Lebron James I grew up watching Kobe, admiring him, I was one of the kids to come straight out of high school, he did it, I was just watching him, it's just so surreal for me as a kid from Akron to have a guy like Kobe to take time out of his day."

Stein Checking with various coaches and players around the league supported the sentiment that altercations in NBA practices still happen far more often than we usually end up hearing on the outside

Lebron James is scorching hot as he takes over the beginning of the 4th quarter vs the Kings with 11 points in the first 3 minutes of the opening quarter

Alvin Gentry on Jrue's out of bounds call that was overturned: "I just want to thank Kobe Bryant and his Kobe 1's"

Charles Barkley on the Ballfather: "Wherever Ball is, there's a village missing an idiot. We should just keep him off television. That would be the best way to be. It's really unfair to his son. His son is a good player and a nice kid."