In addition, he was about to face his idol, Michael Jordan, so the nervousness kicked in. But Kevin Garnett was right there to make sure Kobe Bryant was up for the challenge. “Yeah, motherfu-ker ...

"Well, I know Kevin Garnett was a great player, OK, but he wasn't Kobe Bryant. He just wasn't," he said in 2016, per ESPN. "Kevin was an incredible team player. He was a great rebounder ...

Michael Jordan was not ready to let Kobe Bryant upstage him in a fascinating 1998 NBA All-Star Game. A 19-year-old Bryant in his second season in the NBA took on the GOAT that he grew up admiring.

Kevin Garnett salutes Anthony Edwards for standing his ground in front of former president Barack Obama during a chat about ...

The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame welcomed a legendary 2020 class, with Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett among the nine inductees.

Kobe Bryant was a prophet, not just a basketball icon. He foretold that Kevin Durant "will be one ... joining Michael Jordan and Larry Bird. Durant, known for his own verbal sparring, took ...

LeBron James will once again be appearing in the NBA All-Star game this weekend.  At 40 years old, the basketball icon is set ...

Kevin Durant joined the NBA's 30,000-point ... In the same bracket as LeBron James, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Karl Malone, Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan, Dirk Nowitzki and Wilt Chamberlain now, having ...

Kobe Bryant was a prophet, not just a basketball icon. He foretold that Kevin Durant "will be one of the greatest scorers of all time when it's all said and done" during Bryant's rollout of the ...

Kevin Durant the eighth player in NBA history to reach 30,000 career points in the Phoenix Suns' 119-112 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies on Tuesday.