Sam Smith: While all these other great players ran away from the Jordan shadow, Kobe Bryant ran to it

Kevin Garnett, Tim Duncan, Eddie Jones, Grant Hill, Tracy McGrady, Vince Carter, literally every single one. And they ran away, fast. They just ran away from playing after Michael Jordan. (…) While ...

Sam Smith: Phil Jackson was at Kobe Bryant's house just days before helicopter crash

Phil Jackson was literally at Kobe Bryant’s house just days before the horrible accident; he had gone down to Orange County ...

Sam Smith: Michael Jordan regrets losing his relationship with Scottie Pippen

Phil Jackson was very sympathetic toward him, despite whatever things he said about him. We talked about that in the book. He ...

Sam Smith Q&A: 'While other great players ran away from the Jordan shadow, Kobe ran to it'

Smith recently sat down with HoopsHype to discuss his new book, Masters of the Game: A Conversational History of the NBA in ...

NBA trade deadline: Every player who can and cannot be dealt

Bobby Marks runs through every NBA roster, mapping out which players can and cannot be traded ahead of the Feb. 5 deadline.