Kobe Becomes Youngest to Reach 20,000

On a Sunday morning filled with NFL action, Kobe Bryant’s latest achievement might have slipped under the microscope but not here at West Coast Bias. When Kobe sank a three-pointer during the third quarter against the Knicks, he became the youngest player in league history to score 20,000 career points. The previous record holder was [...]

Want Kobe Love?

If anything became clear this past offseason, Kobe Bryant wasn’t a big Andrew Bynum fan. However, Young Drew made Kobe proud last night with his ejection in the third quarter:
“Andrew should be proud of himself,” Bryant said smiling. “First ejection. Hewent out in style.”
So Kobe’s acceptance of a young teammate is complaining to the zebras [...]

Kobe’s Advice to OJ

From a Grant Wahl article in Sports Illustrated from a couple of weeks ago:
The biggest question is whether Mayo will shoot USC out of games. At the McDonald’s All-American game in Louisville in March, Mayo went 4 for 17, clanging the potential game-winner in the final seconds. But Mayo says he has enough confidence to [...]

NBA Preview: Pacific Division

1. Phoenix SunsWith a healthy Amare Stoudamire and the newly acquired Grant Hill, the Phoenix Suns seem poised for another playoff run. Will they reach the NBA Finals? That remains to be seen , but it is clear that they are by far the best team in the Pacific Division. Point guard Steve Nash engineers [...]

Rumor Mill: Kobe to be Traded this Week

According to Peter Vecsey of the New York Post, the chances of disgruntled Lakers guard Kobe Bryant getting traded are increasing by the day.
Sources within the Lakers organization are convinced that Bryant will not be a Laker when they open the season on October 30th. Some believe that the Lakers‘ desire to trade the star [...]

Kobe Demands a Trade

The story lines that have engulfed the Los Angeles Lakers in the last week hit a crescendo Wednesday when Kobe Bryant said he would welcome a trade.Kobe: “I would like to be traded.”
Kobe Bryant tells Stephen A. Smith on 1050 ESPN Radio in New York that he wants to be traded from the Lakers — [...]