With minicamp looming on Tuesday, Young has spent his weekend working with his youth camp, where he's prioritized mental ...

“By growing up in Italy,” he reflected ... Just as Joe had coached young Kobe, so too had Kobe been coaching the girl they called “Gigi.” When he was playing in Italy in the 1980s ...

I like the flash of the jewelry. I’m a flashy man.” Like most basketball players growing up in LA, Young grew up idolizing Kobe Bryant. Young's recent play has received deserved comparisons to ...

"You know, when I would get really upset, and I would get really down, I could always pick up a basketball and go ... captures a young Kobe Bryant before his career was rocked in 2003 by ...

Kobe Bryant had a unique basketball journey. While most American basketball prospects passed through the AAU circuit en route to the NBA, Bryant honed his skills in Italy. Perfecting one's skills ...

Lazenby's 2016 book mentions several times how much young Kobe admired the Los Angeles Lakers legend growing up. For example, Bryant Sr., who passed away in July 2024 after suffering a major ...

Trae Young (right hamstring tightness ... When you got a player that you watched growing up—I literally watched Kobe growing up—even though we played together and had all these disagreements ...