ESPN's Elle Duncan pays tribute to Kobe Bryant - "The only small source of comfort for me, is knowing that he died doing what he loved the most - being a dad. Being a girl dad."

"I'm not gonna give Harden the edge over Kobe yet. There's a reason why when we mention MJ, we mention Kobe. Kobe was closest thing to MJ, and Kobe delivered on the defensive side." - Stephen A

Demarcus Cousins tells Marc Spears of ESPN about the lack of offers as he entered into free agency.

The Clippers played a tribute video for Austin Rivers during the mid-first quarter timeout. (cr. jovanbuha)

Gillie Da Kid LeBron James had the most pressure out of anybody in the history of the game He was on SI's cover in 10th grade as 'The Chosen One' They said he could play in the NBA Kobe Bryant backed up Eddie Jones at one time LeBron James wouldn't have backed Eddie Jones up in the 11th grade