Pau Gasol at the Euroleague Championship Game press conference: "Kobe was always himself until the very last game. He was one of the greatest players ever, if not the greatest for me. Hopefully, he will be watching."

Kobe dropped 65 points and this insane corner three on the Blazers 19 years ago Mar 16 2007

Watch Dwyane Wade said he wanted to earn Kobe Bryants respect when he got into the leagueTo me Kobe was the bar he was the greatest player in the game to me

SVG LeBron really was carrying that team in Cleveland In fact the guy we had the most trouble with other than LeBron was Wally Szczerbiak No knock on Wally Szczerbiak but he is not Pau Gasol It wasn't because Kobe was necessarily better than LeBron he just had more around him

Lamar Odom says Kobe Bryant came to him in a dream He looked back at me and said 'Hello the afterlife is not what people make it up to be'

Upfront Summit Chris Paul on the best defender hes ever faced in his career Tony Allen was pretty good Kobe was too when he get mad Me amp Kobe used to be about to fight every time we played We was teammates for like 2 hours

James Worthy is fired up postgame Historically The Lakers have had clutch players Kareem with the sky hook Magic with his play Kobe Shaq But I don't think we've ever had one as consistent and dominant as Luka Doncic