Kobe Bryant is entering uncharted territory this season. It will be his 20th NBA season, the most for any guard in league history. He is currently tied with John Stockton and Jason Kidd with 19 seasons. Bryant played in 35 games last season and, to put it mildly, it was a struggle. Before a third straight season-ending injury (shoulder), Bryant was wildly inconsistent. [Read more…]
PHILOSOPHICAL QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.” -Albert Einstein [Read more…]
PHILOSOPHICAL QUOTE OF THE DAY: “It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.” -Charles Darwin [Read more…]
PHILOSOPHICAL QUOTE OF THE DAY: “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” -Aristotle [Read more…]
The NBA’s color barrier was broken in 1950. Chuck Cooper became the first black player ever drafted and Earl Lloyd was the first black player ever to play in a game. Bill Russell became the NBA’s first black head coach when he was designated player-coach of the Celtics following Red Auerbach’s retirement in 1966. [Read more…]
PHILOSOPHICAL QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Someone else is happy with less than what you have.” -Unknown [Read more…]
PHILOSOPHICAL QUOTE OF THE DAY: “It is one thing to show a man that he is in error, and another to put him in possession of truth.” -John Locke [Read more…]
PHILOSOPHICAL QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” -Mark Twain [Read more…]