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame alongside NBA greats Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett.
The trio are among nine members of the 2020 Hall of Fame class who are being belatedly inducted due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The celebration is being held at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut, to better allow for social distancing.
But the actual Hall in Springfield, Massachusetts, is also unveiling a special exhibit honoring Bryant that president John Doleva believes will be come the most talked about exhibit at the shrine.
Ionescu hits 3 with 0.4 left, Liberty beat Fever 90-87
By DOUG FEINBERGMay 15, 2021 GMT
NEW YORK (AP) Sabrina Ionescu had a dream that she would hit a winning shot in her New York City debut.
That dream became reality when Ionescu made a 3-pointer from the wing with less than a second remaining to give the New York Liberty a 90-87 victory over the Indiana Fever on Friday night in the WNBA’s season opener.
“I 100% had a vision of hitting a game-winner,” said Ionescu, who was wearing mentor Kobe Bryant’s Lakers jersey in the postgame press conference. “We were tied walking into the huddle and I was smiling. It was too good to be true. . I was ready for the moment.”