As the sports world and NBA continue to mourn the death of Kobe Bryant in a tragic helicopter crash that also claimed the life of his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, players leaguewide are taking further ...

On December 18, 2017, the Los Angeles Lakers retired Kobe Bryant's No. 8 and No. 24 jerseys during a halftime ceremony at ...

Boston Celtics star Kemba Walker may become the latest player to change his jersey number to honor the late Kobe Bryant, who died in a helicopter crash on Sunday. Bryant famously had two jersey ...

Joel Embiid took an extra step to honor Kobe Bryant during the Philadelphia 76ers’ game on Tuesday, but it came with a condition. Jersey No. 24 is already retired by the 76ers to honor Bobby Jones, ...

BOSTON (CBS) -- NBA players are finding ways to honor the basketball legend Kobe Bryant, who was killed in a tragic helicopter accident over the weekend. That includes a handful of players changing ...

Multiple NBA players are planning to informally retire Kobe Bryant’s jersey number, as The Athletic’s Shams Charania reports. Nets guard Spencer Dinwiddie, who grew up in Los Angeles idolizing Bryant, ...

LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 16, 2014: Former NBA star Julius Erving, aka "Dr. J", at the 2014 ESPY Awards at the Nokia Theatre LA Live. (Photo credit: Shutterstock.com / Jaguar PS) NBA legend Julius “Dr. J ...

On Nov. 29, 2015, Kobe Bryant announced he was retiring. In a poem entitled “Dear Basketball,” the Lakers legend said his 20th season would be his final one. Two days after dropping that bombshell, ...

Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter and seven others, including the helicopter’s pilot, were killed in Calabasas in January 2020. Late NBA icon Kobe Bryant is regarded as one of the greatest and ...

There are 181 players in men's Division I basketball who wear No. 24. So many of them do so in large part, if not solely, because of Kobe Bryant. They come from more than 30 states and 10 countries, ...

Spencer Dinwiddie and "multiple" other NBA players are planning on changing their jersey numbers in order to informally retire Kobe Bryant's old Nos. 8 and 24, according to The Athletic's Shams ...

The demand for tickets to the Feb. 24 memorial service celebrating the lives of Kobe and Gianna Bryant far exceeds the number of available seats. More than 90,000 people registered for tickets in the ...